Engine cooling system prevents overheating vehicle power unit during its operation. Competitive operation of the cooling system provides, normal and stable operation of the car engine.

Wash engine cooling system, why it is needed

With permanent operation of the car, the radiator, tube and all other elements of the cooling system are clogged. As a result, this leads to faulty work of the system itself and insufficient cooling of the engine of the car. In the absence of normal cooling, the engine can easily fail.

To avoid faults in the work of the cooling system itself and ensure the normal temperature for the engine operation, it periodically It is necessary to wash. What, by the way, not every car ownerUnfortunately thinks. Elementary topping tosola Over time, just just stops helping.

The direct goal of flushing the engine cooling system is to remove deposits (plaque, precipitation) in all tubes, highways, radiator and other system elements. The resulting raid significantly reduces the heat transfer rate. As a result, after a certain time, the car engine starts to overheat elementary.

The formation of plaque in the cooling system occurs for a very long period of time. It is formed in the process of oxidation and scale. The composition of these sediments is very diverse these rubber, various metals, dust and elementary trash. The formation of these deposits, in the end, contributes directly the coolant itself.
For many years of operation of the cooling system due to the resulting plaque, the working section of the tubes may decrease several times. What a question of cooling the engine can go here, if the normal circulation of coolant is impossible directly through the tubes.

If car owner Pours water instead of coolant into the system, the rate of formation of scale is increased at times. This happens, because in ordinary water contains salt. It should also be clarified that we are talking about simple water, and not about distilled.

Wash engine cooling system for a hundred

Washing the engine cooling system can be made as their own hands, and will appeal to the service station. There will make a flushing of the cooling system quickly, efficiently and in the shortest possible time. Of course, it will cost a certain amount of money. Is it worth paying for flushing the cooling system or produce it on their own purely individual question. Which should solve each car owner on one's own.

It is worth saying that directly in the process of washing the cooling system with their own hands, there is absolutely no such difficulties. This is under the power of each car owner.

Preparation of the car to the washing of the engine cooling system

Before starting flushing the car engine cooling system, it is necessary to choose a suitable place. In the summer in warm weather, this process can be made on the street, in the cold season, find a warm garage or boxing for this.
Immediately before washing the cooling system, you should merge the old cooling fluid.
The process of draining the coolant occurs as follows:

• First of all, it is necessary to open and fix the hood of the car, in the open position;
• Directly under the radiator it is necessary to substitute the container into which the old cooling fluid will be flushed;
• Turn the plug plug cooling liquids. In the next, we drain the liquid from the engine and the radiator.

Also, when draining the coolant should be:

• Let cool the car's motor (if it is hot);
• The coolant drainage procedure should be carried out on a flat surface;
• Gloves should be put on, in order to avoid burns.

Than you can rinse the engine cooling system with your own hands

The flushing of the cooling system can be carried out using specialized fluids directly designed for this purpose. So with the help of remedies.
Quite often, experienced car owners are used to flush the engine cooling system such as: coca-cola, lemon, acetic and other acids, as well as distilled water.

flushing distilled water

The way flushing cooling systems engine is an most. cheap. So same follow to tell, what he most not effective. By quantity of time, outcoming on flushing cooling systems, distilled water also far not on first place.

The flushing of the cooling system by distilled water occurs as follows:

• Pour distilled water into the cooling system;
• Next, we bring the car and let him work from a quarter of an hour before half an hour;
• The next step is the wasting car and drain the water.

flushing Lemon Acid

It is a "grandfather" method of washing the cooling system. This method is an order of magnitude of efficient washing with distilled water. But he has a very significant drawback, it is possible to overdo it with acid, which can lead to rather unpleasant consequences, namely acid with time can corrode plastic and rubber parts of the cooling system.

Washing the cooling system of citric acid occurs as follows:

• Initially, it is necessary to directly prepare the solution. The solution is prepared in the following proportions of 1 bag (30 grams) of citric acid by 1.7 liters of water;
• Preparing the necessary solution, pour it into the engine cooling system;
• We bring the car and let him work at idle for a quarter of an hour;
• Next, the car and wait a couple of hours;
• After a couple of hours, we drain the dirty solution, and repeat the process again;
• After two washes with lemon solution must be rinsed with distilled water cooling system to remove residual acid.

Attention! Citric acid has a high degree of aggressiveness. Flushing the cooling system with the help of water and citric acid solution is at your own risk.

flushing Coca-Cola

Inherently flushing the engine cooling system Coke similar method using a solution of water and citric acid with the same negative consequences. The cola contains the so-called phosphoric acid, which is very effectively fights with scum.

In addition to the disadvantages inherent in a method using citric acid, are also present disadvantages associated with the sugar content in gases and Coke. Sugar, being a part of Coca-Cola is able to clog the cooling system. Increased gas state may also adversely affect the cooling system.

Flushing cooling Coke occurs in the following manner:

• Before proceeding directly to the washing motor itself, it is important to initially release of all gases Coke;
• Freed from the gases fill the required number of Coke in the engine cooling system;
• We start the car and give it to idle for 5 minutes;
• Merge Coke;
• Wash with distilled water cooling system at least twice. This is done to get rid of phosphoric acid and sugar in the system.

Attention! cooling system flushing method Coke is fast and high efficiency, but it can also carry a negative impact.

The air in the engine cooling system, as it is removed

Air or as it is also called "air tube" in the engine cooling system, gives rise to two main problems, namely:

• Air pocket disrupts the normal circulation of the coolant in the system. Whereby the heat output from the engine to the liquid occurs. That consequently leads to insufficient cooling of the motor vehicle and can damage it.
• Air trapped in the cooling system that does not allow liquid to pass to the radiator heating system, as a consequence of the stove simply ceases to function.

3 Consider in detail the process to remove the airlock from the engine cooling system:

the first way

First of all, it is necessary to remove the plastic engine of the engine. Now it is necessary to find nozzles that refresh the heating of the throttle node. Finding, we will remove any of them. Next, we unscrew the coolant expansion tank cover and cover it with a clean rag. The next step is to start blowing directly into the expansion tank. It is necessary to blow as long as the pipe will not go from the nozzle. It will mean that you get rid of air traffic jams in the cooling system.
As soon as you get rid of the air traffic jam, you need to return the nozzle as quickly as possible, otherwise you risk recreate air into the cooling system again.

way second

This method is almost similar to the previous one. Warm the engine of the car for a quarter of an hour. After that it must be drowning. Now you should remove any of the nozzles in the same way as in the previous method. It remains only to wait when the coolant will run directly from it. Return everything as quickly in place.
In this method, you should not unscrew the plug of the expansion tank. Also, when removing the air traffic jam, this method should be particularly careful. The temperature of the coolant can be about 70-90 degrees.

way third

This method is the simplest of all listed. What would get rid of the air traffic jam in this way it is necessary to put a car on a steep slope, while the front of the car should look at the top of the slope. We put the car in such a position on the parking brake and put something under the wheels to exclude its rolling. After performing all the above actions, twist the corks from the radiator and the expansion tank of the coolant. Now it is necessary to start a car and give it to warm up for a quarter of an hour, periodically pressing the gas pedal. As the need arises, fill the coolant. A sign of a successful deliverance from the air traffic jam will be the absence of bubbles in the expansion tank.

Outcome

When operating a car, you should not forget periodically, rinse the engine cooling system. This should be done for prevention to eliminate the possibility of negative consequences. The reason for flushing the cooling system is the dirty cooling fluid, this is a clear sign that there are deposits in it.
To clean the cooling system, it is still better to use a special tool. It will effectively clean the entire system, minimizing possible negative consequences.

From the "folk" funds, the grandfather method using citric acid is best for cleaning. By the way, for this can also be used acetic essence.
In the engine cooling system, only a special cooling fluid should be poured ( tosol, antifreeze).

We should not use water for this, since in the cold season it freezes and may not lead the entire cooling system and the car engine. Also, when water heated, an increased amount of scale is formed, capable of scoring the cooling system. This is especially true in hot weather.