Your vehicle is a complicated piece of machinery, and keeping it running smoothly requires periodic inspections and maintenance of its various systems, including your engine’s cooling system and the ...

Peak Commercial & Industrial, an Old World Industries company, is unvailing new test strips for its Final Charge heavy-duty extended-life coolant/antifreeze. Test strips for the Final Charge Global ...

You’ve heard it said before and it bears repeating: an engine’s number one enemy is heat. So the best way to beat the heat is to maintain the best-running coolant system possible in your heavy-duty ...

Q: I have a 2000 Mercury Sable LS with 90,930 miles. It’s a nice, inexpensive car for an older lady. Since I’ve had it, the light keeps telling me I’m low on coolant. I keep going back, and they tell ...

With more advanced engine metallurgy and design, and the demand for increased fuel efficiency and lower emissions, engine operating temperatures have increased more than 40 F in the last 50 years.

Spectro Scientific’s CoolCheck 2 Coolant Analyzer provides analytical results on nine key parameters in easy-to-understand reports for use by mechanics. Cooling systems play a vital role in preserving ...

Total dissolved solids (TDS) is a measure of additive concentration and contaminants in coolant. TDS in excess of 3 percent may promote water-pump and radiator failures. What would you guess is the ...

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 ...