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 ...

When the fuel/air mixture is ignited in the cylinders, the temperature inside the engine can reach thousands of degrees Fahrenheit. It takes only half that heat to melt iron, and your engine would be ...

Tip: Many vehicles have a pressurized coolant recovery system called an expansion tank that makes opening the radiator unnecessary. These systems are considered "sealed" because the safety pressure ...

Question: My question is about radiator overflow tanks. I’ve always had cars and trucks that had an overflow tank that you would keep full to the cold or hot mark. Checking over my daughter’s car, she ...

Flushing and replacing coolant is a moderately difficult repair job. Consult the owner's manual, your car’s manufacturer, or a trusted mechanic for more specific information on your vehicle. You take ...

Engine overheating is rarely the result of a single failure. It usually happens when several small weaknesses in the cooling system line up, from low coolant to a stuck thermostat or a failing fan. To ...

As engines get very hot, coolant helps distribute heat to help prevent overheating and engine damage. It also adds antifreeze protection and acts as a lubricant for some of the engine’s components. If ...

Meh, your 4x4’s cooling system is simple…as simple as fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, material properties, specific heat, ideal gas laws, and a few more aspects of physics can be.

The job of refilling and bleeding coolant is not that bad – it’s just the process of removing air from your car’s newly serviced cooling system. But there are some important tips and tricks to arm ...

My 2020 Mitsubishi MR Triton has done 70,000kms from brand new and now has a coolant problem. The overflow bottle is filling up and not draining back to radiator. Coolant is spraying out of the bottle ...