PS Magazine - JUNE 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 355
JUNE 1982
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l
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your battery or engine cooling system
If yoU test only water. And that's what
yoU get if yoU add water and then faiL
to make sure it's Mixed with the
battery eLectroLyte or the engine cool-
ant.
ELectro-
Lyte
±aybe
your
battery
needs
charging²or maybe it doesn³t´
±aybe yoUr cooLant³s low on freeze
protection or rUst protectionµor
maybe it¶s OK·
YoU can¶t know for sUre untiL the
w¸ter you¶ve added is miXed in¹
thoroUghLy and compLetely´
So how can yoº be sure? RUn the
engine for about
15
min»tes after you
add the water²to either the battery or
cooLing system¼ The charging system
Radiato±
'
The±mos²a²
"²
'-.
c³osed
Coo³ant
YoU can test the Battery½s eLectroLyte
(B¾ttery aciD) for specIfic gravity a¿
sÀÀn as yoU sHUt Down ÁÂe engIne.
ÃhIs test teLls you the batteryÄs "state
Àf ch¸rgeŵas expLaINed In Para
3±6,
T±
9²6³40´200µ¶4,
the leaDÆacid
baÇtery bibÈe. AÉso, see "Easy On The
W¸terÊË Page
·¸
ÌA Pam
750´34¹
PÍeveNtive ±¸INtenance of ÎeadÆAcid
Ïatteries.
befo±e
wate±
was
added
CooLan² ci±cuLa²´s
th±ough th´ engine bu²
not
²he ±adia²o±
wilL circUlate the battery electroLyte as
it recharges the battery after engine
starting. The e
n
ine water pUmp wiLL
circUlate the coolant after the engine
gets hot enoUgh to open the cooLinG
systeÐ thermostat.
ÏUt wait UntiL yoUr engÑne cooLs
down BefÀre yoU checÒ the cooLant for
freeze prÀtection aNd rUst ÓrotectiÀn.
AnD gÀ by the book²TÏ
750µ651,
Ôse
of AntIfreeze SolUtions And CLeaning
CompoUnds
in
EngIne
CooLing
SystemsË Para
5¹
Preventive ±ainÕ
tenance.
º»
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