Flushing Your Radiator and Coolant System

Your engine produces a ton of heat as it spinsare famous for never changing their coolant!
over. Alas, heat happens to also be the numberYou don’t want to just change your
one enemy of any engine. The oil and coolingcoolant. You want to flush the system to get the
system is charged with keeping the engine coolbest result. This is a very simple process. That
enough. Most people know to change their oilbeing said, you need to plan ahead or
frequently, but few flush their coolant system.you’ll run into trouble. First, you need to
How often should you change the coolant in yourbuy the recommended coolant for your car.
car? It depends on the make and model. A hardSecond, and this is important, you need to figure
working engine like in a Mini Cooper needs changesout the amount of coolant from your
done sooner. A Toyota Tacoma, on the otherowner’s manual and have containers for
hand, can go a bit longer. Actually, Toyota ownersdouble this amount.