CARS.COM — When is the right time to change your engine coolant? For some vehicles, you’re advised to change the coolant every 30,000 miles. For others, changing it isn’t even on the maintenance ...

From IAT to HOAT, different coolant types directly affect your car's maintenance schedule. Learn how often you really need to ...

Changing the engine coolant on a car is almost as important as changing its oil. Like the lubricating fluid, the coolant will catch impurities from different engine components, like degrading rubber ...

As with the other fluids in your car, engine coolant plays a big role in how your car is running and should be monitored consistently. The frequency of checks will depend on the type of vehicle as ...

Newer engine coolant may be designed to provide freeze protection and water-pump lubrication for up to 10 years, but this doesn’t help guard your vehicle’s engine against contamination-related ...

Several components in your car hold coolant, often called antifreeze, and any of them can get a hole or develop a leak. If your car loses too much coolant, its engine could overheat. Coolant is also ...

Elizabeth Nelson, coolant program manager at Polaris Laboratories, a fluid-analysis company in Indianapolis, Ind., tells a story that would strike fear into the heart of any fleet manager. A class-8 ...

Engine coolant is a critical fluid that is essential for the optimal performance of engines in motor vehicles. Several studies have reported that, behind lubrication failure, a major cause of engine ...

When an internal combustion engine burns fuel, heat is created at temperatures as high as 4000°F (2200°C). This heat must be removed by some form of cooling. The two most common ways to dissipate heat ...