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Question posted by goultria on October 4th, 2014

How To Add Antifreeze In 03 Pontiac Sunfire

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on October 4th, 2014 11:20 AM

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Adding only plain water to your cooling system can be dangerous. Plain water, or some other liquid such as alcohol, can boil before the proper coolant mixture will. Your vehicle’s coolant warning system is set for the proper coolant mixture. With plain water or the wrong mixture, your engine could get too hot but you wouldn’t get the overheat warning. Your engine could catch fire and you or others could be burned. Use a 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and Dex-Cool coolant. The surge tank is located on the passenger’s side of the engine compartment. Add the mixture to the surge tank when the engine is cool.

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