In the second-hand car market, sometimes sellers do not hesitate to manipulate the odometer, reduce the mileage, touch the body to raise the price and give the car a “younger” look. But is it possible to determine the actual mileage?
Oku.AzAccording to information from “Tarantas News”, independent Russian expert Piotr Subbotin stated that it is impossible to deceive experts in this way.
He called the reduction in the car’s mileage “a child’s trick.”
“Odometer readings are repeated not only on the instrument panel, but also in the “brains” of the engine control units, gearbox and other components. This is done to record what breakdowns have occurred and in What car mileage cannot be reduced, it can only be reset. Therefore, “it will not be a problem to know the actual mileage at the service center during diagnosis,” he stressed.
The automobile expert said that in this way the master learns at the same time the number of working hours of the engine.
“It is very important to understand how much the engine works at idle. The problem is that at idle the oil pump works very poorly and the power unit is slightly flushed with oil, which causes rapid wear of the elements,” he said. .
It was noted that today it is possible to know the mileage of a car for sale using a scanner that can read not only the engine or gearbox, but also the braking system, the on-board network and the anti-theft system.
