Chevrolet 1993 Corvette Owner's Manual page 218

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Adding
only
plain:water.to
yam cooling
system
can
be
dangerous. Plain
water, or some
other .liquid
like
alcohol, can boil
before the proper coolant
mix
will.
Your vehicle's coolant warning
system is set for the proper coolant
mix. With plain water or the wrong
mix, your engine could get too hot
but you wouldn't get the overheat
warning. Your engine could catch
fire and you or others could be
burned. Use a 50/50
mix
of clean
water and a proper antifreeze.
You can'bebumed if you
.
-spiU"CoolaZit hot engine
'
parts. Coolant contains'ethylene
glycol and it will
burn
. i f
the engine
parts are hot enough. Don't spill
coolant on a hot engine.
When
the
coolant in the
coolant
recovery tank is at or above COLD,
start your vehicle.
If the overheat warning continues,
there's one more thing you can try. You
can add the
proper
coolant m i x directly
to the coolant high fill reservoir, but be
sure the cooling system is cool before you
do it.
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