Today we’re going to tackle one more topic in the series on car care. This is the coolant level, and more specifically where to put coolant in Mitsubishi Eclipse? To do this, we will start this content page with a little reminder on the interest of ensuring of the coolant level of your car, then, where to fill coolant in Mitsubishi Eclipse? And, at last, how to make the level of this famous liquid.

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Why to fill coolant level on a Mitsubishi Eclipse?

Before we describe where the coolant is on a Mitsubishi Eclipse, we start our content by reminding you what is the interest of ensuring an ideal coolant level ? The coolant of a Mitsubishi Eclipse has an essential objective in the good functioning of your engine unit, in fact, it will circulate in it to catch the heat generated by its operation 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 unit would overheat after just a few minutes, and this would result in engine unit failure, hence the importance of having an ideal coolant level at all times. If your coolant level drops below the minimum level, the circulation of the coolant in the cooling system might be reduced and therefore its effectiveness might be limited or even zero if it is too low. Finally, if it is too high, the pressure can be too high and bring about a leak that can also bring about the engine unit to break down.

Where to put the coolant in Mitsubishi Eclipse?

We now proceed to the step that you are most certainly most enthusiastic about, where to put coolant in Mitsubishi Eclipse? You are now aware 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse:

  • 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 find the expansion tank that contains the coolant of your Mitsubishi Eclipse, it is in most cases 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse?

Now that you have identify where the coolant is in your Mitsubishi Eclipse , we will describe how to make the level of it. Nothing could be easier, just adhere to the few steps below:

  • Buy if you don’t have any coolant in the store, it’s just treated water with antifreeze added.
  • Check on the side of the expansion tank of your Mitsubishi Eclipse 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 follow these steps, in any other case the level of your liquid is sufficient
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  • After waiting for the engine to cool down, you can open the coolant cap of your car.
  • Carefully add coolant to the expansion tank of your Mitsubishi Eclipse by looking at frequently.
  • 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 begin your engine unit, and with a syringe, take out the excess coolant.

If the engine unit of your Mitsubishi Eclipse warms up despite a level coolant, browse this content, you will have the ability to find the causes of this issue.

If you wish more tutorials on the Mitsubishi Eclipse, go to our Mitsubishi Eclipse category.