| While taking your kids for a long drive on their | | | | If you know about the antifreeze |
| vacations in your favorite car, you might have | | | | compartment, then just pour half-a-cup water |
| come across the nuisances of engine overheating | | | | into it. This will dilute the antifreeze, and help in its |
| at times, followed by desperate search some | | | | smooth circulation into the assembly. |
| coolant - preferably water. Further, if you are on | | | | Sometimes overheating also occurs because |
| a deserted highway, the situation gets dicier, as | | | | of poorly fitted hoses into it. This can be fixed by |
| you would unlikely to find any suitable coolant | | | | replacing those ill-fitted hoses by new ones. This |
| immediately. Being an auto amateur, the situation | | | | can be temporarily corrected by proper torquing |
| often seems to be messier to you, and all you | | | | of those hoses. Sometimes the hose may get |
| can do is to wait for a tow truck with the opened | | | | blocked or dislocated, in this situation, just take |
| hood, and steam blowing out of it. However, in | | | | out the hose and clear up the debris deposited |
| spite of your low familiarity with automobile | | | | into it, which can be done with the help of flowing |
| intricacies, you can do a lot to ward off the curse | | | | water through it. |
| of overheating. Here are some handy tips that | | | | In case of heavy traffic, just keep fair |
| would help you in countering the overheating | | | | distance from the other vehicles, as congested |
| issues effectively. | | | | traffic blocks the airflow into your car's assembly, |
| Always keep observing the temperature | | | | and thus causes overheating. |
| gauge, and see if it is crossing the optimal mark. | | | | Check out the radiator's overflow tank to |
| Don't drive continuously for hours, and few | | | | find if it's empty, in this case, your car is |
| minutes rest is recommended after some specific | | | | demanding extra coolant. Moreover, if you |
| time period. | | | | observe boiling coolant into the tank then it is an |
| One of the major causes of overheating is | | | | alarming situation for the thermostat of your car. |
| improper circulation of antifreeze within the engine | | | | If your radiator's overflow tank is fitted with |
| assembly. The coolant pays a vital role in keeping | | | | the non-pressurized cap over it, you can anytime |
| the engine of your vehicle cooler during warm | | | | add water into it. Don't put-off the cap when the |
| season. So, it is advisable that you keep checking | | | | engine is hot, and wait for the engine to cool |
| for any impurities into the antifreeze periodically. | | | | down by turning the keys off. |
| Also make sure that it should be at an optimum | | | | In addition to these useful tips, it is suggested |
| level. | | | | that you always keep few essential things, such |
| If the engine gets heat up while on the | | | | as - water, flashlight, breaking liquid, antifreeze, |
| move, just turn up the heat in the car to its | | | | etc - in your car. Additionally, keep your tool box |
| maximum temperature, this would drop the | | | | full of necessary instruments to deal with various |
| temperature by far, and hence checks | | | | issues. |
| overheating. | | | | |