MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
Tochangecoolant
4. Flushoutthesystemwithrunning
water.
WARNING
5. Drainthesystemcompletely.Insertand
tightentheplug.Addasmuch
ethylene-glycol-basedcoolantmixture
andwaterasnecessarytoprovide
freezingandcorrosionprotection.
RemovingtheCoolingSystemCap:
Removingthecoolingsystemcap
whiletheengineisrunningorhotis
dangerous.Thismightleadtocooling
systemandenginedamageandcould
resultinseriousinjuryfromescaping
hotcoolantorsteam.Turnoffthe
engineandwaituntilit'scool.Even
then,beverycarefulwhenremoving
thecap.Wrapathickclotharoundthe
capandslowlyturnit
counterclockwisetothefirststop.
Stepbackwhilethepressureescapes.
Whenyou'resureallthepressureis
gone,pressdownonthecap―still
usingacloth―turnthecap,and
removeit.
6.
7.
8.
Inextremelycoldclimates,addthe
mixturepercentagerecommendedin
thecoolantmixturepercentagetable.
Runtheengineatidlewiththecooling
systemcapoff.Slowlyaddadditional
coolantifnecessary.
Atthispoint,waituntiltheengine
reachesnormaloperatingtemperature;
thendepresstheacceleratortwoor
threetimes.Addmorecoolant,if
necessary,untilthesystemisfull.
9.
Installthecoolingsystemcap.Inspect
allconnectionsforleaks.Inspectthe
levelinthecoolantreservoironemore
timeandverifythatthecoolantlevelis
betweentheFandLmarks.
1.
2.
Makesuretheengineisnotrunning
andithascooled.
Removethecoolingsystemcap.
Loosen
Tighten
Tighten
Loosen
3.
Removetheradiatordrainplugand
drainthecoolantintoasuitable
container.Properlydisposeoftheused
coolant.
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| Model Year | 2006 |
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