Today we’re going to talk about one more matter in the series on car care. This is the coolant level, and more specifically where to put coolant in Citroen Saxo? For this, we will start this content with a little reminder on the interest of making sure of the coolant level of your car, then, where to fill coolant in Citroen Saxo? And, finally, how to make the level of this famous liquid.
Why to fill coolant level on a Citroen Saxo?
Before we show you where the coolant is on a Citroen Saxo, we start our article by reminding you what is the interest of guaranteeing an ideal coolant level ? The coolant of a Citroen Saxo has an essential function in the good functioning of your engine, in reality, it will circulate in it to catch the heat generated by its procedure and transfer it to your radiator which has the objective to make it go down in temperature . It is all the more useful when outside temperatures are high or when you are driving at limited speed and natural cooling by outside air is not useful. Without coolant your engine would overheat after just a few minutes, and this would end result in engine failure, hence the importance of having an ideal coolant level always. If your coolant level drops below the lowest level, the circulation of the coolant in the cooling system may be bothered and consequently its efficiency may be limited or even zero if it is too low. Finally, if it is too high, the pressure can be too high and trigger a leak that can also trigger the engine to break down.
Where to put the coolant in Citroen Saxo?
We now proceed to the step that you are almost certainly most enthusiastic about, where to put coolant in Citroen Saxo? You are now conscious of the importance of constantly having the ideal level of this coolant. To locate it is very basic, here are the different steps to allow you to locate the expansion tank that contains the coolant of your Citroen Saxo:
- Before doing anything, wait a few minutes or so for your engine to warm up so that you don’t get burned when you do the coolant level.
- Pop the hood of your car.
- You must quickly locate the expansion tank that contains the coolant of your Citroen Saxo, it is generally located in one of the 4 corners of your engine block, to locate it you just have to look for a plastic container with a black or yellow plastic cap with a danger logo or thermometer on the top.
How to fill up the coolant level on a Citroen Saxo?
Now that you have find out where the coolant is in your Citroen Saxo , we will show you how to make the level of it. Nothing could be easier, just follow the few steps below:
- Buy if you don’t have any coolant in the store, it’s just cured water with antifreeze added.
- Verify on the side of the expansion tank of your Citroen Saxo the level of the expansion tank. Just check out if you are between the “min” and “max” mark, if you are more towards or below the “min” mark you can continue to stick to these steps, otherwise the level of your liquid is sufficient
- After waiting for the engine to cool down, you can open the coolant cap of your car.
- Gently add coolant to the expansion tank of your Citroen Saxo by checking regularly.
- Try to reach the middle of the clue on the side of your vase, don’t go over the “max” mark.
- If you’re on top of it, don’t start your engine, and with a syringe, take out the excess coolant.
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If the engine of your Citroen Saxo warms up despite a level coolant, browse this article, you will be able to find the causes of this issue.
If you want more tutorials on the Citroen Saxo, go to our Citroen Saxo category.
