The wrath of winter’s impact on heavy-duty diesel engines across North America has been thoroughly tested so far this year. Arctic sub-zero temperatures and double-digit wind-chills left many trucks ...

As The Turtle Expedition made final preparations for our Trans-Siberian Expedition, we knew we would be driving and camping in temperatures below -85 degrees Fahrenheit. That's 117 degrees below ...

The antifreeze – or coolant – in the engine of your petrol-powered vehicle is somewhat like the air humans breathe. It’s taken for granted until there isn’t any, then bad things happen. Engines seize, ...

Your vehicle is a complicated piece of machinery, and keeping it running smoothly requires periodic inspections and maintenance of its various systems, including your engine’s cooling system and the ...

Elizabeth Nelson, coolant program manager at Polaris Laboratories, a fluid-analysis company in Indianapolis, Ind., tells a story that would strike fear into the heart of any fleet manager. A class-8 ...

In the good old days, you could drain fluids from your car and just dump them in the backyard without another thought. A small hole and some gravel were all you needed. Out of sight, out of mind. Well ...

Freeze plugs don't make your engine freeze up, and they aren't useful only when it's freezing out. They're a crucial part of your car's defenses year round.

”In an ideal world, in which no one ever touched the coolant and the vehicle never leaked, a high-quality extended-life coolant would be virtually maintenance-free. But this is not an ideal ...

It all started so innocently: You're puttering around the garage on a crisp fall morning — checking for harmful low tire pressure and things like that — when you notice that your car's coolant tank is ...