Let's check your Radiator? Is it still good or bad perfomance? It will make you comfortable when you get long journey. Everything about how do you check your machines of your car? this time is about radiator to be discussed.
Radiator is one of the important components of the vehicle engine. Because the device is in charge of keeping the engine temperature remains at an ideal working temperature.
New car radiator outputs are generally made from aluminum material. In addition to lighter weight, aluminum has the nature to absorb and release heat faster than other metals.
Although it is made of aluminum, radiators can not be separated from the threat of corrosion that caused the leak. To prevent this, avoid filling or adding water to the radiator with water well / ground water.
Because the well water contains many minerals that are corrosive elements when exposed to metals, including aluminum. Use special radiator fluid or popularly called radiator coolant plus distilled water (H2O).
Radiator coolant is a liquid that is specially formulated to have a higher boiling point than water. This fluid is also equipped substances that can prevent rust on metal.
Once the vehicle is run for a year, check the condition of the water by opening the radiator cap when cold conditions. Drain the liquid coolant if it changes color (usually bright green radiator coolant clear clear yellow or red).
Perfect for dewatering processes, use the rinse liquid radiator (radiator flush), which are sold in supermarkets and store accessories.
Open the radiator cap bolts followed by opening the drain hole at the bottom of the radiator. Then fill with water using a hose until the water coming out of the drainage holes clearly visible.
After that, turn on the engine to circulate the water so that the dirt in the engine cooling system carried out through the drainage holes. Once the water cleared, turn off the engine and stop the supply of water and close the drainage holes.
Before adding a radiator flush, read the instructions carefully and then do as directed. Generally on the product packaging recommends to start the engine after radiator flush mixed in the radiator.
After reaching the recommended time, turn off the machine and do it again by opening the drainage pit dewatering, as in the first step while filled with water.
When the flushing water was crystal clear, turn off the engine and stop water supply without having to close the drainage holes to prevent water in the radiator entirely wasted.
After that, cover the drainage holes and prepared perfectly distilled water and radiator coolant.
Before continuing activities, do not forget to read the instructions on the packaging radiator coolant. The reason is, there are some products that are formulated without having to mix it with distilled water again, making it more practical.
Distilled aka pure water you can change the battery water blue bottle (do not bottle of red, because it is a liquid sulfuric acid is highly corrosive)
Once the coolant is poured into the radiator until it is full, turn on the engine and raise the rpm slowly so that the water in the radiator circulating. Add coolant when the water is shrinking. This process is useful to expel any trapped air bubbles in the system.
When the water in the radiator is no longer needed when the engine speed is raised, turn off the engine and radiator are peep holes going back depreciation and add water if it is reduced.
Before you close it, check the radiator cap (radiator cap). If there is damage, replace it with a match. Because the components that not only serves as a cover.
He has two valves that serve to drain the water from the radiator to the reservoir during hot tube and suck the water from the reservoir when it is cold and there was a vacuum in the radiator.
This process, in addition to keeping the water in the radiator pressure remains stable, it is also useful throw bubbles of air trapped in the system.
Therefore, after the depletion of the above is completed, start the engine until the engine temperature indicator needle reaches ideal conditions. Good luck.
Don't be lazy for you to check out your radiator as frequently as possible. The perfomances of New car or classic car is the same. Everything about how do you maintain the machine of your car?
