How hot does your engine run? Is it on the cool side? The hot side? Where should it be? How big of a radiator should you run? Antifreeze or water? Tap or distilled? Do you need a pressurized cooling ...

All cars are air cooled! Anyone who doesn't think so should try driving with the radiator covered. True, the engine is liquid cooled. The liquid—calledcoolant—may be water, alcohol and water, ethylene ...

The complex network of veins that keeps us cool during the heat of summer has inspired engineers to create novel thermal management systems. But replicating the circulatory system, in form or function ...

Most cars are equipped with defrosters for the windshield and rear window to improve visibility by clearing fog, ice and snow. Most defrosters rely on the heat from a car’s engine, but some vehicles ...

Checking up on your coolant is easy to forget, but an engine’s coolant is just as important as oil when it comes to your car. Coolant does raises the boiling point of the cooling system in summer, ...

Formula 1 cooling systems are far more advanced than regular cars, using multiple radiators, ducts, and heat exchangers to handle extreme temperatures. Unlike road cars that rely on a single radiator ...

Over the years, the cooling system on any Corvette will no longer work as well as when it was brand new, due to a number of factors. Corrosion builds up inside the radiator and within the engine. The ...

Ahmad Najafi, PhD, (right), and his doctoral student Reza Pejman (left) are part of a team that developed a program that draws inspiration from the circulatory system to design microvascular cooling ...