Chery S11 / Chery QQ. Manual — part 307

Automobile maintenance

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Automobile maintenance

Automobile maintenance

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External maintenance
and cleaning of
automobile

External lacquered surside
Lacquering brings esthetic appearance
and viability to automobile.
The best way of lacquered surside
maintenance is to clean frequently to
keep lacquered parts neat, use tepid water
or cold water for washing rather than hot
water or under the direct irradiation of
sunshine, soap or chemical cleaners with
high concentration are not permitted to
use, all the cleaning agents have to be
instantly flushed away from the surside,
none of which could remain on surside.
The -Chery automobile, designated for
normal environment conditions, can
endure the influence of normal natural
environment, whereas in abnormal
conditions like high-pressure car flushing
circumstance the water will go into the
inner part of car.
Burnishing and waxing of car body
Regular burnishing and waxing of car

body are suggested to remove sediments
on the surside. Relevant qualified
products are provided by Chery Service
Station.
Regular water cleaning should be kept to
protect the glossiness of external metal
components. Special care should be taken
to protect plumbiferous luster.
In order to avoid plumbiferous luster
spoilage, inscriptive grinding materials,
water vapour or corrosive soap are not
permitted for cleaning, all the bright
metal components are suggested to daub
paraffin. Leaden wheels and wheel disks
have to be washed to keep tidy and avoid
contact with road dust or saliferous
objects, the original status of wheels and
wheel disks should be protected and
regular cleaning is suggested, corrosive
cleaning agents or brushes are not
permitted to use to avoid surside coating
spoilage

Anticorrosion
Your automobile is designated according

to the requirement of anticorrosion, most
components of vehicles have applied
special substances and protective coating
to keep nice appearance, strength and
reliable operation. Some parts (such as
the special components located in the
engine room and chassis) are unexposed
to the air, thus the rusty stain will not
influence their reliabilities, and measures
of anticorrosion are unnecessary to take
on these parts.
Latten spoilage
If your vehicle is damaged, repair and
replacing of body panels need to be done,
suitable anticorrosive materials should be
guaranteed on the repaired or replaced
parts of fixed automobile body to resume
anticorrosion.
Impurity sediment
If impurities such as Calcium chloride
and other salts, ice flux, pavement tar,
resin, ordure of birds, chemicals from
industry and others remain on the
lacquering surside, the surside coating
would be damaged.

These sediments may not be flushed
away completely by quick washing,

therefore cleaning agents are required.
Damages to lacquering sursides must be

avoided when using chemical cleaning
agents.