16 Jul Antifreeze: indispensable for the engine, both in winter and summer
- Antifreeze is a major component for the safety and the efficiency of the engine operation, not only in winter, but also during the summer. Its ability to regulate engine temperature under extreme conditions is essential to prevent damage and ensure a long service life of the vehicle.
- Proper cooling system maintenance, including the selection and replacement of antifreeze, is crucial for optimal engine performance in all seasons.
Perhaps as a matter of semantics, drivers tend to reduce the importance of antifreeze to the hottest times of the year. After all, the name suggests that its function is limited to that, to lower the freezing point in order to avoid the problems that the cold could cause both to the engine as a whole and to its different components individually.
However, this perception is limited, because its function is ANTIFREEZE/REFRIGERANT and can lead to inadequate maintenance of the vehicle during the summer season when, in fact, antifreeze plays a crucial role throughout the year, ensuring optimum engine performance in all weather conditions.
Importance of antifreeze in summer
Contrary to popular belief, antifreeze is equally essential during the summer when high outside temperatures and the heat generated by the engine itself can lead to overheating, especially in heavy traffic or on long journeys.
During engine operation, antifreeze circulates through the cooling system, absorbing the heat generated and carrying it to the radiator. This provides a number of benefits, among them:
- Engine temperature control: dissipating the heat generated by the engine, keeping it at an optimum temperature and preventing overheating.
- Corrosion prevention: its composition with corrosion inhibitors protects the metal parts of the cooling system (such as the radiator and water pump) from rust and corrosion.
- System lubrication: helps lubricate the water pump and other moving components within the cooling system, reducing wear and tear and extending system life.
- Foaming prevention: formulated to prevent foaming within the cooling system that can affect cooling efficiency.
Proper selection and life of antifreeze fluid
A series of benefits that will only be effective in case of making a correct choice of antifreeze. A process that must start with the verification that it meets the recommended specifications for your vehicle.
With more than 40 years of experience behind it, Ibercompound has established itself as one of the leading companies in the manufacture of antifreeze fluids, with all its products complying with current regulations, both under its own brand and as a third-party brand.
The company has a wide range of Antifreeze products adapted to the new regulations required by the main vehicle manufacturers, formulating the entire main range with the latest generation organic (except the hybrid products G12++, G13 and G12 EVO) and inorganic (G11) additive packages, all of them with their corresponding approvals.
A commitment to quality that they can guarantee thanks to analyses carried out in an external laboratory (INTA: Instituto Nacional Técnica Aeroespacial) that confirm their compliance with the UNE 26-361-88 Part 1 “Motor vehicles. Antifreeze and Coolants”.
Specifically, its product C.C. 50% L.T./G-12, as a popular product with Seat/VW TL 774 D/G-12 and Seat/VW TL 774 F/G-12+ standards. It is an Antifreeze/Coolant formulated to lower the freezing point and raise the boiling point of the engine, while providing anti-corrosion and anti-fouling properties. Its formulation includes ethylene glycol, organic corrosion inhibitors, antifouling, defoamer and a phosphorescence leak detector. In addition, it is free of amines, nitrites and phosphates, components that are harmful to the environment, making it a more environmentally friendly option.
It complies with strict quality standards, including UNE 26361.88, UNE 26396, UNE 26393 and ASTM D2809, ensuring minimum weight loss variations (0.1 mg/cm² maximum) in materials such as copper, cast iron, steel, aluminium, brass and solder. Thanks to its formulation with additives that do not wear out the seals, it reduces water pump failures by more than 50%, extending the useful life of the cooling system.
In addition, this coolant does not consume its anti-corrosive additives, eliminating the need for supplementary additives. It is recommended for use for a minimum of 300,000 kilometres in passenger cars, trucks and buses, and for public works machinery it is recommended for 8,000 hours or 5 years without the need to add any additives. This makes it a durable and reliable solution for various vehicle and industrial applications.