50% Anti-freeze and 50% clean water is generally used for engine coolant. This mix protects the cooling system from freezing down to -34 degrees F.
Water alone is not used as coolant for automobiles.
your cars radiator has busted
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.
When discussing the use of freon (or chlorofluorocarbon as it is known) it usually refers to refrigeration and air conditioning. When talking about cars, freon gas is used in the Air conditioning unit. It it sometimes used by racing cars in the radiator in leu of regular coolant (or anti-freeze) but this is not a common practice. On regular cars, coolant is an oil based product placed in the cars radiator and reservoir diluted with water. It's function is to allow the radiator fluid (coolant and water), to be heated and cooled beyond the natural point of water to aid in the cooling of the cars engine.
The coolant capacity of a radiator in a 1986 Chevy Cavalier is 10.3 quarts. You can use any standard radiator fluid that's made for all makes and models of cars.
Low coolant, check radiator and resevoir, if its nit low there is a low coolant sensor that may be bad , this is a knon issue on these cars, sensor is located about 2-3 inches down under the radiator cap on passengersid
The overflow hose, that carries coolant from the radiator to either a reservoir on modern cars or to the ground on older cars.
Don't! Most cars have a reservoir for radiator coolant ... add liquid to the reservoir. Opening the radiator cap introduces air into the sealed system ... you don't want air bubbles in the cooling system.
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.
Most cars should be able to handle this themselves, older cars you use a small hand pump to suck air out from either the radiator cap or the coolant tank cap respectively.
The radiator is located in the front of the car, where it is located in most cars. There are coolant pipes running beneath the car, under protective covers, that feed coolant to and from the radiator. There are three drain plugs on the car, and it is a complicated system to flush.
In cars and trucks the radiator is up front to get air before it can get heated by the engine.