flushing..but the mess?
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flushing..but the mess?
I'm going to do a coolant flush this weekend, however the drain plug on the radiator of a 3.0 4x4 isn't exactly ideal. When draining it has many obstacles to go over and it doesn't drain in a "clean" manner. Would I be better off just pulling the lower raidiator hose to do this? Or is there an adapter that I can get to slip in the drain plugh hole to avoid a mess? I have dogs and hate getting that stuff on the driveway....it's very dangerous to animals.
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I'm able to put small rubber hose on the end of my radiator drain valve and use it to direct the coolant into an appropriate container. I forget the exact diameter (3/8" maybe?) of the hose but it fits nice and snug over the valve. About a foot long. Works great.
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From: Greenvile, SC
Today when I had to drain my radiator...I come to find that the radiator shop I took it to ..a month or two ago...broke the drain **** thumb-screw off right below the surface of the plastic extrusion boss...so i went to the lower hose as my next recourse...come to find he managed to foul up my hose clamp..(the head of the bolt was inside the clamp housing).
Seeing that I managed to have a "spare" motorcraft lower hose to spare..I just poked a (gaping) hole lettin it all drain into a 3gal bucket. I also relized that the radiator shop mechanic drained the fluid the same way (loosing the lower hose) but he was able to catch it all in a cut-down 5gal bucket..but I noticed it only took a fraction of the time to drain all the fluid.
Seeing that I managed to have a "spare" motorcraft lower hose to spare..I just poked a (gaping) hole lettin it all drain into a 3gal bucket. I also relized that the radiator shop mechanic drained the fluid the same way (loosing the lower hose) but he was able to catch it all in a cut-down 5gal bucket..but I noticed it only took a fraction of the time to drain all the fluid.
