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MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE
The cap shou ld be insp ected and cleaned if there is any
accumulation of foreign material on the sealing surfaces.
operating tem peratu re, the level of the coolant in the
bottle shou ld be betw een the “FULL” and “ADD” marks.
The rad iator norm ally rem ains completely full, so there is
no need to rem ove the rad iator cap unless checking for
coolant freeze point or rep lacing coolant. Advise you r
service attend ant of this. As long as the engine operating
tem peratu re is satisfactory, the coolant recovery bottle
need only be checked once a month.
WARN ING!
The warn ing word s “DO NOT OPEN HOT” on the
coolin g system pressu re cap are a safety precau tion .
Never add coolan t when the engin e is overh eated .
Do not loosen or rem ove the cap to cool an over-
heated engin e. Heat causes pressu re to build up in
the coolin g system . To preven t scald ing or injury, do
not rem ove the pressu re cap while the system is hot
or under pressu re.
When additional coolant is need ed to maintain the
prop er level, it shou ld be added to the coolant recovery
bottle. Do not overfill.
Poin ts To Rem ember
NOTE: When the vehicle is stop ped after a few kilom e-
ters (a few miles) of operation, you may observe vap or
coming from the front of the engine compartm ent. This is
norm ally a resu lt of moistu re from rain, snow, or high
Coolan t Level
The coolant recovery bottle provid es a quick visu al
method for determ ining that the coolant level is ad-
equ ate. With the engine idling, and warm to norm al
| Categories | Chrysler Manuals, Chrysler PT Cruiser Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2004 |
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