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Secrets for Getting Your Car Through the Winter (continued)
Keep your wiper blades off of the windshield. Too often we jump into the car and turn on the wipers to clean off
ice and snow. If the wiper blades are resting on the glass, they are frozen and will tear when turned on.
Many domestic cars have a plastic movable gadget on the wiper arm that can be adjusted for winter weather. While in
the winter setting, parked wipers are lifted off the glass with the plastic riser.
For foreign cars and some of the newer domestics, just lift the wiper arm 90 degrees, most will rest there
pointing at the sky. Then just ease them down to the windshield after you have cleaned it. This
is how you avoid wipers freezing to the windshield and being torn at the first swipe.
Engines that turn over slow in the morning can be heated. Buy an engine dipstick heater. It plugs into any wall
socket and uses very little electricity. It will warm the oil and keep it from getting thick. This will keep the
battery from working overtime.
Pat Goss from Goss's Garage recommends using a light bulb under the hood to heat the engine. Make sure
the bulb has a safety cage like a standard drop light and that the light and its cage are not near anything
flammable - like oil or grease. Your car will appreciate it!
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