As a part of traditional vehicle maintenance, keeping your oil changed as directed is a standard procedure. While the old-school method has always been effective, technological advancements have introduced better approaches to make the process of changing oil easier and quicker. Let’s take a look at three tech innovations that can help change your auto’s oil on time.
1. Oil Change Reminder Apps
Almost everyone who drives has a smartphone to download convenient apps on. There are apps that remind individuals that it’s time to change the oil, and all they have to do is enter the date of the last change and their current mileage to get details when the time comes to replace oil. When it’s time to change the oil again, you can receive a notification that will help you stick to a schedule for maintaining your vehicle.
These apps can take the guesswork out of when your oil needs changing and can help prompt owners to do this routine care as recommended by the automaker. Many apps include other features, such as fuel efficiency tracking, maintenance records, and service history making them an easy way to keep up with auto maintenance as a whole.
2. Oil Extractor Pumps
Oil extractor pumps are relatively new on the scene and have simplified the labor-intensive job of oil changes. These handy tools ease the process by making changes faster, ensuring oil pansare accessible, creating less mess, and can be done without removing the drain stopper or lifting the vehicle.
Extractors work by creating a vacuum used to extract the oil from the engine through the dipstick. Just insert a pump-probe inside of the dipstick tube, which hooks the probe in, and then turn on the pump to remove all of the oil.
3. Nexcel Oil Cells
Recently introduced by Castrol, the Nexcel oil cell is an installable unit that holds both engine oil and a new filter. It makes oil changes smarter and more efficient. They are designed to lower tailpipe carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions because they provide a precise oil-engine match and can even help oil warm up more quickly.
As a plug-and-play cell slot, it goes in and out from under the bonnet, which allows the oil to be swapped out in one simple step that takes less than two minutes. The oil cells are sealed to ensure that oil is safely collected and can be recycled back into another engine oil product.
Tested on cars big and small and even high-powered racing vehicles, the Nexcel system works optimally under extreme conditions. The first experiments were performed using the track-only Aston Martin Vulcan supercar and enjoyed great success. As it goes mainstream, this is sure to become the next revolution in the history of combustible engines. Between the benefits is servicing and emissions, you’ll wonder why this hasn’t been done earlier.
Use Technology to Ease Auto Oil Changes
These tech advances are designed to make oil changes simpler, faster, and a more dependable process. Owners can now boost the efficiency and lifespan of vehicles by taking advantage of them and incorporating them into their routine maintenance plans.