The radiator of the car must be filled with water upto the brim, so that the engine will remain cool.
Let the engine cool and press down and twist the radiator cap to the left to remove it. Fill the radiator to the top and reinstall the cap. Check the coolant level in the overflow reservior and fill it to the fill line.
With the radiator cold, remove the cap and fill to the top. Then remove the recovery tank cap and fill it halfway.
where do you fill radiator on 2001 ford taurus
Take radiator cap off, fill radiator with coolant, put cap back on!
To the top of flange where the radiator cap seals. Pressurized systems overflow to the surge tank when hot and draw the coolant back into the radiator when they cool down. The surge tank has the level mark cast into the plastic. If your radiator is low,the surge tank is probably dry. Fill both to the proper level.
The radiator overfill tank is the only spot to fill the radiator. There is no fill cap on the radiator itself.
You fill an automotive radiator with a mix of 50% anti freeze and 50% clean water.
1) remove radiator cap2) Fill radiator with coolant.3) replace radiator cap4) remove reservior cap5) fill to "fill cold" line6) replace reservior capIf your system not very low or empty you can omit 1-3.
After you install your water pump, fill with radiator fluid. Then start your engine with the radiator cap off. run your engine until it warms up. You will see bubbles forming in your radiator. When the level rises and stops bubbling out, install the cap back on. Dont fill your radiator if your car is on a downhill, you will prevent air from purging out.
On the radiator.
You may have low coolant in the radiator and it is causing the sensor to flash as the coolant raises and lowers. Check the coolant level in the radiator (not the fill bottle) You may have air in the radiator and the air pocket may be causing the light to flash. You would need to bleed the air out. You may have a bad sensor and needs to be replaced. It is located on the passenger side of the radiator below the fill neck (and has a wire going to it)
The Yamaha 850 XS is an air cooled bike. There is no radiator to fill.