One of the most important parts of your engine is the oil you put in it. Not only does it reduce wear, but t also cools and protects the engine. This is one of the most important jobs in maintaining a vehicle, but luckily very simple to do. Davis Macintye from the AA is a breakdown cover patrolman and is going to show you how to check you oil levels in this AA pocket patrol video

There Are Just Some Things A Breakdown Cover Patrolman Can't Fix

Changing your oil is essential to the smooth running of your car but failing to do this could create breakdowns that just cannot be fixed by the roadside. The engine oil lubricates all the moving metal parts of the engine and with no lubrication, these parts wear and fail, maybe at 70 miles and hour! It is unlikely that any breakdown cover patrolman can repair such a terminal fault by the roadside, which mat need the engine to be stripped down.