Checkcoolant
Enginecoolantexpansionkettleis
locatedwithintheenginecompart
-mentonsiteofvehiclepassen
-gers.Forspecificposition,referto
GeneralLayoutofEngineCompart
-ment.
Notes
Ifscrewingcoolantexpansion
kettlecaporradiatorcover
whentheengineandthe
radiatorishot,steamandhot
liquidmaysprayoutandburn
you.Therefore,donotscrew
theexpansionkettlecapand
radiatorcoverwhentheengine
andtheradiatorarehot.The
vehiclemustbeparkedonaflat
ground.Aftertheengineis
cooled,coolantlevelshallbe
betweentheupperlimit(F)and
lowerlimit(L)signsofthe
coolantexpansionkettle.When
theenginereachesthestrength
ofnormalwork,thelevelwill
rise.Andaftertheengineis
cooled,thelevelwilldropagain.
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Ifyouneedtofillcoolantformore
than4timeswithinayear,you
shouldhavethecoolingsystemof
yourcarcheckedbyJACauthorized
after-saleservicecenterforsaloon
car.
Ifyouhaveusedeffectivecoolant,
youdon'tneedtoaddinhibitoror
additivethatmayimprovecooling
systemperformance.Suchinhibitor
isnotgoodforthesystem.
Intheeventofmixeduseof
them,theremaybechemical
reactionamongvariousaddit
-ives,thuscausingtheadditive
invalid.