Cooling System
The cooling system consists of a cooling fan, water pump, thermostat, radiator, heater core, heater valve, and various other parts that primarily work together to dissipate and remove heat from a vehicle’s engine. Your vehicle’s cooling system is responsible for reducing the temperature inside your engine and preventing possible overheating.
Excess heat can build in a variety of places in your vehicle’s engine. When the engine reaches maximum operating temperatures, the thermostat opens and releases antifreeze from the engine to the radiator, which initiates the circulatory flow to absorb excess heat.
The antifreeze is also responsible for keeping other engine fluids from boiling or freezing. After the antifreeze flows through the engine, it cycles back to the radiator, where the excess heat escapes through the radiator’s walls. The antifreeze is cooled by the cooling fan and readied to be re-released into the engine to dissipate additional heat.
Cooling System
Your vehicle’s air conditioning is a critical system. Your AC cools, purifies, and circulates air throughout your vehicle promoting a clean and comfortable environment preventing driver fatigue.
AC systems operate by sending refrigerant through a sealed system that removes hot air from the vehicle cabin compartment. The refrigerant is turned from a hot gas into a liquid, which is then cooled, turned into a gas again, and vaporized in order to absorb heat from the cabin.
This process is made possible by a drive belt, which drives a compressor. The compressor works in concert with a condenser, evaporator, and other parts. If any of these components cease to operate efficiently, the functionality of the entire system is compromised.
