Today we’re going to talk about one more topic in the series on motor vehicle care. This is the coolant level, and more specifically where to put coolant in Jeep Patriot? For this, we will begin this article with a little reminder on the interest of making sure of the coolant level of your motor vehicle, then, where to fill coolant in Jeep Patriot? And, at last, how to make the level of this famous liquid.
Why to fill coolant level on a Jeep Patriot?
Before we show you where the coolant is on a Jeep Patriot, we begin our article by reminding you what is the interest of ensuring an ideal coolant level ? The coolant of a Jeep Patriot has a vital action in the good functioning of your engine unit, the fact is, it will circulate in it to capture the heat generated by its process and transfer it to your radiator which has the objective to produce 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 effective. Without coolant your engine unit would overheat after only a few minutes, and this would result in engine unit failure, hence the importance of having an ideal coolant level constantly. If your coolant level drops below the minimum level, the circulation of the coolant in the cooling system may be impaired and therefore 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 unit to break down.
Where to put the coolant in Jeep Patriot?
We now move on to the step that you are likely most interested in, where to put coolant in Jeep Patriot? You are now informed of the importance of always having the ideal level of this coolant. To find it is very simple, here are the different steps to allow you to discover the expansion tank that contains the coolant of your Jeep Patriot:
- 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 motor vehicle.
- You must quickly find the expansion tank that contains the coolant of your Jeep Patriot, it is usually located in one of the 4 corners of your engine block, to find 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 Jeep Patriot?
Now that you have identify where the coolant is in your Jeep Patriot , we will show you how to produce the level of it. Nothing could be less complicated, 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.
- Check on the side of the expansion tank of your Jeep Patriot the level of the expansion tank. Just see if you are between the “min” and “max” mark, if you are more towards or below the “min” mark you can continue to follow these steps, otherwise the level of your liquid is enough
- After waiting for the engine to cool down, you can open the coolant cap of your motor vehicle.
- Carefully add coolant to the expansion tank of your Jeep Patriot by checking repeatedly.
- 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 unit, and with a syringe, take out the excess coolant.
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If the engine unit of your Jeep Patriot warms up despite a level coolant, browse this article, you will be able to find the causes of this issue.
To find more tips on the Jeep Patriot, take a look at the Jeep Patriot category.
