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A fairly common household disaster is flooding of the laundry area due to a split hose on a washing machine. Also vulnerable to a similar disaster is your car. A bulging radiator hose, carrying hot water (coolant) under pressure, can rupture.

Cooling system neglect is cited as a principal reason of mechanical failure of a vehicle. In addition to the danger and inconvenience of a breakdown, the damage to the engine and transmission can add up to thousands of dollars. Discovering a leaking radiator, hose connection, a sticking thermostat or other cooling system component that is on borrowed time can save the life of one’s engine.

To underscore the importance of proper care of the cooling system, the Car Care Council offers this multiple-choice quiz:

1. For maximum freeze protection antifreeze mixture should be:                                                                           a. half antifreeze and half water                             b. pure antifreeze                                                  c.70% antifreeze, 30% water

2. In the cooling system the thermostat:                                 a. controls engine temperature                              b. works the air conditioner                                    c. modulates the diodes

3. A radiator cap is designed to:                                             a. keep water from sloshing out of the                                     radiator                                                              b. keep the cooling system operating at a                 specified pressure                                              c. last indefinitely

4. A broken drive belt can cause:                                            a. overheating                                                        b. loss of power steering                                       c. dead battery

5. Cooling systems on many cars today:                                a. have no water pump                                          b. never need to be flushed                                   c. are equipped with an electric fan on the                  radiator

 

 

Check your Cool Quotient with a Cooling System Quiz
Text Box: 1.c 2.a 3.b 4.all answers are correct 5.c

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