where is the drain plug for draining the coolant
**** YOU ASSHOLE>It;s 15* out and theres 12" of sbnow obn the ground and I have to work in the driveway.Go **** your mother like I did.
whatever you say grandpa. you won't have to worry about freezing your nuts off out there since grammy cut 'em off years ago.
Funny,everyone has AN answer,but not the right one! Funny you think that three besides you constitutes "everyone". Pull the lower hose, that's how the pros do it. Even if there's drain plug/petcock, chances are by the time you need to use it it's better off untouched whether it looks brand spanking new or is simply a nub. If there's not much crud, the radiator (and the jacket inside the engine above the water pump) will be empty in less than 30 seconds, if there's enough crud it can't drain out by then, buy another radiator.
Thanks Bill,The above stupid post was not from me asking about the lower hose.Someone hijacked my addy.I ended up using the lower hose to drain,thanks again
FINALLY, a legitimate answer. Is the lower hose the one on the bottom?Yes. Take the cap off, it'll drain as fast as it can come out the big hole. Of course, you might get a hose before you start, old hoses tend to stick pretty hard on the outlet, sometimes you have to cut the old one off.
Oh no. I wish I had known to have a hose handy when I drained the water because as you said I had to cut it off. I thought because it's so cold it wouldn't hurt to drive to the parts store which is less than 5 miles from me to get a new hose. I was WRONG. It over heated quickly and now the motor knocks badly. I finally got the new hose on and filled it with anti-freeze. I will drive it until spring when it's warm enough to change the oil. That should make the knock go away.
Whiting,that post also was hijacked addy.I did not write it.Thanks toBill I removed the hose without cutting,drained and replaced fluid and replaced hose.All is well as of now! Can't do anything about the hijacked addy but this will be my last post on this issue any others with my addy will be bogus.
Original hose? I'd not put an 8 year old hose back in place. Too many possibilities of things going wrong when you least expect it. Hoses and belts should be changed out about that time no matter how many miles. They become brittle with time. . A radiator shop that does my oil changes never uses the drain petcock, always replaces the bottom hose.
