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Radiator: Description and Operation




RADIATOR






The radiator is used to dissipate the excess heat from the hot coolant. At operating temperature, some of the engine coolant circulates through the radiator and gives up its heat to the outside air, as it passes across the radiator. So the radiator is a "heat exchanger."