Your vehicle is a complicated piece of machinery, and keeping it running smoothly requires periodic inspections and maintenance of its various systems, including your engine’s cooling system and the ...

Shell has introduced an on-site contamination test kit for its extended-life coolants, the Shell Rotella Extended Life Coolant Contamination Test Tool. There are basically two types of coolants in the ...

Coolant is generally the most neglected fluid on a truck, and it leads to significant woes downstream. In fact, Lawrence Wong, product technical specialist for Chevron Lubricants, said about 40% of ...

With more advanced engine metallurgy and design, and the demand for increased fuel efficiency and lower emissions, engine operating temperatures have increased more than 40 F in the last 50 years.

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 ...

Spectro Scientific’s CoolCheck 2 Coolant Analyzer provides analytical results on nine key parameters in easy-to-understand reports for use by mechanics. Cooling systems play a vital role in preserving ...

The name 'antifreeze' is pretty self-explanatory. Simply put, antifreeze is a liquid that lowers the freezing point of your coolant. A common misconception is that antifreeze and coolant are one and ...