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Old 06-15-2002, 03:27 PM
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coolant flush, only dribbling out

im doing a coolant system flush on my '92 se and the manual is not helping at all. i can't get the drain plug bolt on the front of the engine block off and i can't find the other(?)bolt that is supposed to be in the rear of the engine block. i opened the valve on the bottom of the radiator but the coolant only drips out and i thought i found the air release bolt but when removed the flow didn't increase. can anyone help?
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Old 06-15-2002, 04:19 PM
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Re: coolant flush, only dribbling out

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im doing a coolant system flush on my '92 se and the manual is not helping at all. i can't get the drain plug bolt on the front of the engine block off and i can't find the other(?)bolt that is supposed to be in the rear of the engine block. i opened the valve on the bottom of the radiator but the coolant only drips out and i thought i found the air release bolt but when removed the flow didn't increase. can anyone help?
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Don't worry about the other engine block coolant bolt. Take the cap off of radiator.
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Old 06-15-2002, 05:29 PM
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Re: Re: coolant flush, only dribbling out

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Don't worry about the other engine block coolant bolt. Take the cap off of radiator.
i had the radiator cap off. i think that the "dribbling" is about as fast as it will come out. when i thought that all the coolant was out and just water was coming out of the drain valve, i took off the air release plug and not only did i lose the bolt( good job) but very green coolant came a surgin'. i guess i didnt flush it all and maybe if i could get at the stupid engine block bolt i could get it all out. well i guess ill try and replace that missing bolt.
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flow too slow for you? take off the lower radiator hose at the radiator.
let me know what coolant does to your hair color.
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