Patent ID: 6234215
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: F01P

Abstract:
A method for filling a motor vehicle cooling system with coolant, comprising the steps of:a) draining coolant from a cooling system of a vehicle having a radiator with a filler neck;b) connecting an apparatus for adding coolant to the cooling system to the radiator,wherein said apparatus comprises:i) a service cap for attachment to the filler neck of the radiator, the service cap including a body, a collar, a resilient sleeve and a compression tube, the body having a passage there through and having external threads, the collar threaded onto the external threads of the body and having a first aperture, the resilient sleeve abutting the collar and having a second aperture, the compression tube has a head at a first end which abuts the sleeve, the compression tube extending through the first aperture and the second aperture and has another end secured in the passage of the body, wherein movement of the collar on the thread of the body draws the compression tube through the collar and compresses the sleeve against the collar resulting in outward expansion of the sleeve, andii) a valve connected to the passage in the body;c) evacuating air from the cooling system with the apparatus; andd) filling the cooling system with coolant with the apparatus.