water pump VOLVO XC90 2006 Owners Manual

176 MaintenanceandserviceOilsandfluidsWasherfluidreservoirThewindscreenandheadlampwashershave
thesamereservoir.Seecapacitiesand
recommendedgradeforfluidsandoils
onpage242.
Addfrostprotectioninthewintersothatthe
fluiddoesnotfreezeinthepump,reservoir
andhoses.
Tip:cleanthewiperbladeswhentoppingup
washerfluid.
Checkingandtoppingupthe
coolantWhentoppingupthecoolant,followthe
instructionsonthepackaging.Itisimportant
thatthemixtureofcoolantconcentrateand
wateriscorrectfortheprevailingweather
conditions.Nevertopupwithwateronly.The
riskoffreezingincreaseswithbothtoolittle
andtoomuchcoolantconcentrate.
Seecapacitiesonpage242.
Checkthecoolantregularly
ThelevelshouldliebetweentheMINand
MAXmarksontheexpansiontank.Ifthe
systemisnotfilledsufficiently,highlocal
temperaturescouldoccur,causingariskofdamage(cracks)tothecylinderhead.Top
upthecoolantwhenthelevelfallstotheMIN
mark.
NOTE!Theenginemustonlyberunwitha
well-filledcoolingsystem.Hightemperatures
canoccur,causingariskofdamage(cracks)
tothecylinderhead.
IMPORTANT!Alwaysusecoolantwithanti-corrosion
agentasrecommendedbyVolvo.New
carsarefilledwithcoolantthatcan
withstandtemperaturesdownto
approximately–35°C.
WARNING!
Thecoolantmaybeveryhot.Ifthecoolant
requirestoppingupwhentheengineisat
operatingtemperature,unscrewthe
expansiontankcapslowlytogently
releasetheoverpressure.IMPORTANT!Theenginemustonlyberunwithawell-
filledcoolingsystem.Hightemperatures
canoccur,causingariskofdamage
(cracks)tothecylinderhead.
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