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One cause of over heating is when the vehicle cooling system failed, the possible cause is an insufficient engine coolant because of leak, and the most common is radiator leak, however it can be prevented thru regular radiator maintenance to stop radiator leak occurrence while driving your vehicle on the road.

Radiator maintenance to prevent and stop radiator leak occurrence while on the road

Conduct a routine inspection, probably prior to using the vehicle, on the coolant level when the engine is cold, coolant level should be within the Minimum “MIN” and the Maximum “MAX” range.

Check for cracks, loose connection and damage radiator hoses, upper and lower radiator hose also check for improper attachment of radiator hose. Check for radiator tank crack, radiator core crack and cracked reservoir tank.

Then proceed with the cleaning of the radiator to prevent and stop radiator leak occurrence, Radiator maintenance can be done either by removing the radiator from the vehicle or not.

When cleaning the radiator avoid damaging or bending the radiator fins, using water hose spray the backside of the radiator core vertically downward.

Spray all radiator core surfaces vertically downward with water hose once per minute until there is no stain is flowing out from the radiator core.

When there is no stain is flowing out, spray the backside of the radiator core with compressed air vertically downward, compressed air should not exceed 71 psi. The distance of spray nozzle should be 1 foot and above from the radiator core.

Spray all radiator core surfaces vertically downward once per minute until there is no water sprays out on the radiator core.

Remember to always check the vehicle coolant level of the vehicle to prevent and stop leak occurrence while driving on the road. If the engine coolant is rapidly decreasing every routine inspection then probably there is a leak somewhere from the vehicle cooling system, better to bring the vehicle to a reputable shop and subject it to leak test.