Car care

This is the fourth car-care project page and introduces the second optional Vehicle Discovery Project.

While you don't need to be an expert technician to be an advanced driver, it is useful to know the basic component parts of your vehicle.

Print and complete your Training Outcomes Worksheet for this unit before completing the vehicle discovery project.

Vehicle discovery project

Look at your car and with the help of your car handbook if required, locate the position of the following:

• The exhaust manifold

• The carburettor (or fuel injection unit)

• The fuel pump

• The silencer (& catalytic converter)

• The fan (or water pump/alternator) belt

• The water pump

Daily and Weekly car care

If you wish to re-read the vehicle-check information from earlier in the course, click here.

You can download the vehicle check sheets below.

Daily car checks – Weekly car checks

When you are confident that you have completed this unit, print out and complete your Training Achievements Log before moving on to the next unit.

Tough love...

If you can find a good excuse for not doing the car care checks this week – use the time you save to research alternative careers, you might need the information!

Next: Mental rehearsal - a method to help you improve your driving and prepare for tests.