Where is the coolant
Checking coolant or antifreeze for beginners
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this is going to be a video on checking
coolant or any freeze for beginners not
for you experienced people it's going to
be short straight right to the point if
you have any questions please feel free
to comment one thing you need to know on
any vehicle is if you're gonna check
antifreeze do not go near it if the
vehicle is warm I'm gonna repeat this
again if it's warm or hot do not check
any Amy fries or corn on a vehicle the
best time to do this is first thing in
the morning before you go to work if you
have a job you can tell them hinting at
something here because I know a
particular person is gonna be watching
this anyway you want to make sure the
engine is completely cold up or cool I
should say you don't want to check your
antifreeze five or ten minutes over half
an hour after you get home from work not
the best time you want to do it first
thing in the morning or after the car
has been sitting for like oh shoot I'd
say at least five six hours at least
just to be on the safe side because
there is pressure behind this and it is
extremely extremely hot and you will get
burnt however now don't let that deter
you don't let that scare you as you can
see from the picture here it says do not
remove one hut and remove slowly yes you
want to remove it slowly whether it's
cool or it's hot it doesn't matter just
make sure and please I'm going to keep
repeating this you're going to hear it a
lot do not do this when the vehicle is
warm or hot it needs to be cold I'm
going to cover different vehicles here
to give you an idea of what I'm talking
about as far as checking your coolant
checking your reservoir if any of this
is confusing leave me a message I'm more
than happy to explain it I come across
hundreds of different vehicles all the
time and work on them all the time if
your particular vehicle looks strange or
is confusing to you you let me know what
it is I will create a vehicle yeah yeah
vehicle response
video for you so I'll take care of that
for you don't worry about it okay this
happens to be a saturn s-series a
vehicle like I said I'm gonna be
covering different ones if you notice
according to the picture here it says do
not remove hut remove slowly you're
gonna hear this a lot throughout the V
video unfortunately but I can't stress
this enough you want to be very very
careful when you're doing this again
this is on a saturn s-series sometimes
you can't find the markings on the side
of the bottles and you need to look for
markings it'll tell you whether it's
full or it's empty it's real simple this
one doesn't have a radiator cap this is
the only way to fill it and check your
levels now if you notice by the blue
arrow there's a little dash right there
if your vehicle is completely cold right
where that arrow is you see a little
dash that's where your maximum cold
level should be now that's on a saturn
s-series now we're gonna cover a
different vehicle now this vehicle
happens be a Toyota pickup truck this
has a reservoir and a radiator cap
filled now what you're gonna need to do
is push down on this radiator cap while
you're turning it it may go hard it
might go easy if the coolant level is
full as you see here then you can put
the cap back on and worry about the
coolant reservoir if not add your
coolant which we'll cover later on and
put your cap back on here's your coolant
reservoir now your coolant reservoir is
your overflow also if there's too much
coolant in the radiator or go in for
this now you want to look for markings
on the side of this as you can see
there's an F with a little dash that
means it's full this is the proper level
where it needs to be it's real simple
you just pull the cap off and you
basically fill it until it gets to that
little dash mark to the full mark now
this vehicle happens to be a Dodge
Stratus the red arrow indicates where
you want to push down on the radiator
cap and turn it slowly again you want to
make sure you top your level off if
everything's okay where the red arrow is
in the coolant full then put your
radiator cap back on tighten it down and
now you
wanna check your coolant reservoir level
highlighted by the blue arrow real
simple and that'll have a fill mark as
well now if you notice here highlighted
by the blue arrow there's a line it says
cold max filled this is where you're
going to be adding your coolant to the
maximum line you don't want to go over
this
it's real simple this vehicle happens to
be a Chevy Blazer highlighted by the
blue arrow this one also has a radiator
cap and it also has a reservoir real
simple to do you turn it counter
clockwise in order to remove the cap but
you have to push down on it in order to
get it off now if you open your cap and
you can see no coolant in there then
obviously you have to add coolant and
you're going to need to top this off and
then you're going to put your radiator
cap on afterwards after you have coolant
coming out at the top of it hopefully
not all over the place and all over the
ground
it's real simple now the Chevy Blazer is
a little bit different than other
vehicles if you notice by the red arrow
it says check hot now what that means is
after you've topped your cooling off
while your vehicle is cold and you put
your cap back on you're going to bring
the vehicle up to temperature let it
warm up and then you're gonna check your
engine coolant highlighted by the blue
arrow here and remove that cap again do
not check your coolant level in the
radiator while the vehicle is hot you're
only checking the level in the reservoir
well it is hot now I know it's very hard
to see here but the blue arrow actually
shows your little dash or your little
line if you notice it says full hot I
know it's hard to make out but this is
where you're going to check it when it's
warm that's how you do a Chevy Blazer
coolant level check now if you're going
to be adding coolant to a vehicle the
best thing you can do is get yourself a
little funnel just like this remove your
radiator cap you put your funnel on and
you add your antifreeze it's as simple
as that you can use this funnel and the
coolant reservoir to just make sure you
get a small enough funnel and ordered
this now a lot of people do not want to
deal with big and bulky containers when
it comes to any fries yes I included a
little eye candy and I bet nobody even
noticed the antifreeze that she's
holding I bet that's the last thing
y'all noticed a gallon of antifreeze it
typically comes in a gallon container
well wait just a little over eight
pounds or eight and a half pounds I
should say and a lot of people have
difficulty with that and that's fine you
can get smaller containers the thing to
keep in mind though is if you get a
smaller container it's going to be more
expensive however it is easier to deal
with an easier to fill now if you're
concerned about the environment you can
always get a low tox any freeze or
coolant for your vehicle it is safer for
the environment and it won't hurt
wildlife or dogs or cats or anything
like that it may be slightly more
expensive but it is safer now a lot of
people are probably asking well this is
my first time doing it and if you go to
an auto parts store or you go anywhere
that sells any freeze you're gonna go
what the heck do I get I am so confused
and you will be there are so many
different kinds of antifreeze it's not
funny the best thing you can do is get a
product like this if you notice it says
any color any freeze all makes all
models it's already pre diluted what
that means is you don't have to mix it
you just open a cap you pour it in it's
that simple
and it's real easy to do when in doubt
open up an owner's manual look at your
owner's manual and it will tell you how
to put your coolant in maybe hopefully
it does or it will actually tell you
where to check your coolant levels at
what the level should be at and what the
recommended coolant should be if you
don't want to do that you want to take
the lazy way out you could get a product
just like this where it's just perfect
you just add it and you're done it's
that simple again this is for beginners
not you people that actually know how to
do this this will help a lot of people
out who have never checked their range
or the coolant before at least hopefully
it will if you have any problems let me
know
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