Wait for the engine to cool. Drain the coolant from the radiator tap, or from the bottom hose, until it is below the level of the thermostat housing. If the hosing does not lift off easily, tap it free gently with a piece of wood, taking care not to damage the housing. Drain it...
Replace the thermostat when changing a radiator. Flush the cooling system and install new coolant to protect gaskets and internal engine parts. Replace upper and lower radiator hoses. Inspect the cooling fan operation. Inspect and remove debris such as plastic bags in front of the front grill ar...
How to check and refill coolant in the 2000 Alero with step-by-step instruction to find the fill line on the reservoir Author Hans Angermeier is an ASE certified Maintenance and Light Repair Technician and has produced over 100,000 videos showing drivers how to fix things on their cars....
Electrolysis within the radiator can lead to nasty sediment building an insulating layer around the coolant hosing leading to a lack of coolant flow and heat transfer. The hoses can also begin to crack due to the amount of heat cycles they have undergone, contracting and expanding until the ma...
Install the hose on the thermostat housing. Tighten the hose clamp to avoid coolant leaks. Add coolant to the radiator until the level is full. Replace the radiator cap. Test-run the engine. Check for coolant leaks while the engine is running....
Inspect and Replace your Car's Hoses What you can't see, can hurt you! That's what our engineers discovered during four years of extensive field-testing. In these tests, they identified the primary cause of coolant hose failure as an electrochemical attack on the rubber tube compound in th...
If the radiator can't hold pressure, your engine will overheat and lose coolant.Pinch hoses to check for age cracks, hardening, soft spots, blisters or bulges.Hoses -- Cracks, pinholes or splits in a radiator hose or heater hose will leak coolant. A hose leak will usually send a ...
Now that fluids are drained, remove coolant hoses to and from the radiator in the front as well as the heater core in back. You also need to disconnect the automatic transmission hoses or lines that run from transmission to the radiator for cooling purposes. And assuming your power steering...
Refit the coolant hoses. Reassemble the serpentine belt setup. Reconnect the A/C sensor. Reassemble the radiator core support. Reassemble the bumper assembly. Refill the radiator coolant and bleed the cooling system of any air. Check to ensure there are no leaks after filling the coolant system...
the radiator or coolant reservoir and enables air pressure to be pumped into the system including the engine block, cylinder heads, coolant hoses, heater core and radiator. This pressure test simulates the engine getting hot and expanding the coolant which, in turn, will help you find the ...