How to Properly Maintain and Clean Your Car Radiator

It’s often stated that prevention is the best cure. This applies as much to the condition of your car and its many components as it does to human health. With careful maintenance of your car, you can prevent the need for costly repairs, because you have dealt with the cause of most major problems before they occur. Your car’s radiator is one of its most important components, because it plays a major role in cooling your engine to stop it from overheating and seriously malfunctioning. Here at Applied Radiators, we have assembled some simple guidance on how you can properly maintain and clean your car radiator for better performance and a longer lifespan.

Top tips for radiator maintenance

1. Maintain Coolant Levels

The main thing you can do to maintain your radiator is to ensure you always keep the correct level of coolant in it. Your coolant should be mixed 50/50 with water unless you buy it pre-diluted. Your radiator cap should be firmly screwed on to keep the chamber pressurised. Each time you check any of these things, you should also look out for signs of leaks in your radiator, such as coolant on the road below your car, or low coolant levels after a recent top-up.

2. Professional Care

In addition to these easy tasks, you should also have an annual clean, flush and fill of your radiator performed by a professional radiator specialist.

Car radiator repair

If you spot a leak or any other sign of a problem with your radiator, then our team at Applied Radiators can specifically provide expert vintage car radiator repair services. Contacting us as soon as possible after you see a problem will increase the chance that we can perform an effective repair and save you money by avoiding more costly work or even full replacement. 

Read more about the connection between your car radiator health and fuel efficiency in our other blog article.

For vintage car radiator repair and servicing from our specialist team at Applied Radiators, contact us today on 01782 281 628.