Falling victim to radiator boil over or having your engine vapor lock while cruising through town is never a good thing. Finding yourself in the left turn lane at a red light with the engine ...
Faster is not better when it comes to engine coolant flow rate. The purpose of a radiator is to support heat transfer, which is a time-dependent process. As Flex-a-Lite explains, to move the heat from ...
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 ...
From IAT to HOAT, different coolant types directly affect your car's maintenance schedule. Learn how often you really need to change your coolant.
Few situations can rival the frustration of finding yourself on a desolate road in the middle of nowhere with an overheating engine. You pull over as soon as you notice the gauge leaning dramatically ...
CARS.COM — If steam is pouring from under your hood, a temperature warning light is glowing bright red on your dashboard or the needle in the temperature gauge is cozying up to the High mark, it’s ...
Maintaining the radiator and cooling system in your car is a simple task but can go a long way towards keeping your vehicle in good shape. A poorly maintained radiator cooling system is susceptible to ...
When an internal combustion engine (ICE) operates, the temperature inside the cylinder block can reach up to 3632 °F. For the engine to work in a given temperature mode, it must be cooled; otherwise, ...
We arrived at Chicane Sport Tuning just a couple days after the company finished a week-long thrash with Overhaulin'. The subject car, a '65 fastback, came in so rusty it was cut in two, yet it looked ...
When you turn the engine off and walk away, only to hear the radiator fan still spinning, don't panic. It is doing the job it was built to do. This is called after-run cooling, and unlike some of the ...