What happens to a liquid when it gets hot? It expands. Just like a person whose temper gets the better of him, as the coolant expands in the radiator, it may seek a way to relieve that pressure. You probably won’t like what happens when it finds that place.The place where the pressure is relieved is the place where steamed coolant will erupt from under your car’s hood.By the time this happens,

An insurance company has a commercial where a driver has forgotten their fishbowl, with a goldfish, on top of the car. The suggestion of the commercial is that drivers who are fastidiously safe behind the wheel will not drop the fishbowl off the roof and will receive lower rates for their auto insurance. In reality, it doesn’t matter how you drive from your McHenry home – that fishbowl is not going

How hot will it get this summer? The high temperature in McHenry during the summer of 2020 was 92 degrees on July 26. We hit 90 or higher on seven or eight days in the course of the year. But there were any number of days that hovered close to 90. The reality is that the temperature in McHenry doesn’t need to hit 90 before you turn the AC on in your car. At what temperature do you turn on your

It may come to you as a rattle. Then again, it may catch your notice with a squeal. Maybe you’ll notice a grinding noise. Or you could experience a repeated thump. These are all indicators of a possible problem. While they may cause some concern, they are all much better than noticing this problem when you hit your brakes and your car, truck or SUV doesn’t do what’s expected – it doesn’t

Brad Keselowski took the checkered flag at Talladega Speedway Sunday, April 25, in the GEICO 500, one of nine different winners in the first 10 races of the 2021 NASCAR CUP SERIES.“The whole race, I had a couple of opportunities to take the lead, but I just kept thinking, ‘Man, just keep your car in one piece till the end.’”And he did keep it together till the end as he took the first position