Have Your Cooling System Pre-Checked This Summer Driving Season

When most drivers think of their autos cooling system all that comes to mind is their radiator " the humble rad. The cooling system of your car keeps your autos engine within normal ranges and provides you both comfortable maintenance free driving and heat from their interior car heater during the cold winter time or to defrost their windshield. Yet its summer driving and boil-overs from either slow crawling driving in rush hour traffic or alternatively towing heavy even oversize vacation trailers.

Its like brakes or transmission system in a vehicle - be it a brand spanking new Ford F-150 truck from Waverley Ford - or a high mileage old jalopy. Few think novice drivers , or even professional drivers even ponder about their fluid levels or the last time maintenance was done on the vehicle. Add in the fact that the car or truck is second hand or used and its anyone's guess. Yet it is a simple and easy matter to check fluid levels and the protection afforded to cold weather freeze-up of the coolant fluids.

How can anyone be taught how to check the coolant level. Simply open up the engine hood when your car has been sitting for a couple of hours. Look for a coolant canister . Its the overflow bottle container and looks simply like a plastic jug. If you do not know how to open your hood - often bonnets today can be a puzzle to open - then consult the auto manual that came with the car , online , or at the worst call your factory dealer or local garage. Just have your auto make , model and year available handy. To judge fluid levels simply look on the side of the coolant overflow container. There will be a marking "cold" or "cold fluid level". Simply compare the two marks - that of the level of the fluid in the coolant container and the mark on the side of the bottle. Do you have an adequate amount ?

Maintenance of proper fluid levels and an adequate amount of antifreeze is everything. You will maintain your engine and transmission within proper temperature ranges. The benefits - less wear and tear on your engine itself , no heat damage or buckling from excessive heat of engines running "hot" as well as the convenience of sufficient heat from your interior heater of your passenger compartment.

Simply put take care of your automotive cooling system and maintain fluid levels and you will be rewarded with more trouble free driving , longer vehicle engine life and comfortable , reliable summertime and even fall season driving as well.