Get Your Car Antifreeze Coolant Change at Smile Servicing & Repairs, Portsmouth
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What is the Importance of Antifreeze/Coolant?
Coolant is perhaps the most vital part of your car’s cooling system. Coolant Inhibitor is anti-freeze with additives to assist cooling and give added protection to the internal waterways of the engine. It should be replaced regularly to prevent your engine from freezing in winter and overheating in summer.
Book in for a coolant change in Portsmouth and our technicians will drain your old coolant and refill it with the perfect mixture of antifreeze to help prolong the life of your car and prevent unexpected breakdowns.
What is Antifreeze?
Antifreeze, also called coolant, is the green or red fluid found in your radiator. Antifreeze serves a few purposes. The most important are keeping the water in your radiator and engine from freezing in cold temperatures. It also keeps that same water from boiling in the summer. Radiators are normally filled with a 50/50 mixture of antifreeze and water. The third function of antifreeze or coolant is lubrication. It lubricates the moving parts it meets, like the water pump. If you’re worried about the quality of your antifreeze, book a coolant change in Portsmouth today.
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What Does Antifreeze do?
The key chemical component in today’s coolants is ethylene glycol. When mixed correctly, this chemical keeps your radiator fluid from freezing, even if the temperature is less than 20 degrees below zero. It can also keep the same fluid from boiling at as much as 275 degrees Fahrenheit. Considering water alone will reach its boiling point at 212 degrees, that’s a pretty noteworthy accomplishment.
Why is a Coolant Change Important?
Over time, your coolant can become dirty as it picks up gunk that has settled in your cooling system, which can clog the waterways. These smaller coolant passages keep the heat in the engine balanced as well. When you start your engine in the morning, especially on a cold day, it’s important to the engine management system that the engine gets warm as quickly as possible.
Today’s emission control systems rely on the engine being at its peak operating temperature for all the pollution stopping devices to function at their best. Otherwise, your car won’t meet current environmental standards. If your cooling system isn’t working properly, you may release more polluting gases into the air.
To avoid this, you must keep your cooling system in good condition. The best way to do this is to book a coolant change in Portsmouth with Smile Servicing & Repairs every 2/3 years. Book yours online today.
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