To put in more antifreeze in a 1995 Plymouth Voyager, located the reservoir near the radiator. Antifreeze is no longer added directly to the radiator. It is put into the plastic reservoir that is labeled radiator or coolant overflow.
That's usually a good place for it, as well as the overflow reservoir. It wouldn't do you much good to put it in the windshield washer reservoir, the oil pan, or the fuel tank, after all.
Here's a general answer to all makes and models. Antifreeze is kept in the radiator (the metal zig zag tubing thing with fins in front of the engine block.) and a plastic reservoir (the one with marking of Max and Min markers. Not the one for windshield wiper fluid.) for extra holding. You can fill through the cap on top or some models on the side of the radiator WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. When you need to refill (if the antifreeze is lower than the mini mark on the reservoir,) you can fill it through the opening of the reservoir. Do not over fill. Because you need the head space on top of the Max mark to let the heated antifreeze to expand and siphoned back to he radiator when the engine is cooled.
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Cars loose Anti Freeze for one or more of the following reasons: 1. A leak in the radiator, or a broken radiator hose, or somewhere from the engine block. 2. If the antifreeze radiator an reservoir are overfilled, then when the engine heats up and expands the antifreeze. It has nowhere to go but out the overflow tube. 3. There is a crack in either the intake manifold or heads Gaskets, allowing the engine's vacuum to suck up the antifreeze slowly and burn it up with the fuel/air detonations. If severe enough, it will cause white smoke to come out with the exhaust fumes.
To replace a lower radiator hose on a Ford Focus, use a bucket to catch any antifreeze that might leak. Loosen the clamp from both ends on the hose that needs to be replaced. Put the clamps on the new hose and reposition the hose on the radiator and the other end where it needs to go. Tighten the clamps. Refill the radiator with antifreeze.
That reservoir is an overflow reservoir and really doesn't serve well if large adjustments to fluid levels are required. It sounds very much like your radiator fluid is very low and the overflow reservoir is just not going to cut it. While the engine is cool, remove the actual radiator cap and add as much fluid as is needed, that way. After that keep an eye on the overflow reservoir and maintain the correct level in it. On another note, if you don't already know, try to figure out why your radiator is that low on fluid, it must be quite low for the heat to not work and it's unusual for a normally operating engine to lose that much fluid.
Engine coolant expands when heated. Heated coolant needs a reservoir to come and go as needed.
It goes into the expansion tank connected to the radiator.
Doubtful !... The antifreeze is added to the radiator - to keep the water above freezing point. There is no way of the engine knowing how much antifreeze is circulating.
Probably low on coolant, check the reservoir.
I have a 91 Ford escort that has two caps. one is on the radiator itself and one next to it that says coolant only. how do I know where the antifreeze goes? does a mixture of coolant and water go in the radiator or does only water go in radiator and coolant in the other one? I have never seen an engine with this. could you help explain it?