To maintain the temperature of the engine of the engine, the driver needs to know about how to top up and pour antifreeze into the engine cooling system (soda) correctly.
Soda is designed to store the coolant (coolant) and its pumping through the motor cooling shirt, a large radiator and its smaller analog that is used to heat the cabin. With an insufficient level of antifreeze or antiflower, the power unit will overheat, and air traffic jams will be formed in sod.
Depending on the characteristics of the fluid, it can be used during the time-indicated time, and then must be replaced. The plot must be carried out as needed, regularly tracking the fluid level in the system.
The presence of certain additives in the coolant, which often says the color of the composition, prevents the development of corrosion processes and the formation of scale. It is important to remember that to top up toosol into antifreeze and vice versa is prohibited, because it will lead to undesirable chemical reactions, sedimentation and deterioration of fluid characteristics.
When buying antifreeze, it should be borne in mind that some manufacturers tinted their product in marketing purposes.
Replacement of oh
The refrigerant must be replaced if he worked for a period, as well as if the car is serviced after active operation in summer or winter time.
To properly fill antifreeze into the cooling system, it is recommended first to completely remove the old liquid, including from the heating system, exposing the stove regulator to the maximum. Make the process will more effectively help the location of the car on the slope of the front part of the body up. Next, you need to open the expansion tank and the radiator lid. Then unscrew the plugs on the cylinder block and the radiator and drain the coolant.
If the former cooling fluid properly performed its function, it is worth pouring the same. Before this, it is desirable to wash the cooling system with water, better distilled, giving the motor to pump it through all the nozzles and radiators, warm it up to the temperature, when the valve is reached, the fluid is powered by a large circle.
If the coolant is seriously contaminated, for example, after using sealants, ordinary water Or mixing antifreeze with drastically different compositions for washing, you will need to use a special flushing agent, after which the system must be cleaned by distilled water. After that, you can fill the system with a new antifreeze.
It is possible to get rid of the excess airs after the fill of the coolant, due to its whipping through the nozzle in the upper part of the cylinder block. If necessary, the expansion tank is additionally filled with antifreeze to a normal level.
How to add refrigerant
Sometimes it is necessary to simply add a cooling fluid. At the same time, it is extremely important to use coarse with the same composition, desirable to the same manufacturer. It is better to do it on a cold or a little cooled engine. You need to open the lids of the system, and then fill the radiator is almost under the string. If the level of the coolant was too low, air traffic jams were formed in the system, it will be necessary to give a motor to work for several minutes with open covers for overpressure waters.
Distilled water can be added to the antifreeze in the summer heat. Mix ordinary water, Tosol or antifreeze is not recommended. If this failed to avoid, you will have to rinse the system in the near future and pour new coolant.
Control of antifreeze levels
To do this, resort to several methods:
- Monitoring the indicator on the instrument panel.
- Observation of the level of coolant directly in expansion tank.
In standard operating conditions, it must be done once a month and always before a long journey. If the overheating signal appears on the path on the tracks panel, then this problem sometimes occurs due to an insufficient level of antifreeze in the system. In winter, slow warming and embossed work stoves.
Noticing non-standard behavior power aggregateRegarding the temperature mode of its work, you need to visit a hundred to diagnose the system, since the work during overheating is fraught with the deformation of many parts of the FRO. Understanding how to properly pour and add antifreeze into the cooling system will help the driver protect the engine from overheating.
In the event that the cooling fluid level is in the cold state below the MIN mark, then you need to attach the cooling fluid into the system.
Tools and materials:
- antifreeze
- distilled water
- expansion tank
- clean rag
Process
1. It is impossible to top up cold water In the system with a hot engine, because this can lead to the formation of cracks in the cylinder block. If you have the need to add water into a warm engine, then you need to do with the engine running.
2. In the cooling system, the prepared mixture of antifreeze and distilled water in the ratio of 1: 1 is usually valued. However, in the summer, on the road, you can add clean waterBut upon return, you will need to add a similar amount of antifreeze as quickly as possible. Antifreeze should be addressed only by the brand, which is recommended by the manufacturer of your car.
3. Cold liquid tighten only in cold Engine.
4. Open the lid of the expansion tank, wrapping the hand with a cloth: Turn it first to one turn - the pressure will fall, then completely surround and remove the lid.
5. Then fold the coolant into the expansion tank to the middle level between the MIN and MAX marks.
6. Install the lid of the expansion tank.
7. Run the engine of your car after its short work on idling Check the coolant level in the radiator and the result of it if necessary.
8. The cooling fluid in the radiator must be at the level of the lower end of its fuel neck.
9. Remove the radiator lid and fall into the radiator coolant. Cooling fluid must be added carefully to do not pour it. The fluid that has occurred to the adjacent parts, quickly erase, because it has a damaging effect.
10. Wrap the radiator cover until you stop.
11. If the fluid level often drops below the MIN mark, then you need to check the tightness of the cooling system.
Antifreeze - special fluid Designed for the cooling system of the car. The peculiarity of this substance is that it does not freeze even when low temperatures. And this effect is possible thanks special composition Fluids - ethylene glycol and water, which together form dioxide alcohol. As part of antifreeze, there are also so-called inhibitors - substances that slow down the corrosion process.
For uninterrupted operation of the car, it is extremely important and timely replacing antifreeze. From the car, we have already been told, but how to fill in the cooling system new antifreeze We will tell you in detail in this article.
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Duration of replacement of antifreeze
Exact service life consumables It is impossible to call just so - everything depends on the manufacturer of the refrigerant, the composition of the coolant and additives added to it. To date, in the domestic market, you can find cooling fluids made on the basis of silicate or carboxylate.
For example, the coolant of foreign production that contains silicate, it is necessary to replace at least after 3 years, or once every 100 - 150 thousand km. Run. Antifreeze based on carboxylate in ideal conditions of operation of the engine and the cooling system can work at least five years or 250 thousand km of mileage.
How to pour antifreeze into the cooling system?
New antifreeze is recommended to fill in a clean cooling system. However, before this it is important to understand what you are going to fill. After all, such a confusing classification, like cooling fluids, is no longer anywhere.
To avoid education aerial traffic In the system, we put the car in a strict horizontal position.
1) . Disconnect the topmost nozzle that feeds the antifreeze into the engine (as a rule, it is located in the inlet reservoir).
2) . The new antifreeze is pouring through the throat of the expansion tank, which is more convenient to do with the use of a funnel.
3) . We pour until it starts to flow from the disconnected nozzle, after which we put the nozzle in place and clamp it in the connection site of the clamp.
4) . The optimal level to fill is between MIN and MAX marks.
5) . After the fill, we close the tank cork tightly, we bring the car and warm up before the fan is triggered.
7) . If necessary, pour. I want to note again, we perform the last item only with a cold engine.
How to pour antifreeze into the cooling system (video)
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How much do you need to pour antifreeze?
The number of antifreeze that needs to be pouring into a cooling system of the car is usually indicated in the manual for the operation to a model or another. But on average, this figure is 6-8 liters.
You can navigate with the "Min" and "Max" marks on the expansion tank. That is, as already noted above, the fluid level in the tank must be between these marks.
How to correct antifreeze into the cooling system?
It is necessary to find out the brand, type of fluid and supplement to the required content to the identical composition. Work should be performed only with a cold engine.
Pre-open the lid of the expansion tank, which will eliminate excessive pressure, after which you turn off the cover completely and tighten the antifreeze (focusing by MIN and Max marks).
It is not necessary to top up the antifreeze under the urban, which is fraught with splashing of surplus and hitting them on the working parts of the power unit in a heated state.
What antifreeze can be poured?
What are they? In their composition, they are divided into:
- Silicate;
- Carboxylate;
- Hybrid.
Each view has its own characteristics and characteristics.
Silicate. Contain salts of inorganic acids - the main additives of this type of coolant. The negative characteristic of such a fluid is the formation of plaque. Salts over time form a thin film of the plaque. It settles and does not give the system to work fully, which can lead to the heating of the car's engine. Consequently, both the use of oil, fuel.
Carboxylate. Contains organic acids. This species Antifreeze has the following notation: G12 or G12 +. Organic acids, in contrast to inorganic, do not form scale and plaque. Different with anti-corrosion and anticavitational properties.
Hybrid. Contains both organic and inorganic acids. This type has the following designation: G11. Combines the positive and negative properties of the two previous species.
The novelty among the cooling agents is the Lobe of Antifreeze - G12 ++ and G13 with the content of organic bases and mineral additives. Due to the unique composition, this substance is able to last up to 100,000 km of run.
The most common and popular option, although not very high quality - "Traditional antifreeze." The term of his service is not more than 2 years. This type does not withstand high temperatures. It begins to boil at 105 degrees Celsius. Of the "traditional antifreezes" most famous toosol.
Choice rules . When choosing a coolant should be guided by the qualitative features of each species. The presence of various additives is significantly affected by the quality of the liquid. The quality and service life also affects the presence of various additives.
The smallest percentage of additives in the cooling facilities G11, which affects product quality. It is not able to protect against scale and corrosion. The service life of this type of substance is not more than 2 years. When large miles It can be reduced to 6 months.
A longer service life is distinguished by antifreeze cooling fluid type G12. As a rule, it is from 4 to 5 years.
Carbon coolant without replacement can serve at least 5 years.
Features and caution . Sometimes there is a need to top up the coolant. To do this, you should purchase a new antifreeze of exactly the same type that already flooded into the car. Mixing should beware of different types liquids, even if they are one color. It is extremely forbidden to mix antifreeze G12 and G11. They are incompatible.
G12 + liquids allow mixing with two other types.
Is it possible to pour water into antifreeze?
If you transfer the essence of the manufacturer's recommendations, it is categorically forbidden to add water to antifreeze. This prohibition is justified by the fact that the coolant is enriched with appropriate additives that are favorable to the cooling system. They contribute to excellent lubrication and accelerated engine cooled.
How to find out what is flooded, Tosol or antifreeze?
As a rule, motorists know that they are flooded in their cooling systems. But this is when it comes to the permanent owner of the car. In fact, the reasons why the motorist wants to know what it is covered in the expansion tank of his car, maybe a lot.
How to determine what is flooded? There is a myth that the taste of antifreeze is sweet, but it is no more than just a myth. Yes, and you need to be careful when "tasting" - chemicals included in the coolant, extremely poisonous.
What to do motorist, if he wants to know which refrigerant will flood in cooling system His car?
- On the touch and smell. The traditional antifreeze does not smell, and on the touch this substance is oily. The Russian "Tosol" to the touch will not be the same oily.
- By frost resistance. If you pour a small amount of coolant into a bottle and put it in the freezer, then it should not freeze. If it frozen, then most likely it is "Tosol" of poor-quality production, if not, then it is likely to be high quality antifreeze.
- Compatibility of consumables with tap water. Take a little coolant from the system of your car and pour it into a bottle. In proportion one to one pour into this bottle of ordinary water from under the tap, wait at about an hour. If you saw the bundle of substances, the mixture is cloudy or there is a precipitate, then this "Tosol" russian production. When using high-quality foreign antifreeze, this should not arise.
- Find out which refrigerant is flooded, you can density. But for this you need an areaometer - a special device for checking the density of the coolant. Verification of the substance is carried out at temperatures ambient Or premises more than 20 degrees of heat. If the density of the substance is from 1.073 to 1.079 g / cm3, then you are most likely a good antifreeze.
About liquids consumed by the cooling system, the information is written quite a lot. But here's how to fill and add these liquids into the cooling system, the conversation will go for the first time.
Recall that the mixing of various refrigerants is unacceptable in most cases, since at the outlet of the mixed cocktail may fall into the precipitate, which in itself will not disappear, and it will begin to methodically cover thin pipes of the radiator and other gentle parts of the cooling system. Therefore, it is worth pouring only the liquid shown to the use, which received the approval of the car manufacturer, and add only the same component that fills its basis already existing SOD.
The question of how antifreeze or antifreeze behaves or Tosol during the topics in ordinary water can be left open. The concentrates of these substances give excellent indicators with water in certain permissible proportions, again, if distilled water is filled, and the composition of chlorine, sodium, magnesium and potassium is composed, which is often from the water tap.
Again, we remind you that the color of the coolant does not affect its composition, - compatible among themselves can be green, blue, red liquids, when the same color, for example, yellow, can have a completely different structure, additives and the foundation.
How to pour antifreeze into the cooling system?
IN modern cars It is mainly used by antifreeze, in its example we will tell, how to pour and add this substance to normal work cooling systems.
The most common error is pumped fluid into the desert of the radiator. Indeed, the bulk hole in this unit exists, but only in those models that are subject to disaster.
The spoiled radiator system does not imply nanice and the foliage directly, the antifreeze in it goes through the expansion tank, into which the refrigerant is mainly poured, then acting evenly into all the cooling system nodes.
By the way, when the coolant is completely changing, the main cause of which is in a simple change of the brand or the replacement of the old on the new one, then the collapsible models of the radiator are merged separately, their own lower hole, and the rest of the fluid flows through the additional plug, which is sometimes covered on the bottom of the protection.
In this question, the instruction is always to help, since various models Auto can have their own modifications of the cooling system and non-standard drain and fuel holes, it is especially swinging English-made cars. The rest of the antifreeze bay procedure and other cooling fluids can be divided into several simple stages. There is nothing difficult in this, so the refrigerant change can occur independently.
Step-by-step instruction for replacing antifreeze
1. Buy The desired high-quality antifreeze (characteristics and readings are looking into the instructions for using auto, checking with the manufacturer's label).
2. Take the car And give it to work without loads for 10 minutes, after which it is possible to translate or set the salon heater to the maximum position, in other words, turn on the oven for the full coil. After that, drown out the engine.
3. Dry old antifreeze From the entire cooling system.
To do this, it is better to put a car so that its front part is below the rear, then the coolant will be actively dragged out of all secluded corners. Then you need to turn the plug of the expansion bar in order to have excess pressure to find an output (in some models it is necessary to check the plug on the radiator, and sometimes it takes a turn of two traffic jams immediately). After the fluid in the system is not charged, it will quickly cool and will not give the opportunity to burn. As soon as the traffic jam can be touched by an unprotected hand, it should be opened completely. Then to open the drain yield at the bottom of the radiator, pre-substituting the unnecessary containers, in which it will be possible to dispose of the waste antifreeze.
4. Washing system.
After that. As all the coils are completely solid, it is necessary to wash the cooling system.
It is done only when moving to new antifreeze brands or in the case when the system has not held prophylaxis for a long time. Distilled water is perfectly blends the corrosive flare, removes scale. If the dirt has accumulated, then you should take advantage special flushing For the cooling system that will help drive dirt.
If it is decided to use conventional water, this procedure will have to repeat two or three times. Namely ... pour washing, close the cranes, make this operation only on the cold engine. Then close all the plugs and run 10 to 15 minutes washing (or as specified in the instructions) to clean the system. After that, fulfill the first two actions in the same order as when the exhaust antifreeze is drained. If you want to save, then the first flushing of a very dirty cooling system can be carried out under the pressure of ordinary water, and only then use special needs or distilled water. On average, three queues on washing quite grabs in order to become like new. Yes, another moment. It is at this time that it is worth checking all the gaskets, fittings and nozzles for wear and replace them if necessary.
After cleaning the system, a fresh working antifreeze is poured, which was purchased earlier.
The influence occurs in the neck of the radiator (only for folding models), and mostly in the expansion tank. By the way, it is worth carefully to perform these actions and do not confuse the expansion tank with washes, they are usually located near, and very similar to each other.
The antifreeze should be filled without a rush, but without stopping, which can cause air from entering the system, then you have to pump long.
It is also necessary to monitor the level of fluid at the bay of antifreeze:
- for the radiator is the lower mark (risk);
- for a drain barrel - a maximum, as the liquid will then be divided across all the corners of the cooling system and its volume in the tank will decrease.
6. Strider air. When the injection of antifreeze is completed, air from the system should be laid.
This is done by the crane - the screw located on the engine cylinder block. As soon as the first liquid drops appear - this will be a signal to the fact that all the air left, and the crane can be wrapped again until it stops.
After this ultimate procedure, it is necessary to start the engine of the machine and give it to work, allowing five minutes after the start of Podagazovka. After that, re-drown out cars, wait a few minutes and check the level of antifreeze in the expansion tank. If necessary, make the liquid topping up to the norm. Also after full replacement Antifreeze should be checked every day, since it is at that time hidden problems in the system that were previously invisible were identified.
How to correct antifreeze?
Any top of the antifreeze into the cooling system and other refrigerants occurs only through the hole of the expansion tank.
To do this, remove the lid and check for fluid. The level of at least one should alert, and for a month the same comes out of the norm, so it is better that the Golden Middle would be.
As mentioned above, it is possible to add antifreeze only with the same composition without looking at the color, but it is better to use the same manufacturer, since there is a difference in additives even at completely identical coolant, depending on the party.
Pulls are carried out most often in the winter season. It is associated with loss of liquid during cooled and heating (simple machine, plant at idle). Such topics are normal and they should not be scared. If the antifreeze consumption becomes great, and the system check did not show faults, then it is worth thinking about changing the refrigerant with a more stable formula for freezing and expansion.
We figured out what we need and what are cooling fluids. In the second part, we will tell you in detail about which "cooling" to choose for a particular model and how to change the antifreeze with your own hands.
How to choose a cooling fluid for a car?
When buying a coolant for the car, we advise you to adhere to the recommendations of the factory-produce. In the operating manual, it is clearly indicated which antifreeze can be used in the engine cooling system of a car. If for some reason you cannot find the liquid that flooded into your car from the factory, buy coolant, close to the characteristics to the stock. Find out which antifreeze is suitable for your car from official dealers.
How much antifreeze is to fill in the engine cooling system?
The amount of coolant for a particular car model is indicated in the instruction manual. On average, you will need 6-8 liters of "cooler".
How to replace the cooling fluid with your own hands?
In replacing the "cooler", there is nothing complicated from the plant, so this operation can be carried out independently. We advise you to put on the gloves for changing the coaming of Co. - cooling fluids are very toxic, while entering open areas, skin can absorb through the skin and cause severe poisoning.
Algorithm for replacing antifreeze in the car looks like
- Install the machine on the lift (observation pit);
- Open the hood, we unscrew the lid of the expansion tank, the radiator, the engine cylinder block, we are promoting the thermostat case (there may be up to 1 liter of the coolant);
- Open the tap of the heating system radiator;
- We merge the old cooling fluid into the prepared pre-package (up to 10 liters)
- We wash the system by distilled water (the required amount is from 10 liters). In this case, we turn on the engine that should work from 30 minutes to an hour - depending on which contamination was in the cooling system;
Attention: If the antifreeze in the system has not changed for a long time, and in the liquid fusion you found impurities, then the system of the system is probably contaminated with rust and sediments that additives gave. In this case, the washing of the system is carried out by special detergents based on organic acids (sorval or ant). After washing the engine cooling system, it should be rinsed with a distilled water line.
- Tighten the corks of radiators, the cylinder block, screw the thermostat case;
- In the neck of the expansion tank, we pour a new cooling fluid, set the tank cover;
- We bring the engine, let it work for 15-20 minutes. Then check the level of "cooler" by tags on the expansion tank. If necessary, fill the antifreeze to the desired level (the liquid should be between the MIN and MAX marks).
Pour antifreeze into the expansion tank
