CITROEN C1 - Cooling Circuit; Draining, Filling and Bleeding the

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DRAINING, FILLING AND BLEEDING THE ENGINE COOLING CIRCUIT
IMPERATIVE : Respect the safety and cleanliness requirements.
WARNING : To avoid all risk of burns, do not remove the radiator cap while the engine and the
radiator are hot. Thermal expansion may cause coolant fluid and steam to escape from the radiator.
Slacken the drain screw (1) and drain the coolant fluid.
NOTE : The drain screw (1) is situated close to the lower edge of the timing cover.
Remove the radiator cap «a».
Uncouple the radiator outlet hose to drain the coolant fluid.
Couple the radiator outlet hose on the engine side.
Refit the drain screw (1).
Tightening torque : 2 ± 0,2 m.daN.
Fill the radiator with engine coolant fluid until it overflows.
Capacity : 4 Litres.
WARNING : Do not replace coolant fluid with water.
NOTE : Use of coolant fluid that is inappropriate may damage the cooling system.
NOTE : Use only «Toyota Super Long Life Coolant» engine coolant fluid or any other similar
high quality coolant fluid based on ethylene glycol, without silicate, without amine, without nitrite
and without borate, but with hybrid organic acid properties that guarantee long life (this type of
fluid is a blend of organic acids and phosphates in low concentration).
B1G200ND
Engine : CFA
B1G200PD
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