How to Use coolant in a Sentence

coolant

noun
  • The battery pack's lid flows coolant over top of the cells.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The technician put in 5 pounds of new coolant to get the system to work.
    Cathy Cunningham, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2018
  • Then, just after a handful of runs, the GT40 blew a coolant line and had to be put to bed.
    Manuel Carrillo Iii, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The alarm, which shut off a few minutes later, said the bus had low coolant.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Since the vehicle wouldn't park, King placed a jug of coolant behind the wheel.
    Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2022
  • His car, which has a broken coolant system, took a few tries to start.
    Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 1 June 2018
  • That means workers could slip and fall on hazards from oil, coolant, leaks, and spills.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 June 2022
  • The Valkyrie's engine also cut its redline when the coolant got too hot.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
  • This allows the engine to quickly send warm coolant to the cabin heater.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 11 Dec. 2020
  • That means coolant can't flow directly over the magnets to cool them.
    Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Be sure to capture all the old coolant and dispose of it properly.
    Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Once again, all of the coolant on board a Russian spacecraft leaked into space due to a rupture.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
  • If the coolant is low during your initial check, recheck it monthly.
    Gary Witzenburg, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The cold plates absorb heat by convection, transferring the heat to the coolant tube that runs through it.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2024
  • King, 16 at the time, said the teens had previously used a coolant container to stop the truck from rolling back.
    Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Electric cars use oil in their transmissions, and coolant to chill the battery pack.
    Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • In the coolant system, a valve closed, causing water pressure to build.
    Washington Post, 30 May 2017
  • In manufacturing and milling, there needs to be a coolant for the machine bits.
    Samuel McMain, Outside Online, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The refrigeration feeds coolant into the trays and the process begins to form the 2-inch surface of ice.
    Josh Dubow, Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Instead of coolant, stadiums use cold water to cool the air.
    John Branch, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The mission was only supposed to last six months, but the ship that was supposed to bring the crew home had a coolant leak and was deemed unsafe.
    Jon Michael Raasch Fox News, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Matula took it off before the coolant could soak through and burn his skin under a class T-shirt.
    Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 11 June 2018
  • There’s no oil to change, no coolant to worry about, and clutch or foot brake to concern yourself with either.
    Arv Voss, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The next stop was the cave that is the source of water for the whiskey operation, both as an ingredient and as a coolant.
    al, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Likely Cause: There’s a leak somewhere in your coolant system.
    Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2017
  • Ford said engines can overheat if coolant gets low, causing the cylinder head to crack and spew oil that can catch fire.
    Tom Krisher, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Up to 4 units are covered, and there is no pound limit on coolant replacement.
    Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The systems engineers were concerned about flying for two more hours with the coolant loops turned off.
    Jennifer Bogo, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2019
  • But after achieving its goal, the spacecraft ran out of coolant, leaving it unable to chill its infrared detectors.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Wilmore, a bit of a handyman who builds tables and sheds for his church, was tasked with servicing a pair of freezers used to hold research samples as well as refilling the coolant loops in one of the station’s water pumps.
    Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 26 July 2024

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