•Preferredoption:Ifdistilledwaterisnotavailable,
useapre-mixcoolantinsteadofaconcentrate.
•Minimumrequirement:Ifdistilledwaterand
pre-mixcoolantarenotavailable,mixconcentrated
coolantwithcleandrinkablewater.
CheckingtheCoolantLevel
CAUTION
Iftheenginehasbeenrunning,the
pressurized,hotcoolantcanescapeand
causeburns.
•Donotopentheradiatorcapwhenthe
engineisrunning.
•Usearagwhenopeningtheradiatorcap,
andopenthecapslowlytoallowsteamto
escape.
CoolantCapacity:6.6L(7.0USqt
1.Preparethemachineformaintenance;referto
PreparingforMaintenance(page61).
2.Openthehood;refertoOpeningtheHood(page
61).
3.Checkthelevelofcoolantinthereservoir
(Figure141).
Note:Thecoolantleveliscorrectifitiscold
markonthesideofthetankwhentheengineis
cold,andthehotmarkwhentheengineishot.
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Figure141
1.Cap(coolantreservoir)
2.Hotengine-coolantmark
3.Coldengine-coolantmark
4.Ifthecoolantlevelislow,removethe
coolant-reservoircapandaddthespecied
coolantuntilthelevelitisatthecoldmark(fora
coldengine)orhotmark(forahotengine).
Note:Donotoverlltheexpansiontankwith
coolant.
5.Installthecoolant-reservoircap.
6.Closeandlatchthehood;refertoClosingthe
Hood(page61).
RemovingDebrisfromthe
CoolingSystem
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily(More
frequentlyindirtyoperating
conditions).
Every100hours—Inspectthecooling-system
hoses.
Every2years—Flushandreplacethe
cooling-systemuid.
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