Volvo 264 1982 Owner's Manual page 56

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Coolant
Drain cock _ _ _ _ -\
Checking coolant
The coola nt levet should be between th e MAX
and MIN marks on the expansion tank.
Add coo lant wh en the level has dropped to the
MIN mark .
Unscrew the expansio n tank cap slowly if the
engine is hot in order to allow any excess
pressu re to escape .
S4
Expansion tank
1-- - -- - -
Drain cock
1-- - - - - -
Lower radiator hose
Changing coolant
Draining
1 Move the heater co ntroi to WARM
2 Remove the cap from the expansion tank
3 Open the cocks on bot h sides of the engine
block
4 Disco nnect th e lower hose at the radiator
Filling
S Close the cocks (see point 3 above) and
connect the hose (see 4 above)
6 Fill th e expansion tank to MA X or a bit over
7 Warm up th e engine and check that th e
cooling system is not leaking and co ntinue
adding coo lant until th e levet reach es th e
MAX mark.
Coolant composition
Never add only water!
Use all the year round a mi xt ure of SO % Volvo
anti-freeze type A blue-green and SO
%
water.
Different types of coolants must not be mixed.
Th e anti -freeze prevents co rrosion in the sum-
mertime and also freezing in the wintertim e.
Th e car is suppli ed from the factory with a
coo lant which protects against frost down to
- 3SoC.
NOTE! Because t he engine is made of alu-
minium it is especia ll y important th at genu ine
Vo lvo anti-freeze-with its co rrosion inhibiting
properties-is used.
Cooling system capacity:
Th e coo ling system hold s 10.9 litres
(19.0 UKpints)
Level check:
Check the coolant levet wh en refu elling .
Coolant change:
The coo lan t shou ld be cha nged every third
autumn on co ndi ti on the coo ling system con-
tain s SO % Volvo an ti -freeze and SO % water.
Otherwise th e coo lant should be changed
more frequently .