| Your vehicle’s cooling system functions mainly to | | | | rather turbulent so that all of the fluid will mix together |
| keep the engine from overheating by transferring | | | | and have the ability to actually touch the tube and be |
| some of this heat to the air. On the other hand, | | | | cooled directly and more heat is extracted. From the |
| because your vehicle runs best at fairly high | | | | engine, the water will pass the Pontiac Radiator, which |
| temperature, it is also the job of the cooling system to | | | | will transfer or disperse the heat from the water to the |
| allow the engine to heat up as fast as possible and to | | | | air blowing within it and cooling the water. |
| keep the engine at a constant temperature. Fuel is | | | | Simultaneously, the heater core works which helps to |
| consistently burning in your vehicle’s engine causing | | | | cool the engine by transferring the heat towards the |
| so much heat which goes right out of the exhaust | | | | interior of the car. The front of the radiator is also |
| system. Some that does not exit the exhaust system | | | | cooled by the outside air coming through the car's grill. |
| soaks the engine causing it to heat up. There are two | | | | The water that comes out of the Pontiac Radiator is |
| kinds of cooling system- the liquid cooling and the | | | | cooler and is ready to start the process again and this |
| air-cooling. | | | | cycle continues as long as the car engine is running. |
| The liquid cooling is more commonly used by modern | | | | On the both sides of the radiator are tanks that have |
| cars. The process circulates fluid through pipes and | | | | a transmission cooler. There is an inlet and outlet |
| passageways in the engine. The liquid passes the | | | | where the oil from the transmission enters the cooler. |
| engine and absorbs the heat and cool the engine. This | | | | Unlike the radiator which exchanges heat with the air, |
| liquid is a mixture of water with ethylene glycol (also | | | | the oil in the transmission cooler exchanges heat with |
| known as antifreeze) and a little corrosion inhibitor. It | | | | the coolant. A Pontiac Radiator does not contain any |
| then passes the radiator which transfers the heat | | | | electronic part although sensors do register the |
| from the fluid to the air. The radiator is a type of heat | | | | temperature when it exits the radiator. So it is essential |
| exchanger which is designed to transfer heat from the | | | | to regularly check your radiator and always make sure |
| hot coolant that flows through it to the air blown | | | | it is always filled with water. You may add coolant or |
| through it by the fan. The Pontiac Radiator is usually | | | | anti-freeze depending on the weather situation. Make |
| made by brazing thin aluminum fins to flattened | | | | sure that it is not leaking or it has a broken hose |
| aluminum tubes. The coolant passes these many | | | | because it can further damage other parts like your |
| tubes which are mounted in parallel arrangement. From | | | | engine and the operating temperature of the car can |
| the inlet to the outlet the coolant flows through the | | | | immediately reach a dangerous level in minutes. |
| many tubes. The flow of the water is not smooth but | | | | |