Engine Cooling
Motor vehicle engines get hot; really hot. In fact, if effective cooling systems didn’t exist, the heat from the engine would destroy the engine very quickly. The automobile cooling system has been operating in much the same way for almost 100 years. To cool an engine a liquid solution made up of antifreeze and water is sent through the … Keep Reading → engine to cool the engine. A water pump helps propel the liquid. When the liquid comes out of the engine it is so hot that it needs to be cooled. That’s where the radiator does its job by cooling the liquid. Some of the remaining heat is sent out of the car and some is kept in to provide heat to the car interior. Both the radiator and the engine have a thermostat to make sure the process is being carried out properly.
