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How do you add antifreeze to a car?
Open the radiator cap when the engine is cool, check the radiator's fluid level, and add appropriately. NEVER OPEN A RADIATOR CAP WHEN THE ENGINE IS HOT OR OVERHEATING. Check your car's owner's manual for specific details.
Do you check radiator fluid when car hot or cold?
Do it when the car is cold if the radiator is hot fluid may be forced out when you take off the cap.
Why is it not safe to open the radiator cap when the engine is overheating?
The cooling system is under pressure and opening the cap can spray you (and other things) with very hot coolant.
Why is dangerous to remove the radiator cap of a car when the engine is still hot?
Hot water in the radiator is under pressure and can burn you.
Your car is not registering hot but your overflow tank will boil?
Try a new radiator cap.
What causes one hot radiator hose and cool one and fans working in car and overheating?
a bad termastat
My 1996 Chrysler LHS 3.5 is super overheating I replaced Water Pump Radiator thermostat pressure cap and still it gets hot what else can it be?
radiator fan, head gasket,
Why is it too hot in car radiator?
The most common reason for overheating of a car radiator is that there is not enough water in the radiator. Radiators can lose water in a variety of ways, and often need to be refilled. The other possibility is that the water is not being circulated properly. I should add that cars do heat up quite a bit in the sunlight on a hot day, which adds significantly to the chances of overheating the radiator.
Why does your car loose a lot of water?
It can mean that the temperature is too hot or you have a bad radiator cap.
Where is the radiator cap 2000 Malibu?
no cap, it is filled through over flow tank on right hand side of car. it has a cap, do not remove if hot.
Never open the radiator cap when the engine is hot?
A radiator cap can not only be hot, but it is holding in pressure. When the cap comes off under pressure, hot antifreeze will spray out, possibly causing injury.
99 Buick century 6 cylinder sucking air- through tube on top of engine near oil cap engine also runs hot- not the radiator- what is wrong with your car and how can you fix it?
if your engine is running hot and its not your radiator you probably need to burp it to get the air out from the hoses and radiator, that should take care of the overheating problem, if it doesnt pressure test your hoses and raiator you might have a collant leak creating hot spots
