Keeping It Cool: Why a Well-Maintained Radiator is Crucial to Efficient Vehicle Performance

Unless your car runs on solar power, its engine will always accumulate heat whenever you turn it on. Most vehicles today run on combustion engines that burn fuel. This means that the engine becomes hotter the longer you keep it on, to the point that it could blow up if it weren't for your car's cooling systems. One such cooling system is the radiator, which keeps your car's engine operating at optimum temperatures while you drive. In particular, the radiator transfers the heat stored in the engine's coolant to the engine's fins so that the...

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Dissecting the Car's Radiator System

In physics, you learned that any movement results to friction. This principle, of course, applies to your car's engine. The engine has several moving parts and the friction from these parts makes it necessary to pump motor oil into your car's engine to provide much-needed lubrication. Without motor oil, the moving parts that rub against each other will eventually cause them to deteriorate much faster than the normal rate. As you also learned in physics, motion with friction also generates heat, and excess heat cannot be compensated for by motor...

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