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Now that we’ve talked about oil and how important it is to your car, let’s talk about coolant, your car’s other lifeline.

What is the purpose of coolant?  I’m sure you know that coolant is added to your radiator.  The name has the word cool in it so that helps determine its function.  You probably know it’s green (it is also other colors).  Maybe you know that some people also call it antifreeze.  (See blog Is It Coolant Or Antifreeze Or What? if you don’t know the difference between coolant and antifreeze.)

Either way the main purpose of coolant is to maintain your engine’s temperature.  It is not just to cool.  You don’t want your engine to be cold.  You want the engine to be hot enough to burn fuel efficiently and cool enough to not melt and seize up.  Mechanics call it the optimum temperature.

A running engine is HOT.  It can get up to 6,000 degrees F. The optimum temperature for an engine is 1,200-1,700 degrees F.  Super hot! The coolant helps keeps the temperature of the engine at a max of 1,700 degree F.

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