Radiator Health: Essential Maintenance for Your Chevrolet

You need Chevy maintenance on a lot of different parts of your car to make sure it runs well and doesn’t have any problems. You can get this maintenance at your local Chevy dealer. Every single system in your vehicle is crucial to your car’s overall health, so knowing when different parts of your vehicle are malfunctioning is important so you can visit the dealer for a repair.

Why Is Chevy Maintenance on Your Radiator So Important?

Your car’s engine has a lot of moving parts, and these parts generate tons of heat as your car runs. If the engine isn’t cooling down your car properly, then the engine just gets hotter and hotter, and eventually, it’s going to overheat. Overheating can cause severe damage to your engine, so the radiator in your car is there to combat this by regulating your car’s temperature.

Coolant runs from your radiator all the way through your engine, leaching heat from the engine as it goes. When the coolant returns to your radiator, it cools down again. So, if there’s anything that stops your coolant from cycling through your engine or cooling down when it returns to the radiator, then your radiator will be in big trouble because it could easily overheat. Having low-quality coolant, or an insufficient amount of coolant in your car, is also a problem.

Signs You Need Radiator Service at the Chevy Dealer Immediately

Your Car Is Overheating

You’ll be able to tell your car is overheating if your temperature gauge keeps climbing and shows you that your car is running critically hot. If you don’t notice the temperature gauge climbing in time to pull over and let the car cool down, then white smoke will most likely start coming out from under your hood.

You See Coolant Near Your Vehicle

Coolant is a sweet-smelling, brightly-colored liquid. It may be brown or black if it’s been a long time since you had your coolant drained and replaced. If this bright liquid, or black/brown liquid, pools next to your vehicle, then check your coolant level. If your coolant level is very low, then you may have a coolant leak.

You See Discoloration under the Hood

When there’s a coolant leak under your hood, the coolant will spray out onto your radiator, engine, and other nearby components. Because it’s so hot under the hood, the coolant rapidly evaporates. The rapid evaporation causes damage to the paint, leaving behind spots of discoloration that begin to rust over time.

Visit Bacon Chevrolet in Frankston, TX to get maintenance on your radiator and all the other parts of your car. On weekdays, you can stop by from 8 AM until 6 PM, and you can visit us from 8 AM until 4 PM on Saturdays.

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