Antifreeze Change
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Antifreeze Change
Any good site's for coolent change? Took my recovery tank off to paint by removing the top hose's,any problem's with air when I refill,any thing to bleed? How/where do you drain radiator. thank's Larry
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The drain plug is on the passenger side, only turn it 1/4 turn, you can pull it out if you want to. Car should be level when draining. When filling, rev engine alternately to 3,000 rpms until temperature increases to about 190, fill and repeat this twice. No bleeds. Use distilled water to mix with dexicool.
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Originally Posted by Oldvetter
The drain plug is on the passenger side, only turn it 1/4 turn, you can pull it out if you want to. Car should be level when draining. When filling, rev engine alternately to 3,000 rpms until temperature increases to about 190, fill and repeat this twice. No bleeds. Use distilled water to mix with dexicool.
Good tips. Especially the one about the 1/4 turn of the drainplug. A 1/4" drive nutdriver, or ratchet with a medium extension works well, since your inserting it into a square hole in the plug. It's very easy to turn. Be careful to not get too gorilla-handed here since it is made of plastic. After the 1/4 turn, if the plug doesn't come all the way out at first, just use some needlenosed pliers to reach in and pull it straight out. It has an o-ring on it too so don't lose/damage it. HTHRobert
BTW, I like to use distilled water with the DexCool too.
