Tag: coolant leak
I think my car is leaking coolant. What can I do?
As a car owner, one of the most alarming things to discover is a puddle of liquid under your vehicle. If that liquid is green, orange, or yellow and has a sweet smell, it’s likely coolant. A coolant leak is a serious issue that needs to be addressed promptly to avoid costly engine damage. Symptoms
The importance of engine coolant
Your engine is called an ‘internal combustion engine’. This means that while running there’s a lot of, well, internal combustion occurring. Thousands of explosions a minute, these create a lot of heat. How do you stop all this heat from ruining your engine? Coolant is pumped through the cooling channels, carrying heat away from the
How do I know if my radiator is failing?
If you have a basic understanding of motoro vehicles, and even if you don’t, you’ll know that it’s basically a pre-requisite that a functioning engine can generate and withstand extremely high temperatures. No matter what you drive, or where you’re driving, there are going to be mini-explosions that occur in your engine – aka, the
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