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Pressurised coolant boils at a higher temperature than unpressurised
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What makes a radiator pressurise?
A specially designed Radiator Cap makes the radiator pressurized. The caps releases the extra pressure and expanded coolant into a small tank, and sucks the dispelled water back in the radiator when the engine cools condensing the coolant. This guarantees no loss of coolant and saves you from checking and refilling the radiator daily like the old cars without pressurized radiator. Newaz.
Do you check the radiator liquid when the cars on?
NO! That would be dangerous. Cars' coolant systems are pressurized, so if you open the radiator cap while the engine is running, it will spray HOT radiator fluid (water mixed with ethylene glycol, usually) all over you, and sometimes drain the radiator of coolant.
Do a 2000 Saturn SC2 have a radiator cap?
Yes; it's on the coolant reservoir. The entire coolant reservoir on the Saturns is pressurized.
Where is radiator cap 2001 saturn?
The radiator does not have a cap, instead, the coolant system reservoir is also pressurized and the pressure cap is on the reservoir.
Why is water used as a coolant for the radiator in cars?
Water alone is not used as coolant for automobiles.
Where is the radiator cap on a 1997 SC2 coupe Everything seems to be covered around the radiator?
The cooling systems is a closed system with the resiviour part of that system. Coolant is added to the resiviour cap. This is different from other cars as the resiviour is not usually pressurized. In the s-series it is.
When a coolant container is part of a pressurized system can the cap be removed while the engin is hot?
Which cap ? The radiator cap or the coolant top up expansion container.
How does an automotive radiator reservoir work?
A hot radiator releases excess coolant through the spring-loaded cap in to the reservoir, and when cooled the partial vacuum created by cooled radiator pulls it back in. A reservoir should be only about 1/4 full cold on a system that uses a radiator cap, some cars have a pressurized cap on reservoir and no cap on radiator
Why is it that your car is steaming up and spraying coolant?
your cars radiator has busted
Are their bleeder valves on a 1999 Chevy Astro Van for the coolant?
the cooling system is a pressurized system with the radiator cap designed to release pressure and expanded coolant into the overflow can. there is a drain however, look at the bottom of the radiator on the passenger side for a wingnut, loosen it and the coolant flows out.
Where is the radiator cap on the 1997 Saturn SC2 coupe located?
The cooling systems is a closed system with the resiviour part of that system. Coolant is added to the resiviour cap. This is different from other cars as the resiviour is not usually pressurized. In the s-series it is.
Where is the radiator cap on a Saab 93?
The cap is on the coolant reservoir (driver's side behind the battery), not on the radiator itself as in many other vehicle makes. Mine is yellow. DO NOT remove cap if engine/coolant is hot as system is pressurized.
