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MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE
child ren, do not store ethylene glycol based antifreeze/
coolant in open containers or allow it to rem ain in
puddles on the grou nd . If ingested by a child , contact a
physician immediately. Clean up any grou nd spills im-
mediately.
When additional antifreeze/ coolant is need ed to main-
tain the prop er level, it shou ld be added to the coolant
bottle. Do not overfill.
Poin ts To Rem ember
NOTE: When the vehicle is stop ped after 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 hu midity accumulat-
ing on the rad iator and being vap orized when the
therm ostat opens, allow ing hot antifreeze/ coolant to
enter the rad iator.
Engin e Coolan t Level
The coolant bottle provid es a quick visu al method for
determ ining that the coolant level is adequ ate. With the
engine idling, and warm to norm al operating tem pera-
ture, the level of the antifreeze/ coolant in the bottle
shou ld be betw een the ranges ind icated on the bottle.
The rad iator norm ally rem ains completely full, so there is
not need to rem ove the rad iator cap unless checking for
antifreeze/ coolant freeze point or rep lacing antifreeze/
coolant. Advise you r service attend ant of this. As long as
the engine operating tem peratu re is satisfactory, the
coolant bottle need only be checked once a month.
If an exam ination of you r engine compartm ent show s no
evid ence of rad iator or hose leaks, the vehicle may be
safely driven. The vap or will soon dissip ate.
• Do not overfill the coolant bottle.
•
Check antifreeze/ coolant freeze point in the rad iator
and in the coolant recovery bottle. If antifreeze/
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| Model Year | 2007 |
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