1. The cooling system should be checked on the cold engine, therefore described below procedure it is better to carry out either before a trip, or after a trip, after not less than three hours after an engine stop. |
2. Cautiously turn away a stopper of a radiator and carefully wipe rags from the inside. Wipe a radiator mouth, presence on a mouth of traces of corrosion or oil specifies in necessity of change of a cooling liquid (oil presence testifies to infringement of tightness of a lining of a head of cylinders). The liquid in a broad tank and a radiator should be rather pure and transparent. If the liquid is painted by a rust, or has an oily film merge a liquid, wash out system and fill in a fresh cooling mix in the necessary proportion. |
3. Carefully check up radiator and heater hoses on all their length. At detection of swellings, cracks or mechanical damages hoses replace. Cracks on a hose are is better visible at it перегибании. Special attention give to collars, which крепят hoses to details of system of cooling.
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4. Check up presence of traces подтекания on all details of system of cooling (including hoses, demountable connections, etc.). Traces of a leak of a liquid are usually shown in the form of a white touch or a rust. At detection of such traces on system details replace a detail or a lining. Replace all шплинтовые (wire) collars with collars with a screw inhaling. |
5. Clear a forward part of a radiator of insects, leaves etc., taken root into a lattice. Be careful not to damage a radiator tube. |