These are the five most common ways to shorten the life of your engine to the point where it no longer works anymore.
Do not check the water level. By not checking the water level in your vehicle you run the risk of allowing your engine to overheat because of lack of coolant. The coolant level in a vehicle should be checked at a minimum of every three months. If the coolant level is low then fluid should be added to bring it back to the desired level. This will also give you an indication on whether you have a coolant leak on your vehicle. Not all coolant leaks are visible and it is possible to have a coolant leak for an extended period of time without ever seeing a drop of coolant on the ground.
Ignore the engine light. The engine light is there for a reason, when it comes on it is telling you something is wrong with your engine. Cars of today have quite a few electronic sensors on them which all communicate with the vehicles computer or ECU as it is more commonly called. If one or more of these sensors is not doing what it is intended to do then it has the possibility to shorten the life of your engine. It may be driving fine now even with the engine light on but the simple fact that the light is on tells you that there is a problem. If you ignore this light you are slowly killing your car.
Drive with a faulty gearbox or clutch. By doing this you add more of a burden to the engine. The engine will have to work harder and rev higher to do the same work it would normally be capable of. This causes the engine to do more work than it was originally intended to do therefore shortening its life by overworking it.
Drive with a faulty coolant system. a partially blocked radiator or malfunctioning water pump can both cause an engine to overheat. The cooling system is a continuous loop with a single job or purpose. To circulate hot coolant from inside the engine moving the hot coolant to the radiator to be cooled and then replacing it with cooler coolant to keep the engine running at optimal temperature. If a radiator is blocked then it is not able to cool the coolant sufficiently and keep the engine running in the normal heat range. If the water pump is faulty then there will be little or no circulation so no cool coolant will be moved into the engine and will cause the engine to overheat.
And the number one reason for engine failure is lack of normal servicing. A basic oil change should be performed at a minimum of every three months or three thousand miles. By extending the interval time the oil is circulating debris throughout the oiling journals inside the engine. Wearing out internal components like main bearings, piston rings or big end bearings. This will cause your engine to fail with massive internal damage that will cost you more and more money each time you delay your servicing.
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