<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="Century Gothic">I added a hole to access the drain bolts many years ago.<br> It works great and makes coolant changes go faster.<br> <br> Todd<br> '88 Westy<br> </font><br> Mike Collum wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:48C7EB2B.3010007@verizon.net" type="cite">Jeff Lincoln wrote: <br> <blockquote type="cite">Are the push rod covers (or engine tins whatever you want to call them) the <br> same for 1.9 and a 2.1? <br> </blockquote> <br> Those protective pieces that go below the pushrod tubes are the same for <br> 1.9 and 2.1 engines. In that they're just there to protect the pushrod <br> tubes, they can be made from anything. <br> <br> It might not be a bad idea to make a hole just below the Allen bolt that <br> drains the head. That way the protective tin wouldn't have to be <br> removed to drain all coolant. <br> <br> Mike <br> <br> </blockquote> </body> </html> |
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