It is vital to the normal functioning of the vehicle cooling system. Delayed diagnosis or replacement of necessary elements can lead to serious problems in the engine. For normal operation of the cooling system only need proper care and prevention. Radiator, as the main component of the cooling system takes up the dust and mud and kick needs to be cleaned and washed.
If your car has made it clear that its cooling system malfunctioned, and clogged radiator, or you can buy a new radiator or unclog the radiator itself.
Independently in order to bring the cooling system is not complicated. It is important to observe all safety rules before cleaning: Give the engine to cool, to secure the hood tightly and put on protective gloves.
To check the pollution level radiator must be drained from it all antifreeze. If antifreeze is clean, then rinse the radiator is not needed. Once drained antifreeze in the radiator must be filled with clean water, better distilled. Then you start the car and leave it running for 15 minutes, and then the water should be drained. This operation should be carried out several times until the drain of the crane will not clean water. In order to enhance the efficiency of operations in the water you can add special cleaners or washing sink caustic soda.
Once you're done washing, drain the water from the sink and rinse it with clean water for at least five times, this is the case, if the water was added to wash. For the prevention of scale formation in antifreeze, you can add various additives that prevent the formation of various deposits and rust in the radiator.
It happens that the radiator is clogged from the outside, causing engine overheating. In this case the radiator should be flushed.
At the end of cleaning the radiator, it will be filled with new coolant and pump out excess air, which you need to open the radiator cap and start the engine. As soon as the cooling system will work, the remnants of the air come out themselves. After the need to fill in the blanks with antifreeze and close the lid.