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#1365313 08/19/05 11:15 PM
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Ok since i bought the car at 82k miles i figure the car is due for a radiator flush....so i bought the stuff to do it and did it....all i got to say about the whole scenario is...who in there right mind puts a drain plug directly above the radiator mount?...you cannot get the fluid to come out nicely into a bucket....man what a mess it made...i miss the old petcock(sp) style from the old radiators..you know the ones with the metal tube with a wing nut lookin thing on it....oh well...thats just my 2 cents about the maintenence i did on my car today....
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#1365314 08/20/05 01:32 PM
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I agree, last weekend I was switching the plastic wp to a metal wp. Figured I would do a flush since it hadn't been done in two years. I used just a regular drain pan and probably half of the coolant made it into the pan and the other half went on the driveway....what a mess.


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i used a shop vac...b.i.n it worked great..


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#1365316 08/21/05 02:18 AM
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Originally posted by tour96se:
i used a shop vac...b.i.n it worked great..




i dont understand...you sucked the fluid out of the tank?....or just off the ground when you were done?....please explain....
-Shawn


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