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Good question @Dave Daniel First thing is you need to love your car to no ends, in case of Gaurav it is literally as any signs of hate and his Pajero would not start up. As per the old books what I learned from my dad, may God Almighty rest his soul in peace, every morning check all the oils and fluids to check if the level is A OK. A visual inspection while the bonnet is open will reveal any discrepancies, get them checked in time and repair small before it effects any other parts. Change the oils, plugs, filters, timing belts, etc on time and avoid any big expenses. If there is any discomfort while driving, any noises from the car, any vibrations, anything that you feel is not right, get it checked immediately, sometimes a small problem solved can save you from bugger expenses. Use methods like fuel injector cleaner and other such products at least once a year just to be sure that all is well on the inside. He used to say that the general maintenance of a car does not make your car run smoother, it just makes sure that over time your car keeps running as smoothly as when you first got it.

Our car is one of the essential things in our life. It can help us travel to the place we want to go. Since it has great value to us, it is necessary for us to take care of it. But what are the things we need to consider in order to prolong it's life?

Corrosion. Rust. Ferrous oxide. Your engine block is made of iron. Water iron and oxygen equals rust. The constant flow of water breaks off tiny tiny powder like particles which circulate through the system. These particles are often mistaken for sand and collect everywhere but look closer it's brown not yellow like sand. Aluminium oxidises even faster than iron. If you take a hose off the cylinder head you will see all the white crap inside. This is aluminium oxide. Oxidisation is caused by using either water or cheap crap coolant in your cooling system. Proper coolant has anti oxidisation properties which helps to stop this. If you're really worried you can buy bottles of dedicated corrosion inhibitors. A lot of people with heavy plant no machinery use these as filling a fifty tonne machine with expensive coolant is expensive.

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Well what you found is true, but only half in Japanese cars which is usually hooked to expansion bottles. If ever you have a chance then clean your expansion bottle and see the amount of sand it has. Though that part is loosely designed to let air out and suck/return the coolant means it also inhale the atmospheric sand and dirt and keep churning inside the bottle and from time to time that sand makes it way to the radiator and sit nicely inside the core and block them overtime. If you clean your coolant expansion bottle every month and top up with fresh coolant, then you can delay the radiator core cleaning from every year to once in 2 years easily.

Here is what you have to do: Remove trim around gear shift (carefully pry up) remove screw for cup holder, remove felt pad in lower console. remove 2 10mm bolts remove console. Once I had to do that when my center console cracked and I had to replace it with a brand new one (https://www.carid.com/center-consoles/). First, I thought getting an aftermarket overlay piece that would stick-on, but then I realized, that the sound will not disappear (the cracked plastic piece will give that sound under vibration, when you drive).