CARS.COM — When is the right time to change your engine coolant? For some vehicles, you’re advised to change the coolant every 30,000 miles. For others, changing it isn’t even on the maintenance ...

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

As with the other fluids in your car, engine coolant plays a big role in how your car is running and should be monitored consistently. The frequency of checks will depend on the type of vehicle as ...

Changing the engine coolant on a car is almost as important as changing its oil. Like the lubricating fluid, the coolant will catch impurities from different engine components, like degrading rubber ...

Newer engine coolant may be designed to provide freeze protection and water-pump lubrication for up to 10 years, but this doesn’t help guard your vehicle’s engine against contamination-related ...

Several components in your car hold coolant, often called antifreeze, and any of them can get a hole or develop a leak. If your car loses too much coolant, its engine could overheat. Coolant is also ...

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 ...

A thermometer shape on your dashboard isn't something to ignore. Keep driving after it lights up, and you might not like what ...

Along with power, internal combustion engines make heat. They actually create so much heat that if it isn’t adequately channeled away, it can potentially damage an engine beyond repair. To solve the ...

If you’re a maintenance manager or owner-operator who is thoroughly confused as to what type of engine coolant should be in your heavy-duty diesel truck (much less what type of coolant is actually in ...

Engine coolant is a critical fluid that is essential for the optimal performance of engines in motor vehicles. Several studies have reported that, behind lubrication failure, a major cause of engine ...