Vehicle maintenance – How to check oil

Transcription

(Musical background throughout the video. The video begins with text on a blue background featuring the CAA-Quebec logo.)   

Vehicle maintenance do it YOURSELF 

How to check the oil 

(With the music still playing, Jesse Caron, CAA-Quebec Automotive Expert, appears on screen in a garage, next to a vehicle with its hood raised and held in place by a hood support. The CAA-Quebec logo and the video’s title, Vehicle maintenance – How to check oil, appear in the top-left corner of the screen.) 

Even though today’s vehicles can run for quite a long time without needing an oil change, it is important to check the oil around every two fill-ups. 

Make sure the car is on a level surface and the engine is cold. Find the dipstick, which is usually located beside the front on the engine. 

(Jesse points to the dipstick section of the engine as the camera pans down to show more of the engine.) 

Pull it out. Wipe it clean with a cloth, then insert and remove it. Check where the oil is compared to the notches. 

(The end of the dipstick is shown on the screen, still against a musical backdrop.)  

If the oil is low, it’s a simple matter to top it up via the filler cap. 

(With the music still playing, Jesse points to the oil filler cap, and a dashboard appears on the screen.) 

Some vehicles have onboard diagnostics that will calculate the oil-change interval. 

(With the music still playing, we turn back to Jesse who’s still standing beside the vehicle, hood open. He’s holding the dipstick in his hands and wiping it on a paper towel.) 

But it’s important to check the level yourself: sometimes a car will burn too much oil. 

(A text on a blue background appears on the screen with the CAA-Quebec logo underneath.)   

Vehicle maintenance do it YOURSELF  

For more details, go to caaquebec.com    

(End of music and video.)