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How do you drain the block of coolant?

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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 08:32 PM
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How do you drain the block of coolant?

Where is this drain at anyways? Might as well do it while i have the radiator drained and am changing the thermostat.
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 08:51 PM
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 08:54 PM
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the drain plug for the block is right by the engine mount on the drivers side.... there are 3 bolts for the mount and a fourth one there for the coolant
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 09:03 PM
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Hey is it in a little dip inwards? I should have gotten my car on the ramps but didn't Can't get under it really too much. Think I may have seen it but I don't know. What is it next to? Or near? Thanks.
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 09:14 PM
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i think its easier to get to from up top... its just a little hex shaped bolt. you can get it with like a 13 or 14 open end wrench. it looks totally different from the 3 bolts its beside for the engine mount, but its right there
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 09:27 PM
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Alright, so its on top more? That will work alot better, let me go see right now. Thanks.
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 09:35 PM
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Is the drain inbetween the lower plug holes and below them? I saw 3 bolts & a 4th that looks different & sticks out farther.
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 09:36 PM
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It easier to get it from the top, and it's a serious bitch to get to. Make sure the engine is cool before you go after it because it's hard to get your hand out of the way of the coolant before it spills out.
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 09:37 PM
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Originally posted by Ryde _Or_Die
Is the drain inbetween the lower plug holes and below them? I saw 3 bolts & a 4th that looks different & sticks out farther.
It's the shiney looking one that sticks out further than the rest. Not too difficult to spot if you know where to look.
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 11:38 PM
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Ya I think I had it off...heres the problem. I took it off and nothing came out, so I guess it didn't have anything in the car. I didn't bother flushing it right now because it was 10:30 at night in the dark & I need to get my new thermostat on ASAP so I can go to work tomorrow. I will change the thermostat again and flush it then. O well.
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