Provided your automobile overheats and damages the engine, you annex no one to blame however yourself. Grasp your eyes on the temperature gauge and never let the indicator action into the chestnut. Pull over before it gets further fiery.
Instructions
1. Turn off the engine if the gauge approaches the red zone.12. Understand that you can continue driving a high-temperature vehicle if you're far from a phone or a service station and the car does not need coolant (or does not respond to these instructions).
3. Pull the hood Proceeds lever under the dashboard to emptied the hood when the vehivle has cooled completely.
4. Promenade approximately the front of the van, spread under the hood, acquisition the bolt and squeeze it. As you squeeze the hook, pull up and yawning the hood.
5. Proof the coolant reservoir container cardinal. It's a plastic decanter that has a inconsiderable hose running to the radiator. The reservoir can be abundant when the engine is calescent (apart from on German and Swedish cars, the plastic reservoir is as well under impact, so don't frank when the engine is Boiling).
6. Ajar the radiator cap with a rag. Conjure up: plain it only after the engine has completely cooled. If you're not sure, don't open the cap. If you open the cap while it's still warm, you may burn yourself with steam or hot coolant. Open the cap slowly, as if you were opening a bottle of soda that has been shaken up.
7. Examine the radiator. Look inside and see if there's coolant left. If needed, fill to the top of the radiator.
8. Put the radiator cap back on.
9. Check to see that the upper or lower radiator hose, or any of the heater hoses, hasn't burst.
10. Restart the engine.
11. Watch the temperature gauge obsessively. Don't let the needle go into the red. Turn off the engine.2. Wait. Whether the engine is steaming, don't sincere the hood.
However, drive only as long as you stop and turn off the engine whenever the gauge gets close to the red, and let the engine cool down until you drive again. This may take a long time, but it probably beats walking.
