What To Do If The Car Runs Out Of Water

One of the simplest breakdowns, but the most expensive at the same time, is the breakdown when the car runs out of water, a breakdown that can damage the vehicle if it is not acted on time and that can leave people without knowing what to do.

Knowing what to do when the car runs out of water is vital, because if you know what you have to do, you will be able to have a quick response to the problem and avoid greater evils. IF you don’t know, you could have all these problems.

The car has a cooling system, which uses a radiator, which in turn acts as a heater for the vehicle. This radiator allows to keep the temperature of the vehicle stable, since the car heats up due to the combustion of the engine and therefore, it needs a quality system to keep the system as cold as possible.

However, it is not easy to know what to do when the car runs out of water, since many times this happens without warning and the car starts to smoke, and some vital parts of it can be compromised for this reason. What we must do is keep a close eye on our car and check when it has no water.

If you don’t know how to do any of this, you don’t have anything to worry about, since it’s not really that difficult. The repair that you must do to repair this problem is not very complicated, and you can do it even if you do not know anything about mechanics. If you don’t believe me, keep reading.

Instructions

1. Detect the lack of water: The first thing to do when the car has no water is to check if the fault is really caused by this, since on some occasions, it is caused by other aspects. For this reason, we must first check the lack of water to see if it is true that there is a lack of water or coolant in the radiator. If the vehicle has electronics, we will be able to see it in the control system, in which it will tell us directly that there is a lack of water, something that will save us a lot of work. On a standard vehicle that doesn’t have this system, we’re going to make sure the water is okay, which we can do by following step two of opening the hood. If the water is normal and the car still has faults, it could be another part, such as the thermostat. In case of doubt, it is better to take it to the mechanical workshop to clear up doubts. In the event that there is a lack of water, we must go to step two, in which we are going to learn how to repair this small fault.
2. Stop the car, open the hood and wait: Now that we know that the water is missing and that we must replace the water, we are going to stop the vehicle to be able to make the change. One very important thing that you should know is that this fault must be solved with the engine cold, more than anything to avoid burns because the engine will be at a very high temperature that is not suitable for human beings. For this reason, we must stop the car and wait with the hood open, so that the engine temperature goes down to a temperature in which we can manipulate without burning ourselves. It depends a lot on the outside temperature and the default engine temperature, so we have to wait sometimes a long time and sometimes less time, something that undoubtedly depends a lot on the personal case. As soon as you see that it is cold and that you can proceed, it is time to move on to the next step.
3. Open the radiator tank and put in the water or coolant: The third step to change the water is to open the radiator tank, which is located at one end of the engine radiator and it has a kind of stopper. Put on gloves to do this, as you could sometimes injure your hands if the liquid is corrosive. Before changing the water, empty all the water or all the liquid, since this way we will be able to change it for a new, better quality coolant. However, do not throw it on the ground if it is brake fluid, as it could harm the environment. For this reason, try to keep it in a container and then put it in a waste treatment place. After this, we are going to add the new coolant or water, depending on what the manufacturer recommends. You must fill it up to the levels indicated in the manual and finally close the deposit, since we will have finished or almost, since there is still an important step to be done,
4. Check if the vehicle works correctly: The last step we are going to take is to check that everything in our car works correctly, since as we have said before, the vehicle could have been damaged by having been without water for so long. The way to check this is by starting the car and checking that everything is back to normal. If you have an electronic system, the car will tell you what is wrong and if not, you will have to take the car to the workshop if something goes wrong. Just in case, I recommend doing a check-up on the car, because even if it costs you some money, it can be an investment rather than an expense, mainly because it will allow you to detect any fault in the car in time and if it can be repaired. Among the failures that the car could have for having been like this, we could have the thermostat or the damaged radiator itself, as well as engine damage. Be that as it may, check that everything is fine and carry out the corresponding repairs on time, since this way you will be able to avoid a more expensive repair and drive safely, without risk to yourself or to other people on the road.

Tips

• Prevention: We have always said that prevention is the best cure, not only on the subject of vehicles, but in any section we have mentioned it. If we manage to prevent the vehicle from running out of water, we will not have problems in the future and we will be able to repair the water issue much easier. Without a doubt, preventing a lack of water in our car is not difficult to correct, but we do have to take some things into account in order to find out. If we have an electronic vehicle, we are going to see the levels of the vehicle, however, this is usually not enough in older vehicles. If we have an old car, we are going to have to look at the water level in the radiator ourselves, checking that everything is correct. The way to do it is first to cool the engine as we have explained before and after seo, we are going to check if the water is at a stable level recommended by the manufacturer. Whether there is a lack of coolant or a lack of water.