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 ...

Cavitation erosion or liner pitting is caused by air in the cooling system, and is aggravated by liner vibration. Bubbles implode violently, removing a little metal as they do so. Although it’s often ...

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 ...

There are many diesel fuel additive companies in North America supplying numerous different additive products formulated for diesel powered equipment. Each of these vendors claim their specific ...