I want to know everything about my car where do i start?!?!?!?!?

Okay i got a 1998 honda civic ex and i have no clue about how a car works honestly.....i bought a haynes manual for it and i want to be able to work on the car myself. How should i get started? what are some small repairs that i would be able to do myself? any help would be appreciated



ThnxI want to know everything about my car where do i start?!?!?!?!?
One thing that's fun - if you have the time - is go to the library and find an "Encyclopedia of Technology" - and it will give you a thumbnail sketch of the various systems on your car. If you have a catalytic converter - which I'm sure you do - that giant encyclopedia will show you a little more about how it works - not just replacing it.



There's lots to know about these new cars... the computers are a true mystery which a lot of mechanics don't even understand. But the computers are amazingly hardy units - you don't hear about too many people having to replace them. The sensors will sometimes burn up - but not the whole computer.



anyway - it's tough working on these modern cars - tough to tinker with them - and you can ruin an engine forever trying to pull off the engine head and putting it back on. In the cars years ago we'd do that just for fun. We could grind our valves with a piece of sandpaper. I don't think you can do things like this anymore.



Anyway - a lot of us now DON'T work on our cars... so the manufacturers got what they wanted - more work for their dealership mechanics.
It's going to be trial and error. When something breaks down on your car, try to fix it yourself. You can read that Haynes manual all you want but until you actually tear it down, find the problem, fix the problem and it works....then you are learning something. A good idea is to take pictures of whatever you take apart before you take it apart and as you take it apart. So if you get stumped when putting it back together you will have an idea of what it looked like before. It takes years to learn major repairs and knowing what's wrong by the sound a vehicle makes. An easy start is changing the oil and filter. Brakes are fairly easy as well, especially on a civic. How a combustible engine works is going to take much more space to explain but isn't really hard. Just a lot of topics to cover. I started off asking the same questions you did...today I restore muscle cars from ground up as a hobby. You just have to get your hands dirty and tear into it...with good reason. You will break things, think you fixed a problem but the problem is still there, fix one thing and find something wrong with another. Best advice I can give is to be patient and don't rush. You will learn as you go...you just have to get started.I want to know everything about my car where do i start?!?!?!?!?
Read the owners manual first.
buy a factory repair manual...I want to know everything about my car where do i start?!?!?!?!?
Where do you get started? You fix what's broken.
BUST SOME KNUCKLES AND GIT R DONE