How to cool an overheated engine

When a motor overheats, we will notice how a white element arises from the hood that we often confuse with smoke and that causes us great concern, but that it is simply steam generated by the liquid elements in the face of high heat. In case after spending a lot of time in traffic or making a long trip this happens to your car, in .com we explain how to cool an overheated engine .

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The first thing we have to do is go to the side of the road, park and stop the car engine . This is very important, because if we make the mistake of continuing to circulate with the superheated engine we can cause serious damage to our vehicle.

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The next step will be to open the hood. However, if the engine is too overheated we will not be able to do it since we would burn our hands. In this case, we will wait long enough to open the hood and not hurt ourselves. If we have gloves, it is advisable to use them.

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Once the hood is opened, the process to cool the engine so that we can manipulate its interior will be faster, although in any case it is likely that we have to wait for about an hour.

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Once we can, we must check the condition of the radiator and coolant fluids, as it is most likely that the cause of the overheating has been low levels. Then, we must fill them.

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Once all this is done, we are able to resume the march more safely.