Older metal radiators, when well maintained, can last for the life of the car, but modern radiators are mostly made from plastic rather than metal, and plastic expands and contracts as the radiator heats and co
It could be a problem with the fan.A lot of city driving is based on sitting in traffic, waiting at stop lights, and idling. If the air isn’t flowing correctly into the radiator, it can overheat. It can be caused by several things, including a blockage in the fins, a faulty electr...
The radiator switch is bad.When your car reaches a certain temperature, it tells the fan to switch on. But if the switch is bad, then your car never gets the message, and continues to cool the engine as if you were idling – not driving. To test the switch, go through the same act...
But the other day while driving around 55, there was a huge knock from the engine, the whole car shuddered, and the indicator light for transmission/engine coolant system came on (an exclamation point). It went off just as quickly and the car kept running, but I had it towned into ...
This is the hallmark of an amateur, but it’s my favored method when I am doing temporary installations or fixing or installing a radio while driving (er, not that I would do that). The minimal tools required for this approach are: Hard fingernails (or sharp teeth) to strip wire ...
Slow accelerations and not been driving very fast? This might keep it from overheating, especially on short trips.Take the car out and accelerate it hard a few times. Find the steepest hill and run it up the hill, fast. It will probably overheat. If the car overheats and is not then ...
There are always one or two things to attend to, an over voltage relay, a drifting tempomat unit, minor trim details failing, AC control unit, unstable idling, surging during acceleration, oil leakages, head and exhaust gaskets and so on. For my driving, moving f...
the next day when I drove my car, it wobbled and vibrated a lot while driving and there was delay in gear shift from 2nd to 3rd and I immediately slowed my carbut, suddenly it broke on main road and did not start, even if it started it used to stop and after 15 min it started...
Back to driving on battery only:To get the best gas milage, do this as often as possible. If the car kicks back to using gas, then back off the accelerator and gently reapply again. On a 25MPH level road, I've been able to sustain this for over a minute. Sometimes when the batter...
The joint section30joints the vehicle10and the mobile unit20in such a manner that the vehicle10can travel while trailing the mobile unit20. Moreover, the joint section30connects the power control section14to the storage battery23so as to allow the power generated by the fuel cell13of the ve...