VIDEO: Coolant Scale Buildup On Cooling System Components
Andrew Markel explains how dried out coolant can break down and cause scale in certain components of the cooling system. Sponsored by MAHLE.
Modern Cooling System Design: It’s Not About Temperature; It’s About Powertrain
Reading engineering papers tends to be a boring exercise, but they do give a technician like myself a new perspective on how a common automotive cooling system could actually be improved. Of course, our immediate thought is how the cooling system can keep the engine cooler. Not so, according to one paper.
STEELMAN Introduces Master Cooling System Test And Purge Kit
The 60025 works on domestic, European and Asian vehicles, and the color-coded radiator test caps make it easy to identify the suitable test cap for the vehicle.
STEELMAN Offers Master Cooling System Test And Purge Kit
The STEELMAN 60025 Master Cooling System Test and Purge Kit works on domestic, European and Asian vehicles, and the color-coded radiator test caps make it easy to identify the suitable test cap for the vehicle.
Preventive Cooling System Service: Keeping P0128 Codes Away
Of the engine’s two vital fluid systems, lubrication and cooling, the cooling system might need more routine maintenance. If we don’t inspect and service the cooling system as required, the system might fail well before the next extended interval oil change is due. With that said, let’s explore a few ways to inspect cooling systems on extended maintenance interval vehicles.
Cooling System Preventive Maintenance Service
Given the current range of extended maintenance intervals, it’s safe to say that your shop might see Grandma’s 2011 Volkswagen Jetta only when its oil life monitor indicates the need for an oil change.
VDO Cooling Fan Assembly Program Delivers OE Fit, Form And Function For More Than 244M Vehicles
Delivering a broad range of applications for domestic, Asian and European makes, the program now encompasses an overall lineup of more than 1,000 OE-quality, fan assembly part numbers.
LIQUI MOLY Radiator Cleaner Helps Keep Cooling Systems Clean
When added to the cooling water, the radiator is switched on and the motor left to run, the radiator cleaner’s active ingredients then dissolve deposits, slime and dirt.
Redline Detection Introduces SmartFit Universal Cooling System Test Kit
With SmartFit, technicians have a single test kit that expands to fit 100 percent of passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks on the road today, eliminating the need for the abundance of adaptors necessary to pressure test all vehicles.
CRP Automotive Introduces New Rein Automotive Cooling System Replacement Parts
CRP Automotive has introduced new applications within its Rein Automotive Cooling System Program. The new program provides shops and technicians a full assortment of cooling system replacement parts, featuring coolant hoses, water pumps and kits, expansion tanks, thermostats and thermostat assemblies, reservoir caps and sensor kits for popular and high replacement European vehicle applications. Rein
