Water Pump
February 11, 2024
Your cooling system is very important. It circulates coolant through the radiator and your engine to protect your vehicle from overheating. There are five main components to the cooling system: the radiator the radiator cap the hoses the thermostat the water pump The water pump's like the hear... More
Keeping Your Engine Cool in Sikeston, Missouri
October 22, 2023
The cooling system keeps Missouri vehicle's engines from overheating while they are driving around Sikeston. Its job is to move heat away from the engine. Let's talk about the various components of the system and how they make this happen.The radiator is the part most Sikeston drivers associate w... More
Mercury Rising (Hot Weather Vehicle Concerns)
August 20, 2023
The heat is on, and your vehicle takes a beating when it is. Several of your vehicle's systems are under extra stress in hot weather, so here are a few to make sure are getting the care and maintenance they need. It makes sense that the cooling system is one to make sure is in top shape. Vehicl... More
Coolant/Antifreeze Service in Sikeston, Missouri
May 21, 2023
Sikeston auto owners may know that most automotive failures in Sikeston, Missouri, are tire related, but do you know the second most common cause of vehicle failure? Nope, it's not teenagers. It is the coolant system. But if you take good care of your vehicle coolant system, it will take good ca... More
Cooling System Components
March 1, 2022
Today we want to talk about a system in our vehicles the cooling system. It's one of those things that Sikeston auto owners don't give much thought to until it fails and then they're stranded by the side of a road in Missouri.Cooling systems fail more often than any other mechanical system usu... More
Coolant/Antifreeze Service at Charlie's Fast Lube Sikeston
January 30, 2022
Anyone who drives a car in Sikeston knows that engines get hot when they run. But did you know that engines need to be cooled to keep running? Heat inside an engine can cause the metal parts to expand, which can seize up an engine and make it stop running. It can even ruin the entire engine! Goo... More
Smart Sikeston Drivers Protect Against Overheating
March 14, 2021
Engines get hot when they run. This heat can build up and damage vital engine parts, so engines need a cooling system to keep them running. Cooling system failure is the most common mechanical failure in vehicles. This is unfortunate, because these failures are usually easy for Sikeston drivers ... More
Your Biggest Fan (Radiator Fan Problems)
January 1, 2021
Your vehicle's engine makes a lot of heat when it's powering you down the road, so it needs a way to get rid of that energy. That's why your vehicle has a cooling system, complete with a radiator and one or two radiator fans, also called cooling fans. Those fans make sure air keeps moving acros... More
How to Radiate Cool (Radiator Care)
September 20, 2020
There's nothing that radiates cool like a vehicle radiator that's helping to keep your engine running at the proper temperature. You don't have to baby it, but you can't simply ignore it, either. Let's take a quick dive under the hood to let you know what the radiator is doing. It takes the he... More
Cool Running in Sikeston
January 1, 2019
Unless you live in Death Valley, you really don't hear much any more about cars overheating. That's because cooling systems in vehicles have been much improved. That doesn't mean you can't overheat your vehicle engine, though. Without proper preventive maintenance, you could still find yourself ... More