We have all seen the ads, heard the commercials, and listened to our friends talking about adding chemicals to the coolant in the radiator to solve various problems. “Fix overheating with Bob’s Wet ...

Total dissolved solids (TDS) is a measure of additive concentration and contaminants in coolant. TDS in excess of 3 percent may promote water-pump and radiator failures. What would you guess is the ...

Do the liquid and solid additives last the same amount of time? Depending on the total capacity of the cooling system, when the proper amount of supplemental coolant additives (SCA) is added, yes.

New advanced engines and cooling systems are changing cooling system maintenance requirements. Service technicians and fleet managers should review their preventative maintenance (PM) strategy and ...

Proper cooling is critical to any engine. Without some way to remove the heat created during the combustion process, the engine will quickly become a lump of scrap metal. But today's coolants provide ...