How often should you open your car coolant reservoir?
Most cars made in the past 15 to 20 years use long-life coolants designed to last 100,000 miles or more—but that doesn’t mean it’s safe to ignore your car’s coolant for that long. Open up the coolant reservoir at least once every 20,000 miles, and take a look.
How often should I change the coolant in my car?
Open up the coolant reservoir at least once every 20,000 miles, and take a look. Have the coolant replaced if it is dark red rather than orange…feels gritty between your fingers…and/or smells burnt. These symptoms point to rust in the coolant system, which could inhibit coolant flow and lead to engine overheating and failure.
What happens to the oil in a car as it ages?
Oil becomes less effective as it ages, and by not getting the engine warm enough, excess moisture that forms in the engine will not be removed, which can lead to shorter engine life. 4. Choosing the Right Oil for Your Car
What causes a Kia Grand Carnival to overheat?
As well as the standard fans, thermostat, radiator and head gasket a couple of other things that can cause overheating. Blocked EGR. (I believe that these were 3.8L CVVT which has no EGR)
What happens when coolant and oil mix in an engine?
Your engine is designed so that there is one system that controls engine oil to lubricate your vehicle and another that manages coolant to keep your car from overheating. Your cylinder head gasket (aka “head gasket”) is the part of your engine that prevents coolant or oil from leaking into one another.
Oil becomes less effective as it ages, and by not getting the engine warm enough, excess moisture that forms in the engine will not be removed, which can lead to shorter engine life. 4. Choosing the Right Oil for Your Car
When did Hy per lube oil come out?
Our experience with quality chemical additives for vehicle performance date back more than 60 years, to when Harold Hilton first formulated Hy-per Lube Oil Supplement back in the early ’50s.