Auto Talk 101: How to Prevent Your Car from Overheating - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. In order to keep your car from overheating it is like every other system on your car. Regular maintenance is gonna be your top key. But you can do somethings to help, and that would be these: Number 1: Raise your hood on occasion. Keep an eye on the coolant reservoir to make sure that your coolant level is where it belongs. In addition, having use the proper coolant is gonna be the key and you will find that information either in your owners manual or with your repair facility. Additionally, check the hoses on occasion. Make sure that they feel firm, not brittle, not overly hard, that they seem to be in good condition and that they are not leaking. Additionally, you are gonna want to occasionally open the lid to your radiator. Check to see that the radiator is full to the capacity and that seems to be clean and operating properly there. Then when you are driving it is gonna be all important to watch your temperature gauge. If that temperature gauge rises appreciably from that middle range - stop, pull over, get some help there. Those are the basic things to help you keep your cooling system in proper order.