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NOTICE:
If your engine catches fire because
you
keep driving with no coolant,
your vehicle can be badly damaged.
The costly repairs would not be
covered by your warranty.
If
No
Steam
Is
Coming From
your
Engine
If
you get the overheat warning but see
or hear no steam, the problem may not
be too serious. Sometimes the engine
can get a little too hot when you:
Climb a long hill on a hot day.
Stop after high speed driving.
Idle for long periods in traffic.
If
you get the overheat warning with no
sign
of
steam, try this for a minute or
so:
1.
If you have an air conditioner, turn it
2.
Turn on your heater to full hot at the
Off.
highest fan speed and open the
windows 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.
hdirtg
system
(2.2L
L4
ENGINE)
When you decide it’s safe
to
lift the
hood, here’s what you’ll see:
(A)
Coolant recovery tank
(B)
Radiator pressure cap
(C)
Electric engine fan
If the coolant inside the coolant recovery
tank is boiling, don’t do anything else
until
it
cools down.
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