Tell Me Flashcards
Identify the windscreen washer bottle and tell me how you would check its
Open bonnet and show examiner the washer bottle. There has to be fluid in the neck of the bottle. If it needs filling up then fill with clean water mixed with a suitable quantity of washer fluid which contains antifreeze.
Open the bonnet and tell me how you would check the engine coolant level.
Identify the coolant bottle. On this car when the engine is cold the correct coolant level is on the weld of the bottle or you can also say just below the arrow.
(approx. middle of bottle)
Open the bonnet and identify the brake fluid reservoir and tell me how you know the correct safe level of the fluid.
Open the bonnet and show examiner the brake fluid reservoir and check fluid is between min and max.
Tell me how you would check your brakes before you would start a journey.
As you move off check the brakes. They should not feel spongy and the car should not pull to one side.
Tell me how you would check the head lights and tail lights are working. Do not exit the car.
You would turn on the light switch and tell the examiner you would walk around the car and check all the lights are working. Two front and rear side lights, two head lights.
Tell me where you would find the information for the recommended tyre pressures for this car and how tyre pressures should be checked.
Information will be found using the car manufacturer’s manual. Check the tyre pressures by using a reliable pressure gauge when the tyres are cold. Don’t forget the spare and remember to refit the valve caps.
Tell me how you would check the tyres to show that they have sufficient tread depth and that their general condition is safe to use on the road.
A safe tyre will have no cuts or bulges. The tread depth should be at least 1.6mm across the central 3/4s of the breadth of the tyre and around the entire outer circumference.
Tell me how should the head restraint be adjusted to provide the best protection to your neck.
The head restraint should be adjusted so the rigid part of the head restraint is at least as high as the eye or top of the ears, and as close to the back of the head as is comfortable. N.B. Some restraints might not be adjustable. On this car the top of my ear should be level with the middle of the head restraint.
Tell me how you would know if there was a problem with the anti lock breaking system on this car.
When I turn the ignition on the ABS light will show. It will go out after 10 seconds if the system is OK. If it comes on while I am driving the system has a fault.
