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Auto Repair & Maintenance : How to Cool an Overheated Engine

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Uploaded by on Jan 27, 2009

Cool an overheated engine by pulling the car over, popping the hood, turning the car off and letting the engine sit for 15 to 30 minutes. Avoid taking the radiator cap off of an overheating engine or driving with an overheated engine, using advice from a certified mechanic in this free video on auto repair.

Expert: Thomas Brintzenhofe
Bio: Thomas Brintzenhofe has been a certified mechanic for the past 14 years, and a certified master mechanic for the past eight years.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

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  • I would wait a good hr to add any coolant to an overheated engine. Adding cold coolant to a hot engine can result in cracking some part of the block from the shock of sudden cooling. Nothing will destroy an engine faster than overheating with low/no oil being the other worst case.

  • @yoyo762 Good advice - and thanks for the comment!

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  • PUSH F5 to SKIP AD. THUMBS UP SO PEOPLE LEARN THE TRICK!!!!

  • My car overheated today and a bunch of white smoke started coming out of the radiator tank cap. From the radiator hose to the tank, the hose has a small hole at the end of it and there was a lot of white smoke shooting out of that hole! Then my coolant boiled away so I had to put 4 bottles of water inside for my car to turn on. When it did, the hole started gushing out coolant so I had to leave my car on the side and catch the bus home today. Idk what to do! Someone PLEASE HELP ME ASAP!!!!!

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  • @Moy2005 Thank you Moy!!! :)

  • @Maori4LyfeNZ Well i am talking about the safa so HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @Moy2005 Thanks dude! hahahahhaha!! Those ads are a prick of a nuisance.

  • how do you cool down a ar in africa?...you dont cause they dont have cars HAHAHAHAHA

  • you dont need to know the amount, you can just see it in the reservoir........

  • Doesn't tell you how much water you should add if you don't have coolant... and how long can you drive with it...

  • this guy also forgot to say when you pull over to let it cool down you can trun your heat on with the motor off and that will help also!

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