Today we’re going to discuss one more subject in the series on car care. This is the coolant level, and more specifically where to put coolant in Volkswagen Jetta? To do this, we will begin this article content with a little reminder on the interest of ensuring of the coolant level of your car, then, where to fill coolant in Volkswagen Jetta? And, at last, how to make the level of this famous liquid.

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Why to fill coolant level on a Volkswagen Jetta?

Before we explain where the coolant is on a Volkswagen Jetta, we begin our content by reminding you what is the interest of ensuring an ideal coolant level ? The coolant of a Volkswagen Jetta has an essential function in the good performing of your engine unit, the truth is, it will circulate in it to capture the heat made by its procedure 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 just a few minutes, and this would end 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 might be impaired and therefore its effectiveness might be limited or even zero if it is too low. At last, 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 Volkswagen Jetta?

We now move on to the step that you are probably most interested in, where to put coolant in Volkswagen Jetta? You are now aware of the importance of always having the ideal level of this coolant. To locate it is very very easy, here are the different steps to allow you to locate the expansion tank that contains the coolant of your Volkswagen Jetta:

  • 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 Volkswagen Jetta, it is usually based 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 Volkswagen Jetta?

Now that you have find out where the coolant is in your Volkswagen Jetta , we will explain how to produce 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 treated water with antifreeze added.
  • Verify on the side of the expansion tank of your Volkswagen Jetta 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 good enough
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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 Volkswagen Jetta 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.

If the engine unit of your Volkswagen Jetta warms up despite a level coolant, go through this content, you will be able to find the causes of this problem.

If you need more tutorials on the Volkswagen Jetta, go to our Volkswagen Jetta category.