Car Maintenance Basics

What this quiz asks

• What do you pull out from under the bonnet to check the engine oil level?
• What voltage is a standard car battery?
• On many fuel gauges, what does the small arrow next to this symbol tell you?
• Tyre pressures should ideally be checked when the tyres are cold.
• What does the pressure figure moulded on a tyre's sidewall tell you?
• When changing a wheel, you should loosen the wheel nuts slightly before jacking the car up.
• When refitting a wheel, in what order should you tighten the nuts?
• In an engine oil grade such as '5W-30', what does the 'W' stand for?
• If you fill a diesel car with petrol by mistake, should you avoid starting the engine?
• Many brakes start to squeal on purpose. What is that noise usually telling you?
• Select ALL of these that are normally replaced during a routine service.
• What does a car's cabin filter, or pollen filter, clean?
• Why should you never open the coolant cap on a hot engine?
• What is 'tyre rotation'?
• What is the legal minimum tread depth for car tyres in the EU and UK, in millimetres?
• Select ALL of these that mean a tyre should be replaced.
• In the tyre size '205/55 R16', what does the '16' tell you?
• Why does brake fluid need changing every couple of years?
• Put these jump-start connections in the order you should make them, first to last.
• A tyre's DOT code ends in '2319'. What does that tell you?