Car maintenance VAZ-2101 Zhiguli

Serious about maintenance
Gone are the days when cars were unpretentious. Any gasoline, any oil, any tolerances - nothing to him. It rumbled, smoked, but moved. A modern passenger car is fast, comfortable,...

Oil change in the engine and units
The need to change the oil is dictated primarily by operating conditions. Sometimes they are so complex that the oil gets dirty faster than the instructions say. High ambient...

Topping up or replacing operating fluids
Brake fluid To check and, if necessary, add brake fluid to the reservoirs, no preliminary preparation is necessary. Requires only the liquid itself «Neva». Whether there is enough...

Avoid spills of gasoline, oils and liquids
Small puddles found under the car after overnight parking, or streaks on aggregates and assemblies are a serious and very unpleasant thing. Serious, because brake fluid can leak,...

Ensure the normal operation of mechanisms and systems
The engines of each new car become more powerful and more economical, quieter and lighter, more maintainable and cleaner (refers to the degree of toxicity of exhaust gases). A...

Fan drive belt tension, water pump, alternator
Over time, the belt stretches and ceases to perform its functions. As a result, on VAZ-21013, VAZ-2102, VAZ-2105 cars, the engine immediately starts to overheat, since neither the...

Gas distribution mechanism
Each mechanism or system performs strictly defined functions, and each function is a separate link in the overall process chain. It is necessary to fill the engine cylinders with...

Gap between breaker contacts
To ensure the operation of the engine ignition system, a high voltage current of 12-24 kV is needed. The battery and alternator provide low voltage current. Although the generator...

Setting the ignition timing
It takes only 1/500-1/1000 of a second to burn the working mixture in the engine cylinder, and these moments will be constant for a given composition of the mixture. And if the...

Replacement and maintenance of spark plugs
Each candle (pic. 21) has a label that provides the maximum necessary information about it. Let's consider the marking of the spark plug A 17DV. The letter A means that the thread...

Carburetor adjustment
The carburetor is one of the most complex components of a car that prepares a combustible mixture, i.e. a mixture of gasoline with air, and depending on how much gasoline and how...

Checking and adjusting the clutch
Between the engine and gearbox is a clutch - a mechanism that performs a wide variety of work. It transmits torque from the crankshaft of the engine, temporarily disconnects the...

Brake monitoring
VAZ cars can reach high speed, so the driver must be sure that at the right time the brakes will come to the rescue, they will not let you down. A car has no unit, mechanism or...

Wheel suspension check
Stability, ride and handling of the car is determined primarily by the design of the wheel suspension (pic. 39). Due to the fact that the cars produced by the industry are very...

Front wheel bearings and hubs
If at a speed of 60-80 km / h you feel vibration, you need to find out the cause of its occurrence as soon as possible. There can be many reasons. One of them is the beating of...

Shock absorbers, anti-roll bars, torque arms and hinges
A high-speed, maneuverable car must have increased stability, as they say, it must be well «keep the road». The design provides for everything so that the car does not drive and...

Lighting and signaling devices
BAZ vehicles are equipped with a large number of devices that provide the driver with good visibility of the road, as well as very detailed information to others about the actions...

Checking engine and chassis mounts
It is quite natural if during operation the engine and chassis mount weakens. As a result of vibration, nuts and bolts that have moved from their place are turned away, lost, and...