Punto 1581

Punto 1581

Quantity of coolant = 5.40 litres

• Make sure that the cooling system is completely empty;
• open the bleed valve located on the heater;
• fill the system by slowly introducing coolant (50% Paraflu and 50% distilled water) until fluid comes out of the heater bleed valve;
• close the bleed valve;
• continue slowly introducing coolant into the expansion tank until the MIN level is reached;
• start up the engine, let it idle for 2-3 minutes, then activate the accelerater pedal every 30 seconds until 3/4 of the maximum power is reached and the radiator cooling fan comes on for the first time;
• keep the engine idling for at least 5 minutes;
• switch off the engine;
• top up, if necessary,, until a midway level between the MIN and MAX marks on the expansion tank is reached; this operation should be carried out with the temperature of the coolant below 25 °C.

NOTE If the coolant boils during the filling operations with the engine running, the filling should be halted; check that the bleeding operations have been carried out correctly and, if this is the case, search for the defective component which has caused the problem; notify the Customer of the need to replace the following component, then repeat the test when the fault has been repaired.

Punto 1372 Turbo

Quantity of coolant = 5.95 litres

• Make sure that the cooling system is completely empty;
• open the bleed valve locatedon the radiator;
• fill the system by slowly introducing coolant (50% Paraflu and 50% distilled water) until fluid comes out of the radiator bleed valve;
• close the bleed valve;
• continue slowly introducing coolant into the expansion tank until the MIN level is reached;
• carry out this operation until the radiator cooling fan comes on for the first time;
• keep the engine idling for at least 5 minutes;
• switch off the engine;
• top up, if necessary,, until a midway point between the MIN and MAX marks is reached in the expansion tank; this operation should be carried out with the temperature of the coolant below 25 °C.

NOTE If the coolant boils during the filling operations with the engine running, the filling should be halted; check that the bleeding operations have been carried out correctly and, if this is the case, search for the defective component which has caused the problem; notify the Customer of the need to replace the following component, then repeat the test when the fault has been repaired.