7-MAINTENANCE
Enginecoolant
WARNING
Hotliquidunderpressure!
Neverremovethellercaportherecoverytankcapwhiletheengineisrunningorthecoolantishot.
Letthesystemcool.Turnthellercaptotherstnotchandallowanypressuretoescape,andthen
removethellercap.Loosentherecoverytankcapslowlytoallowanypressuretoescape.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorseriousinjury.
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Drainingandushingthecoolingsystem
NOTE:Drainandushtheradiatorandengineblockev-
ery1000hoursofusageor24months,whichevercomes
rst.Rellwitha50/50mixtureofpermanentantifreeze
andclearwater.
Todrainthecoolingsystem:
1.Useasuitablereceptacletocatchtheusedcoolant.
Removetheradiatorcapandopenthedrainvalve(1)
ontheleft-sideofradiatortodraintheradiatorand
drainplug(2)onrightsideofengineblocktodrain
engineblock.
2.Afterthecoolanthasdrained,placeawaterhosein
theradiatorllerneckandrunwaterthroughthesys-
tem.Whenwaterisowingfromtheblockdrainplug
portstarttheengine.Whenthewaterowingfromthe
blockportisfreefromcolorationandsediment,stopthe
engineandremovethehose.Allowallwatertodrain
fromthesystemthroughtheradiatordrainvalveand
blockport.
3.Closetheradiatordrainvalveandreinstalltheblock
drainplug.Slowlyrellthesystemwitha50/50solution
ofethyleneglycolantifreezeandwater.Filluntilthe
coolantlevelisapproximately4
cm(1.6
in)belowthe
bottomofthellerneck.Donotllbeyondthislevel.
4.Cleantheradiatorcapandcapsealandinstallthecap.
NHIL13CT01051AA1
NHIL13CT01095AA2
5.Addcoolanttothecoolantreservoir(3)untiluidlevel
isbetweenthe“LOW”and“HIGH”linesonthesideof
thereservoir.
6.Runtheengineuntilnormaloperatingtemperatureis
reached,thenstoptheengine.Recheckthecoolant
levelwhentheengineiscoldandaddadditionalcoolant
asnecessary.
NOTICE:Neverruntheenginewhenthecoolingsystemis
empty.Donotaddcoldwaterorcoldantifreezesolutionif
theengineishot.
NHIL13CT01235AA3
NOTE:Coolingsystemcapacityis7.5
L(2.0
USgal)
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