Car maintenance VAZ-2101 Zhiguli

Here are articles describing the main operations necessary for the periodic maintenance of the VAZ-2101 Zhiguli car.

Seriously about maintenance
The time has passed when cars were unpretentious. Any gasoline, any oil, any tolerances - nothing can stop them. They rattled, smoked, but moved. A modern passenger car is fast,...

Changing the oil in the engine and units
The need to change the oil is dictated primarily by the operating conditions. Sometimes they are so complex that the oil gets dirty faster than the instructions provide. High...

Topping up or replacing operating fluids
Brake fluid To check and, if necessary, top up the brake fluid in the reservoirs, no preliminary preparation is required. Only the Neva fluid itself is required. The red indicator...

Avoid leaks of gasoline, oils and liquids
Small puddles found under the car after overnight parking, or leaks on units and assemblies are a serious and very unpleasant thing. Serious, because brake fluid may leak, and...

Ensure normal operation of mechanisms and systems
The engines of each new car become more powerful and economical, quieter and lighter, easier to repair and cleaner (refers to the degree of toxicity of exhaust gases). A striking...

Fan, water pump, generator drive belt tension
Over time, the belt stretches and stops performing its functions. As a result, on VAZ-21013, VAZ-2102, VAZ-2105 cars, the engine immediately begins to overheat, since neither the...

Valve timing mechanism
Each mechanism or system performs strictly defined functions, and each function is a separate link in the overall chain of the process. The engine cylinders must be filled with a...

Gap between breaker contacts
To ensure the operation of the engine ignition system, a high-voltage current of 12-24 kV is required. The battery and generator provide low-voltage current. Although the...

Setting the ignition timing
Only 1/500-1/1000 of a second is needed for the combustion of the working mixture in the engine cylinder, and these moments will be constant for a given mixture composition. But...

Replacement and maintenance of spark plugs
Each spark plug (Fig. 21) has a marking that provides the maximum amount of necessary information about it. Let's look at the marking of the Mirka A 17DV spark plug. The letter A...

Carburetor adjustment
The carburetor is one of the most complex components of a car, which prepares a combustible mixture, i.e. a mixture of gasoline and air, and depending on how much gasoline and how...

Checking and adjusting the clutch
Between the engine and the gearbox is the clutch, a mechanism that performs a wide variety of work. It transmits torque from the engine crankshaft, temporarily disconnects...

Brake condition check
VAZ cars can reach high speeds, so the driver must be sure that the brakes will come to the rescue at the right moment and will not fail. There is no unit, mechanism or assembly...

Checking the wheel suspension
The stability, smoothness of the ride and controllability of a car are determined, first of all, by the design of the wheel suspensions (Fig. 39). Due to the fact that the cars...

Front wheel bearings and hubs
If you feel vibration at a speed of 60-80 km/h, you need to find out the reason for its occurrence as soon as possible. There can be many reasons. One of them is the beating of...

Shock absorbers, anti-roll bars, reaction rods and joints
A fast, maneuverable car must have increased stability, as they say, it must "hold the road" well. The design provides everything to prevent the car from drifting or skidding, but...

Lighting and signaling devices
BAZ vehicles are equipped with a large number of devices that provide the driver with good visibility of the road, as well as very detailed information to others about the actions...

Checking engine and chassis mounts
It is quite natural if the engine and chassis mounts weaken during operation. Nuts and bolts that have shifted from their place as a result of vibration unscrew, get lost and...

Tightening torques for the most critical threaded connections

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