Imagine that you are stuck in a massive traffic jam in an overheated car.
It is a blazingly hot day and your vehicle is sluggishly crawling along at a snail’s place. You switch on the AC, but it does not seem to work and then suddenly the vehicle’s heat gauge starts rising rapidly. You switch off the AC and try everything but your car starts gushing smoke from under the hood and you have no option but to switch it off.
Taking Care Of The Radiator
You might have avoided this if you had taken proper care of your car radiator and supporting cooling equipment such as water hoses, pipes, and your car’s engine fan. Apart from the Volkswagen Beatle, almost all internal combustion engine equipped vehicles are water-cooled.
This is why they have a radiator that ensures that the water and other coolant remain in constant circulation inside the engine. This is very necessary to ensure that the temperatures never increase to dangerous levels that can harm the engine.
In fact, most professional mechanics consider the radiator to be one of the most important components of your car. If anything goes wrong with it, the whole cooling system is thrown out of kilter. If the car’s sensors feel that it is overheating to the extent that the engine might be destroyed, it will automatically shut itself off. This means that you can be abruptly stranded in the middle of the road.
Overheating Issues are a Cause of Serious Concern
Even if your vehicle’s engine does not seize, nonetheless the constantly high temperatures inside will mean that it will cook off the engine oil. This will create an unacceptable level of friction in the moving parts. In the long run, it can seriously damage the pistons and the valves of the engine.
However, as with all mechanical parts, a radiator also has a certain service life. Using it beyond that service life will cause it to fail. Under the circumstances, you have to either get it replaced by highly experienced professional auto mechanics or get your original radiator completely refurbished.
After years of prolonged usage and also due to the high-temperature liquids being circulated inside, many car radiators tend to crack at the joints. This means that they will allow coolant to gush out of the crack. The leaking coolant can be identified by the yellow or greenish tint of the residue that may accumulate in the engine bay.
Conclusion
If your car’s radiator is not cleaned/repaired or replaced properly than the resulting contamination will damage your engine. This is why it is absolutely imperative to make sure that your car radiator is in excellent working order. There is no better way to ensure the longevity of your car’s engine.
