Do the liquid and solid additives last the same amount of time? Depending on the total capacity of the cooling system, when the proper amount of supplemental coolant additives (SCA) is added, yes.

Shell has introduced an on-site contamination test kit for its extended-life coolants, the Shell Rotella Extended Life Coolant Contamination Test Tool. There are basically two types of coolants in the ...

Elizabeth Nelson, coolant program manager at Polaris Laboratories, a fluid-analysis company in Indianapolis, Ind., tells a story that would strike fear into the heart of any fleet manager. A class-8 ...

The best advice for maintaining heavy-duty-diesel cooling systems has not changed: 1) follow the engine/vehicle manufacturer’s antifreeze recommendation; 2) use deionized water to dilute antifreeze in ...

Coolant is generally the most neglected fluid on a truck, and it leads to significant woes downstream. In fact, Lawrence Wong, product technical specialist for Chevron Lubricants, said about 40% of ...

Prestone Products Corp. announced it has heavy-duty test kits, test strips and a refractometer for antifreeze/coolant analysis. A coolant analysis program offers snapshots of what is happening inside ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Prestone is now offering a new heavy-duty test kit, test strips and refractometer to help fleets better manage their antifreeze/coolant system. “These new Prestone Command ...

As The Turtle Expedition made final preparations for our Trans-Siberian Expedition, we knew we would be driving and camping in temperatures below -85 degrees Fahrenheit. That's 117 degrees below ...

Prestone Command Supplemental Coolant Additive is formulated to protect coolant systems from corrosion by replenishing inhibitors, prevent rust and scale buildup and control pH balance with chemical ...

New advanced engines and cooling systems are changing cooling system maintenance requirements. Service technicians and fleet managers should review their preventative maintenance (PM) strategy and ...

Proper cooling is critical to any engine. Without some way to remove the heat created during the combustion process, the engine will quickly become a lump of scrap metal. But today's coolants provide ...