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MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE
to rem ain in puddles on the grou nd . If ingested by a child When additional engine coolant (antifreeze) is need ed to
or pet, seek emergency assistance immediately. Clean up maintain the prop er level, it shou ld be added to the
any grou nd spills immediately.
coolant bottle. Do not overfill.
Engin e Coolan t Level
Poin ts to Rem ember
The coolant bottle provid es a quick visu al method for
determ ining that the coolant level is adequ ate. With the
engine idling, and warm to norm al operating tem pera-
ture, the level of the engine coolant (antifreeze) in the
bottle shou ld be betw een the ranges ind icated on the
bottle.
NOTE: When the vehicle is stop ped after a few miles/
kilom eters of operation, you may observe vap or coming
from the front of the engine compartm ent. This is nor-
mally a resu lt of moistu re from rain, snow, or high
hu midity accumulating on the rad iator and being vap or-
ized when the therm ostat opens, allow ing hot engine
The rad iator norm ally rem ains completely full, so there is coolant (antifreeze) to enter the rad iator.
no need to rem ove the rad iator cap unless checking for
If an exam ination of you r engine compartm ent show s no
evid ence of rad iator or hose leaks, the vehicle may be
safely driven. The vap or will soon dissip ate.
engine coolant (antifreeze) freeze point or rep lacing en-
gine coolant (antifreeze). Advise you r service attend ant
of this. As long as the engine operating tem peratu re is
satisfactory,a month. the coolant bottle need only be checked once • Do not overfill the coolant bottle.
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