Being able to verify the quality of lubricants is crucial for ensuring engine functionality. Credit: 3d_illustrator via Shutterstock. Lubricants and coolants are critical in engines to minimise the ...
Cooling system problems are believed to cause about 40 percent of unanticipated downtime. Once problems from overheating start, they spread throughout the engine. Because today's lower-emission ...
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 ...
Getting coolant levels right is important for maintaining the engine and preventing it from overheating. Specific instances ...
Anyone who has lived on a healthy diet of off-road and performance magazines has gotten a pretty good taste of the dyno process, even if it's just served on the printed page. It looks pretty exciting: ...
When it comes to car trouble, few issues can produce blind panic in a driver faster than an engine overheating. Likewise, there are few car problems that can result to more expensive repairs, with ...
Although engines are different from each other, most engines share a similar concept when it comes to engine cooling. Your cooling system is designed for one thing – regulating engine temperatures ...
Is it hot in here, or is the 14-Day Flattie nearby? Many of you will remember from just over a year ago that our 14-Day Flatfender project was launched into use with an overheating problem. We ...
The P0118 code means that the engine control module (ECM) has detected a voltage signal that’s too high from the engine coolant temperature (ECT) sensor (below). In practical terms, the ECM believes ...
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 ...
I recently took my '95 VW GTI VR6 with 110,000 miles on it in to have the coolant changed and the thermostate replaced. The guys at the shop said that after they were done, they ran a test and found ...
In the spring of 2020, a team of engineers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) embarked on a groundbreaking project to design a microreactor test facility that could transform the world’s energy ...