With thousands of cars being driven on the roads every minute of every day, the emissions being sent out of the tail pipes and into the air threatens the quality of the air we breath. In Oregon the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has set standards that your vehicle must meet if you want to keep driving it. At a DEQ Cedar Mill testing station, your car is put through a series of tests to see if it is meeting the standards that the US government and the state of Oregon has set to ensure your car is meeting those standards.
The best way to make sure that your car is meeting the pollution standards is to make sure that you are providing its routine maintenance. You can take your car to a place like Du Fresnes Auto Service Inc on a regular schedule for tune-ups and oil changes. While there you can have the mechanic check out any potential problems A good mechanic understands how important it is to keep your car running in top condition. Regular maintenance is what can keep you on the road by finding any potential problems before they become major ones. Du Fresnes can also provide you with a DEQ test to certify that your car meets the emissions standard. If your car fails any of the tests, they can also tell you why and what you can do to bring your car’s emissions back within the range required by the DEQ test that the state requires.
A driver should never underestimate the importance of taking care of their car. After all, they are complex machines and it is very easy for things to go wrong with the way they are running. Most of the time, the start of an expensive major problem is something small. A fuel filter gets blocked so the engine isn’t getting the right amount of fuel and has to work harder or worse the filter fails and debris gets into the engine to start causing problems. It is the routine maintenance that is able to discover this and many other problems before they turn into expensive ones. Have your car checked out regularly and you will never have to worry about it passing a DEQ test or having an expensive repair sneak upon you.
