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Changing Engine Coolant (Cont'd)

MA-40prose procedure
Continued from MA-39

Changing Engine Coolant (Cont'd)

  1. 2
    Drain engine coolant. (1) Open drain screw at the bottom of radiator, and remove radiator cap. (2) Remove drain plug on cylinder block.
    Be careful not to allow coolant to contact drive belts.
    Radiator illustration showing the radiator cap at the top and the drain screw at the bottom. Labels indicate to loosen the radiator cap and loosen the drain screw.
    SMA367C
  2. 3
    Flush the cooling system. (1) Close drain screw and drain plug. (2) Fill radiator with water, then warm up engine. (3) Stop engine and wait until it cools down. (4) Drain water. (5) Repeat step (1) through step (4) two or three times.
    Cylinder block illustration showing the location of the drain plug on the engine block.
    SMA371C
  3. 4
    Fill radiator with coolant up to filler opening. Follow instructions attached to anti-freeze container for mixing ratio of anti-freeze to water.
    Reservoir tank: 0.7 ℓ (5/8 Imp qt)
    Pour coolant through coolant filler neck slowly to allow air in system to escape.
    Cross-section of the radiator being filled with coolant up to the filler opening, showing coolant level inside the radiator.
    SMA182B
  4. 5
    Fill reservoir tank with coolant up to "MAX." level.
    Reservoir tank illustration showing MAX. and MIN. level marks for filling the coolant reservoir tank.
    SMA412B
  5. 6
    Run engine at approximately 2,000 rpm for about one minute.
  6. 7
    Stop engine and cool it down, then refill radiator and reservoir tank.

Coolant capacity (Without reservoir tank)

4.1 (3-5/8)
Without heater3.8 (3-3/8)
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