| Today's economic times are inspiring motorists to keep | | | | is the key to good hardware service. A PPM program |
| their cars longer than in past times. This presents no | | | | predicts equipment wear and monitors this machinery |
| serious problem because modern cars, SUVs and light | | | | using analyses of several indicators ; ultrasound, |
| trucks will faithfully serve their owners for many , | | | | vibration and fluid analysis. In a vehicle , however , most |
| many miles. Some automobiles rack up hundreds of | | | | motorists are neither provided, nor technically prepared |
| thousands of miles without a major difficulty, but it | | | | to perform PPM on their auto, however necessary it |
| does require the following of a few essential rules if a | | | | may be, so that the selection of a reliable, reasonable, |
| vehicle is to provide trustworthy service. | | | | highly-trained auto technical center is paramount to a |
| Don't wait till it breaks professional plant maintenance | | | | maintenance program. |
| engineers will tell you that predictive, preventive upkeep | | | | |