| The principle behind the internal combustion engine is | | | | has accumulated from the engine. |
| that a mix of fuel and air is ignited inside the cylinders | | | | The bigger the radiator, the large amount of heat it |
| and by compressing and expanding this mix, | | | | can remove from the engine. Also the coolant must |
| extremely powerful forces are resulted, forces that | | | | be of high quality, because if there are any impurities |
| are converted to the car’s wheels, moving the | | | | in the engine’s radiator or the cooling system is |
| car forward. | | | | damaged, its cooling properties will go down. Inside |
| The bigger the compression is, the larger will be the | | | | the cooling system, the coolant is sealed and it is |
| engine’s power output. And this is what | | | | under pressure and that is why, in these conditions, |
| everybody wants, more power from the engine, | | | | the coolant will boil at around 120 degrees Celsius. |
| more speed and better handling. If you choose to | | | | At around 100 degrees Celsius the onboard computer |
| install a turbo charger, you will increase the | | | | will turn the radiator fan on to further help to cool |
| engine’s power significantly. | | | | down the coolant. If you have paid attention to the |
| But all these methods of increasing the car’s | | | | physics classes in high school, you might remember |
| power output have a series of downsides and an | | | | that a radiator is a heat exchanger and its purpose is |
| incredible amount of heat is the most important one. | | | | to transfer the heat from one part of the system (in |
| Heat is the number one enemy of mechanical | | | | our case the engine) to another part (the radiator |
| components and even if car engine’s is designed | | | | fins). The air moving at high speeds over the |
| to handle these incredible high temperatures, if these | | | | radiator’s large contact area will cool this liquid |
| levels get out of control, the engine will definitely | | | | very quickly and electric and hydraulic pumps will |
| break. | | | | pump the coolant back in the engine. |
| Car engineers tried to find answers to removing this | | | | From time to time you may need to work on the |
| heat from the engine and their outcome was the | | | | radiator or on other elements of the car’s |
| water-cooled radiator. The car’s cooling system | | | | cooling system and you have to be very careful |
| is one of the car’s most important elements and | | | | when doing so. The radiator’s fan is very |
| keeping it in perfect condition is the key behind a | | | | powerful and dangerous and you should disconnect |
| reliable car. It is the radiator’s job to remove the | | | | its wires that come from the battery (the fan is |
| heat from the engine and it should work at maximum | | | | usually electric driven and commanded). |
| efficiency even in extreme conditions. | | | | If the radiator has been hit and it looses coolant, you |
| The car’s engine can quickly overheat if there is | | | | will usually have to replace it to keep the |
| any problem with the car’s cooling system and | | | | engine’s integrity. There are fixes to minor |
| this peril is especially higher in very slow moving | | | | radiator leakages, but major problems can only be |
| traffic or during hot, summer days. | | | | solved by replacing the radiator. |
| The radiator is a large matrix of small pipes, and | | | | By maintaining properly, the car’s cooling system |
| when the coolant passes through the cooling cores | | | | you can be sure it will last longer and you will have |
| of the radiator, it cools down, eliminating the heat it | | | | fewer things to worry about when driving your car. |