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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 12:15 PM
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Radiator Drain plug stripped

I am trying to extract a radiator drain plug that is massively stripped/seized in my radiator. I tried a screw extractor however all it has done is just make the crater bigger in the plug. Please help.
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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If your trying to flush your radiator, you can just take off your lower radiator hose.

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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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Ha same thing happened to me.

I will personally be buying a new radiator and flushing it with the hose first and then re-filling the new radiator.
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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yeh just drain it by removin the big lower rad hose
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