If The Coolant Lever In The Recovery Tank Is Low - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

CAtmON: . To ,",Ip hOld being burn.d:
• DO' NoT OPEN THE ' HOOD
If'
you c.n _
or
~ siHm
or
com.nt
~in9 trom
the engine
com.,.rtnlent. Wait
until noitNm or
cOotant c.n
be
Men or hltard
before
OJ*ning .t/"Ie
hood •
• DO NOT REMOVE lHE RADlATpR
C~
or
the
coo .. nt,r.coyery tink cap
If Ihe
_a.nc
In the rec:_y tUlk Ioob
lib
It". botll"" . ......" do
not riomove
the
r~or
cap
while
the engine
~
ruiMDr'_
nil
hot. scalding nuid aM-slHm ,CM:be blown
out
under
pressure
if
either c'J)
i.
liken off ,too
III)Of'L ,
• If
no steam or coolant
Can
be :wen or
he<:!rd,
raise the
~ngine
,hood.
it
it
look. nke , t tle cOohInt
IS'bOiting,
wait until'lt stops before procHCIlng.
took
'at
the coolant
'Ievel iii tne ' seie-through'
recovery
tank.
The
ooolant
level should
be
at
or
above the " FULL COLD" mark on the recovery tank,
• See that
the fan
bens
aTe not broken,
or
off the
pultey$, and
that
the
fan
turns when the
~e
is started. . ..•
. If
the coolant
li;Nei
In
the
recov9T\?tank is
' ~:,
~
• Look for leaks at the radiator hoses and connections, hester
hoses:.
and
connections, radiator,
and
water-pump.
• If you
find
major
leaks,
or
spot
other problems
that
may haVe caused
the
engine
to
overheat; do not run the engine . u ntil these problems have
been
corrected.
• "you
do
not find a leak or other problem, carefully
add
coolant to the
recovery tank. (Coolant is a mixlufe of ethylene glycol antifreeze and water;
see " Engine Cooling
System" in " Service and
Maintenance ,'~
Section 5, for
the proper antifreeze and:mixture.}
CAUTION: Under
110m'
conditions. the ethylene glycol In engine cool.nt _
combu~. To r.lp -.aid
being
b...mecl,
DO NOT . . . . nutr.H or coo .. nt
<m
Ihe
exh.u~
l ptem
or
hoi
e<lgbw
i*U-
"Ihlre.
I ny
quqlicin,
hlVe •
.,.1I'led t.chniclln
add coolMt or
.ntift~n
tor
you.
" the cooiant
level in the recovery tank is at the correct level but there is still
an indicatiofl on the instrument
panel
of
an overheat condition:
• . You may add Coolant 'directty to the radiator. YOU MUST LET , E NGINE
cOOL FIRST.
See
"Coo\ailt'
Replacement" under " Engine Cooling
System" in Sflction 5, "Service
and.
Maintenance" in this manual.
·Follow steps 1 through 9
tOr
the correct way to add coolant.
After , taking one or more of the 8C1ions above, and ' once the Engine Cootant
Temperature light has gone 'out
(or the Engine Coolant Temperature gage no
Iongersi!J1a1s an ovsrl)eat conditioo), you can resume driving at a reduced
speed. . .
Return
to
normal driving after
about ten minutes if the light does not come
baCk on
(01
the
gage pointer does
no~
again
show
an overheat condition).
" no cause for the overheat condition was found, see a
qualified
'serviCe
technician ..