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You might be raring to go for that car trip, but is your vehicle?

When discussing cars or other vehicles, you’re likely to hear the word pop up, and this begs many questions.

Oil and water might not mix, but your car’s engine needs both to keep running. Let either of these vital fluids run low and you’ll be heading towards engine damage or, worse, catastrophic failure.

While serious mechanical work on a car should only be performed by those with suitable expertise, there are plenty of maintenance and other jobs that fall into the DIY category.

A garage is designed to be a cosy home for a car but somewhere along the way they often turn into a dumping ground for anything and everything. Sometimes we pack them so full of junk we can’t even get our poor cars inside.

Cars are getting increasingly complex. For the DIYer, it means many once-common maintenance jobs are better off being left to professionals.