Top Tips for Maintaining Your Automatic Rollover Car Wash
Keeping Your Car Wash Up and Washing for Customers
Automatic rollover car washes allow customers to relax and let the machines do all the work. Gone are the days of hand scrubbing, hosing down and cleaning up the driveway. Drivers can pull into the car wash, park and have the auto rollover pass over their car—cleaning their vehicle with ease.
Similar to self-serve car washes, automatic rollover bays can vary in hours of operation. Another difference is that auto rollovers are less likely to have multiple bays, as the equipment is larger and more expensive.
With fewer bays than self-serve car washes, it becomes harder to service a bay without causing a backup of customers. Performing maintenance during down times is typically the go-to for most car wash owners, which can be even more difficult if your automatic rollover runs 24 hours a day.
Optimize Your Maintenance for Down Times
If your automatic rollover car wash runs 24 hours a day, you need to know your busiest hours to schedule maintenance when customers are least likely to use your facility.
However, if your bay only runs during certain hours of the day, it’s easier to do maintenance during the downtime either before opening or after closing the bay for the day.
The worst case scenario for 24/7 or business hour auto rollover owners is having to do a shutdown, which can be avoided with routine maintenance. 24/7 bay owners may have no choice, but it’s less likely to happen if they can get their facilities ready to go ahead of time.
What to do for Routine Maintenance on Your Auto Rollover Car Wash
One of the biggest advantages of auto rollover car washes for the owners is that there’s no need to have staff around all of the time. Yet, at some point, there will need to be someone on-site to handle routine tasks.
Here are a few key steps to take for routine maintenance of your car wash:
- Make sure that equipment is safe and in working condition
- Get trained service technicians to routinely adjust and fix equipment
- Replace the soap supply used for the rollover car wash machine
- Restock any additional cleaning supplies
- Picking up any trash left on the ground and clean the car wash itself
- Clear out trash cans
- Ensure your coin-fed or credit card kiosk is operational
- Check the water pressure
Pit Cleanings Help to Keep Your Car Wash in Top Shape
Automatic rollover car washes allow car owners to stay in one place while their vehicle gets a bath. However, vehicle after vehicle getting washed in the same place is bound to leave a backup of dirt, debris and wastewater in your car wash pits over time.
These backups will cause your car wash to be less efficient and eco-friendly—as well as create a nasty odor. Car wash pit issues could cost you customers, money or both.
Keep your car wash working for customers, ensure compliance with wastewater regulations and continue earning business with Pit Crew’s pit cleaning services.
Pit Crew provides efficient and flexible car wash pit cleanings that will help prevent your business from washing away. Our crew will service your car wash when you need us most, whether that’s before opening, after closing or during your business’s operating hours.
Call us today to schedule a cleaning!
