If you’ve ever been driving a vehicle when it overheated, you know that it’s not the world’s most fun experience. There’s something about standing on the side of the road by your smoking hood and waiting sheepishly for the tow truck that takes the fun out of the day’s drive. Unfortunately, once your engine has overheated, there’s little you can do to fix the problem.

The best way to solve an overheating problem is to take preventative measures – which is why your Nissan Pathfinder Water Pump is so important to your vehicle. Beneath the hood of your car, the engine is creating extreme amounts of heat through its internal combustion processes.

With its main components of fuel and air, your engine runs one what is basically a series of explosions – meaning that the amount of heat produced is quite understandable. Fortunately, cars are equipped with cooling systems to keep the engine compartment’s temperature from getting out of hand. Just behind the grille of your car is the radiator, a collection of tubes and pipes filled with a coolant fluid that is a mix of water and antifreeze. Here, the coolant fluid is kept at a relatively low temperature by the constant rush of outside air entering through the openings in the grille. Your Nissan Pathfinder Water Pump is then responsible for circulating this coolant fluid through the engine compartment, where it absorbs much of the engine’s heat. The pump then brings the fluid back to the radiator, where it is dispersed into the surrounding air or redirected into the heating system for the passenger cabin.To protect against extreme engine heat, make an investment in a new Nissan Pathfinder Water Pump today.