Unless you change your car as often as your
socks, almost every car owner has to tend to their car’s cooling system at some
point. The age-old saying ‘prevention is always better than a cure’ can
certainly be applied to most of the internal mechanisms of a car. Simply put,
it is better to maintain and look after your car’s cooling system then failing
to do so and having to fork out hundreds on what would probably be a
preventable mechanic’s bill.
Whilst it might sound and appear to be a
complex system that should be left to the capable hands of a mechanic,
maintaining this vital motoring ‘organ’ needn’t be as complicated as you may
think.
Take a look at the following ways of how to
maintain your car’s cooling system.
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What
are the internal components of a vehicle’s cooling system?
A cooling system has several basic
components, which include: A fan, an overflow tank, a series of belts, water,
coolant, an overflow tank, a sensor – sometimes two -, a radiator, a
thermostat, and a series of hoses and clamps that connect the system all
together.
How
does a cooling system work?
A car’s cooling system essentially works by
directing fluid past the hottest parts of an engine, which are typically the
valves and the cylinder head. The fluid is then redirected to the radiator
where the heat gets dispersed into cooler air.
Keep
coolant topped up
It goes without saying that a car becoming
overheated can lead to a series of problems, including pipes and hoses becoming
split and leaking. To help maintain your car’s cooling system, and engine in
general, it is important that you keep your levels of coolant topped up.
Similarly to how everyone should know how
to repair a puncture on a bike or be able to change a light bulb, it should be
collective knowledge that the fluid in your car’s cooling system should be made
of 50% water and 50% coolant.
You can tell the difference between the
coolant and water as the coolant is a green liquid meaning that the coolant
portion of the section should consist of a green fluid.
Never
add coolant to warm liquid
It is extremely important that you remember
not to add any fluid – water or coolant – when the system is still warm. Let
your car cool down, preferably overnight, and add the fluid in the morning to
avoid scalding the contents and putting the system under pressure.
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Motoring expert Danny Harris
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