At 11:16 AM 4/10/2010, Scott Chapman wrote: >Replacing radiator. >Bentley says to drain coolant at head drain point. I'd rather not >remove the shield beneath the head. > >Is there a place I can drain coolant besides this that will suffice? Dear Scott, My personal choice would be to lift the front, clamp off the hoses to the front heater and then drain from the upper radiator hose, lowering it to just below the lower hose. Then secure the two hoses higher up so they won't continue to siphon. I *think* that if you did this you'd be able to prefill the radiator either through the bleed screw *or* by leaving the upper hose off and filling through that until it overflows the radiator; then installing the hose and finishing through the bleed screw -- can't remember if there's access to do the latter. I'm not even totally certain there is an upper hose, but I believe there is, on the right side I think looking forward. Yours, David |
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