Is your antifreeze safe from freezing this Richmond winter

You still have time to have it checked

Well, there’s no denying it – winter tends to get chilly here in Richmond. We have to deal with snow and ice on the roads, scraping the same off our windows and windshield, and staying warm while we drive.

Of course, you had your antifreeze checked before winter rolled into town. What?! You didn’t have your antifreeze checked before winter clamped down on Richmond?

So, how’s your antifreeze doing?

If you haven’t had it checked, there’s really no way of knowing, is there?

This car has overheated in the middle of a

Richmond winter. But, on the other end of
the spectrum, the antifreeze can also freeze
if it's not up to its job.

Hopefully, you haven’t had a serious problem with your antifreeze already. If you did, you’d probably know.

When antifreeze fails, it’s a potentially catastrophic condition for your vehicle’s engine.

You could have hoses that have burst because of freezing antifreeze. Worse than that, your engine block may have cracked.

In either case, you probably would have noticed. As soon as things warmed up, you would notice a big puddle forming under the car.

If a hose had ruptured, you would have a puddle growing and the car would quickly overheat. You’d be stuck on the side of the road somewhere.

These are substantial issues you’d rather avoid in terms of maintaining your vehicle. And the easy way to avoid them is to have your antifreeze checked before your failing antifreeze checks you.

We have more cold weather to come. It may get considerably colder than the cold that has come through McHenry so far this winter. In other words, we have the potential for bitterly frigid temperatures to test the best of antifreeze in cars in McHenry.

If you don’t make a special trip to have your antifreeze checked, at least you may want to have it checked when you bring the car in for its next scheduled oil change.

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