Chrysler 1997 Stratus Convertible RHD Service Manual page 187

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GENERAL INFORMATION
ACCESSORY DRIVE BELTS
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER-
2.4L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
AUXILIARY TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER-
2.5L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
COOLANT RECOVERY SYSTEM (CRS) . . . . . . . 4
COOLANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COOLING SYSTEM FAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COOLING SYSTEM PRESSURE CAP
COOLING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
ENGINE THERMOSTATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
RADIATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
WATER PIPES-2.5L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
WATER PUMP INLET TUBE-2.4L ENGINE . . . . 5
WATER PUMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
WATER PUMP-2.5L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
COOLANT PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
COOLING SYSTEM PRESSURE CAP
ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
RADIATOR HOSES AND CLAMPS . . . . . . . . . . . 7
THERMOSTAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
WATER PUMP-2.4L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
WATER PUMP-2.5L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
ACCESSORY DRIVE BELTS
COOLING SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
COOLING SYSTEM FLOW CHECK
DEAERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ELECTRIC FAN MOTOR TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
ENGINE THERMOSTAT TESTING
LOW COOLANT LEVEL AERATION
PRESSURE CAP TO FILLER NECK SEAL
PRESSURE RELIEF CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PRESSURE TESTING COOLING SYSTEM
PRESSURE CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RADIATOR FAN CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
COOLING SYSTEM
CONTENTS
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TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATION . . . . . . . 17
TESTING SYSTEM FOR LEAKS . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
WATER PUMP DIAGNOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SERVICE PROCEDURES
ADDING ADDITIONAL COOLANT . . . . . . . . . . . 18
DRAINING COOLING SYSTEM
REFILLING COOLING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ROUTINE COOLANT LEVEL CHECK . . . . . . . . 18
SERVICING COOLANT LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT-2.5L ENGINE . . . . 25
ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
GENERATOR, POWER STEERING PUMP AND
AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR DRIVE
BELT-2.4L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
RADIATOR DRAINCOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
RADIATOR FAN, MOTOR AND SHROUD . . . . . 23
RADIATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
THERMOSTAT - 2.4L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
THERMOSTAT-2.5L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
WATER PUMP INLET TUBE-2.4L . . . . . . . . . . 20
WATER PUMP-2.4L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
WATER PUMP-2.5L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
CLEANING AND INSPECTION
ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT INSPECTION . . . . . 26
CHEMICAL CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
CLEANING COOLING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
COOLING SYSTEM CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
RADIATOR FLUSHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
REVERSE FLUSHING
WATER PUMP-2.4L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
WATER PUMP-2.5L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ADJUSTMENTS
BELT TENSION GAUGE METHOD . . . . . . . . . . 27
SPECIFICATIONS
COOLING SYSTEM CAPACITY
TORQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SPECIAL TOOLS
COOLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
COOLING SYSTEM
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