what is maintenance?

Answer 1

Car maintenance means to inspect the condition of car components and add (or change) expendable parts (or materials). Regular maintenance is critical to ensures the longevity and safety of a car.

The actual schedule of car maintenance varies depending on the type of a car and driving condition. Even a dealership often has a different recommended schedule from the manufacturer service manual for the same car.

Common car maintenance tasks include:

Car wash
check or change the engine oil and fuel filters
inspect or replace windshield wipers
check or refill windshield washer fluid
inspect tires for pressure and wear.
Tire balancing
Tire rotation
Wheel alignment
check or clean battery terminals
inspect or replace brake pads
check or refill brake fluid
check or refill transmission fluid
check or refill power steering fluid
check and refill engine coolant
flush radiators
check or refill transmission fluid
inspect or replace spark plugs
inspect or replace air filters
inspect timing belts
clean and adjust throttle body
lubricate locks, latches, hinges
check all lights and horns

Answer 2

Maintenance Is What Them Jiffy Lube Boys Do To Your Car When You Are Not So Mechanically Inclined Or Just Flat Out Too Lazy To Do It Yourself. But The Basic Of Maintenance Is To Keep Something Clean, Running Right , No Flaws In The Performance Of Duty, To Be At Its Best When It Is Well Taken Care Of.......That Kind Of Stuff. Just Depends On What Kind Of Maintenance You Are Talking About Or What You Need To Do Maintenance On

Answer 3

Here are some definitions
1. the act of maintaining.
2. the state of being maintained: the maintenance of friendly relations with England.
3. care or upkeep, as of machinery or property: With proper maintenance the car will last for many years.
4. means of upkeep, support, or subsistence; livelihood: to provide a comfortable maintenance.
5. alimony or child support.
6. Law. an officious meddling in a suit in which the meddler has no interest, by assisting either party with means to prosecute or defend it.

Answer 4

Maintenance is anything that "maintains" something.
For example, having your car serviced, would be deemed car maintenance.

A divorced wife being paid maintenance for her kids, another example of the word.

Answer 5

Most men have been there. Many won’t admit they’ve been there: involved with a high-maintenance date or girlfriend. You can run from a high-maintenance woman and you can hide, but your best chance of going unharmed is to avoid her all together

Answer 6

Its looking after things such as equipment

Sort of like....maintaining a car when you keep it topped up with oil and petrol and stuff

People are employed as maintenance....eg a caretaker in a school

Answer 7

It means,putting anything in it"s top notch running condition.It may be replacing a part or group of parts that has already reached its service life-preventive, or replacing a part or group of parts that has caused you a problem-breakdown maintenance.

Answer 8

all mechanical moving parts do not go on forever they need to be maintained to keep them in top form or they will eventually break down, IE changing oil and filters , spark plugs , bearings need greasing , tyres wear out and need changing ,water has to be topped up , regularly , the yearly MOT takes care of the safety factor

Answer 9

Dealing with your computer and software or the actual physical act of performing a mechanical task?

Answer 10

What people who fix things do to their cars.