Our Automotive Preventive Maintenance is designed to equip individuals with comprehensive knowledge and practical skills essential for the pre-delivery inspection, maintenance, and servicing of automotive vehicles. Whether you’re an aspiring automotive technician or an enthusiast looking to delve into the intricacies of vehicle maintenance, this course offers a hands-on learning experience that covers every aspect of automotive care.

Course Outline:

Prepare for Predelivery Inspection

• Identify required items before pre-delivery inspection on the vehicle
• Prepare required items in the vehicle
• Install factory-loaded parts on the vehicle
• Removal of emergency towing eyelets, spring locks, labels, tags, stickers, covers and body
• Protective film
• Adjust tire pressure into standard pressure based on manufacturer’s standard

Perform Physical and Functional Inspection

• Check all electrical components operation in the vehicle
• Check all fluid level in the vehicle
• Check the vehicle for leaks
• Check the vehicle performance
• Check minor defects of the vehicle.
• Accomplish inspection checklist based on manufacturers standards

Complete Work Processes.

• Perform engine oil top-up based on Manufacturer’s standards
• Perform Automatic Transmission oil top-up based on Manufacturer’s standards
• Perform Brake fluid top-up based onManufacturer’s standards
• Perform Coolant oil top-up based on Manufacturer’s standards

Prepare for inspection and service engine

• Determine job requirements from workplace instructions
• Source and interpret servicing information
• Identify hazards associated with the work and manage risks
• Select tools, equipment and materials and check it’s serviceability

Inspect engine

• Carried out inspection according to manufacturer specifications, workplace procedures and safety requirements
• Compared inspection results with manufacturer specifications
• Report inspection findings according to workplace procedures, including recommendations for necessary repairs or adjustments

Service engine

• Carry out service and adjustments according to manufacturer specifications, workplace procedures, and safety and environmental requirements, and without causing damage to components or systems
• Carry out post-service testing according to workplace procedures

Complete work processes

• Make final inspection to ensure work is according to workplace expectations and vehicle or machinery is presented ready for use
• Clean work area, dispose waste and non-recyclable materials and collect recyclable material
• Check tools and equipment and store according to workplace procedures
• Process workplace documentation according to workplace procedures.

Perform pre service preparations

• Determine job requirements
• Source servicing information from service manual
• Use vehicle mileage as reference for changing fluid
• Inspect transmission fluids condition
• Acquire transmission fluids
• Prepare tools for periodic maintenance of drive train
• Manage hazards and risks

Conduct periodic maintenance of drive trains

• Drain fluids
• Replace fluids
• Clean drain plug
• Replace drain plug washers
• Lubricate propeller shafts
• Inspect cracks and leaks of drive train components
• Report findings to immediate superior
• Apply safety practices

Perform post service activities

• Confirm fluid level
• Dispose wastes
• Perform final inspection
• Write down job done
• Restore workplace

Prepare for periodic maintenance of brake system

• Demonstrate Job requirements are determined based on brake system repair order
• Explain the service information sourced from the service manual
• Prepare tools based on suspension system repair order
• Explain hazards and risks associated in the workplace are managed following OSHS
• Job and inspection performed is written/noted down on the repair order.

Carry-out periodic maintenance procedures

• Demonstrate inspection of Brake system components according manufacturer’s service workshop manual
• Enumerate brake system components are replaced according manufacturer’s service workshop manual
• Demonstrate cleaning & lubrication of Brake caliper guide pins
• Demonstrate bleeding of brake system according to service workshop manual
• Demonstrate Adjustment of Parking brake lever/pedal travel and cable tension according to service workshop manual
• Demonstrate calibration of Electric parking brake according to service workshop manual
• Explain reports of findings and recommendations to immediate superior following company’s standard procedures
• Apply safety practices

Complete periodic maintenance procedure

• Explain wastes disposal according to good housekeeping practices
  Perform Road test following established standard operating procedure
• Explain Job done written on the Repair Order
• Workplace is restored according company’s standard procedure

Perform preperiodic maintenance of suspension system

• State the basic function of the suspension system
• Identify the different types of suspension system
• Explain the features of the different types of suspension system
• Identify the tools, equipment and materials required to service suspension system
• Identify the different safety precautions, hazards and risks when servicing suspension system
• Prepare tools, materials and equipment to be used for suspension system service

Apply periodic maintenance procedures

• Explain why tightening torque must be in accordance with the specified torque
• Identify the suspension system fasteners that requires inspection of tightening torque
• Describe how to check suspension system components
• Describe how to use the torque wrench
• Describe how to check tires
• Describe how to check wheels
• Describe how to check wheel bearing
• Describe how to use the vernier caliper
• Describe how to use the dial gauge
• Apply safety practice when conducting suspension system maintenance
• Demonstrate the correct method for handling of torque wrench
• Demonstrate how to use torque when tightening suspension system fasteners
• Demonstrate how to check tires using a vernier caliper
• Demonstrate how to check wheel bearing axial play using a dial gauge
• Demonstrate how to check tire axial run-out
• Write job done on the repair order

Perform work to completion

• Recognize good housekeeping practices (5S)
• Demonstrate the proper storage of torque wrench
• Demonstrate the proper storage of vernier caliper
• Demonstrate the proper storage of dial gauge
• Conduct final inspection on job performed
• Report findings and recommendations to immediate superior
• Perform good housekeeping practices before and after each job

Perform preperiodic maintenance of steering system

• State the basic function of the steering system
• Identify the different types of steering system
• Identify the tools, equipment and materials required to service steering system
• Identify the different safety precautions, hazards and risks when servicing steering system
• Prepare tools, materials and equipment to be used for steering system service

Apply periodic maintenance procedures

• Explain why tightening torque must be in accordance with the specified torque
• Identify the steering system fasteners that requires inspection of tightening torque
• Describe how to check steering system components
• Describe how to use the torque wrench
• Describe how to replace power steering fluid
• Describe how to check if malfunction exist on electric power steering
• Apply safety practice when conducting steering system maintenance
• Demonstrate the correct method for handling of torque wrench
• Demonstrate how to use torque when tightening steering system fasteners
• Demonstrate how to replace power steering fluid
• Demonstrate how to check electric power steering malfunction
• Write job done on the repair order

Perform work to completion

• Recognize good housekeeping practices (5S)
• Demonstrate the proper storage of torque wrench
• Conduct final inspection on job performed
• Report findings and recommendations to immediate superior
• Perform good housekeeping practices before and after each job