1993 CADILLAC ELDORADO radiator

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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 2. Turn on your heater to full hot at the highest fan speed and open the
window as necessary.
3. Try to keep your engine under load (in a drive gear where the engine
runs slower).
If you no longer have the overheat warning, you can drive. Just to be safe,
drive slower
for about ten minutes. If the warning doesn’t come back on,
you can drive normally.
If the warning continues, pull over, stop, and park your vehicle right
away.
If there’s still no sign of steam, you can idle the engine for two or three
minutes while you’re parked, to see
if the warning stops. But then, if you
still have the warning, TURN
OFF THE ENGINE AND GET
EVERYONE OUT OF THE VEHICLE until it cools down.
You may decide not to lift the hood but to get service help right away.
COOLING SYSTEM- 4.9 LITER
When you decide it’s safe to lift the hood, here’s what you’ll see:
Coolant recovery tank
Radiator pressure cap
Electric engine fans
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A CAUTION:
An electric fan under the hood can start up even when the
engine is not running and can injure you. Keep hands, clothing
and tools
away from any underhood electric fan.
If the coolant inside the coolant recovery tank is boiling, don’t do
anything else until it cools down.
The coolant level should be at or above
“FULL COLD.” If it isn’t, you
may have
a leak in the radiator hoses, heater hoses, radiator, water pump
or somewhere else
in the cooling system.
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Heater and radiator hoses, and other engine parts, can be very
hot. Don’t touch them. If you do, you can be burned.
Don’t run the engine if there is
a leak. If you run the engine, it
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When the coolant in the coolant recovery tank is at or above “FULL
COLD,” start your vehicle.
If the overheat warning continues, there’s one more thing you can try.
You
can add the proper coolant mix directly to the radiator, but be sure
the cooling system
is cool before you do it.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Steam and scalding liquids from a hot cooling system can blow
out and burn you badly. They are under pressure, and if you
turn the radiator pressure cap
-- even a little -- they can come
out at high speed. Never turn the cap when the cooling system,
including the radiator pressure cap,
is hot. Wait for the cooling
system and radiator pressure cap to cool if you ever have to turn
the pressure cap.
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How to Add Coolant to the Radiator
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1. You can remove
the radiator
pressure cap when
the cooling
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(Don’tt press down while turning the pressure cap.)
If you hear a hiss, wait for that to stop. A hiss means there is still some
pressure left.
2. Then keep turning
the pressure cap,
but now push
down as you turn
it. Remove the
pressure cap. system, including
the radiator
pressure cap and
upper radiator
hose, is no longer
hot. Turn the
pressure cap
slowly to the left
until it first stops.
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with the proper
mix, up to the
base of the filler
neck.
4. Then fill the
coolant recovery tank to
“FULL
COLD.’’
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on the coolant
recovery tank, but
leave the radiator
pressure cap off.
6. Start the engine
and let it run until
you can feel the
upper radiator
hose getting hot.
Watch out for the
engine
fans.
7. By this time the coolant level inside the radiator filler neck may be
lower.
If the level is lower, add more of the proper mix through the
filler neck until the level reaches the base
of the filler neck.
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