Overheating, strange smells, and gurgling noises can signal your coolant is failing. Find out when to flush it, and protect ...

Stricter emission standards, new pedestrian safety laws and the relentless push for reduced fuel consumption have triggered a flow of engine cooling innovations. Matthew Beecham reports on what’s in ...

One of the oldest Mustang gripes we can think of is engine overheating. We can write this problem off as one of the penalties of old car ownership, but classic Mustangs were cursed with overheating ...

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 ...

Your vehicle's engine cooling system is one of its most critical components. Its primary responsibility is to cycle coolant — which is a 50/50 mixture of water and antifreeze — through your engine to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Internal combustion engines — including those that run on diesel fuel — rely on various systems, accessories, and electronics to keep the pistons moving and your wheels turning. Of those systems and ...

Some aspects of vehicle maintenance get a lot of attention, and some get almost no attention at all. For example, regularly checking your oil level and changing the oil and oil filter are probably not ...