2.3.2.5. Radiator check

Check, whether the radiator got littered with dirt. If necessary clean a radiator how it is described below:

Do not bend and do not damage a radiator plate.

When cleaning radiator without removal from the car remove all adjacent parts: the cooling fan, a casing of a radiator and horns. In order to avoid hit of water wind a plait and sockets with a protective tape.

Water a radiator core from a reverse side from a hose vertically down.

Again water all surface of a core of a radiator (once in a minute).

Stop to water, if from a radiator dirty water does not flow down any more.

Fig. 2.214. Radiator purge: 1–pump; 2–radiator cover

Blow a radiator core air from a reverse side vertically down (fig. 2.214).

Submit the compressed air with pressure below 113–142 кРа (1,1–1,4 ^kg/cm2) and at distance more than 30 see.

Again blow air all surface of a core of a radiator (once in a minute), water will not cease to flow down yet.