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Coolant draining

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Hello I am new to the forum and glad I found it. Well the first issue that I am having is that I need to replace the head gaskets and trying to find the best way to drain the coolant from the engine. Trying to avoid a big mess and coolant running into the neighbos lawn (alot nicer than mine right now).
 
What type of vehicle do you own Jump, The year and all that other stuff? My 95 has a drain on the driver side of the radiator.

Mark
 
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i got a large basin i use that i put underneath the drain plug on the bottom of the rad. i do this because its not a straight shot to the ground so it tends to go in every direction except strait down so if i get a large enough basin it just all collects in there.
 
Thanks I have seen alot of good info on here so far. Trying to upload vehicles on my profile, cant figure it out right now.
 
Missy had a great thread where she would do some method of running the engine with a garden hose and a drain hose and would run it till clear run off. Does anyone know where that link is? I can't find it.

I also want to do a thorough flush of my coolant. Although if life taught me anything, it's if its not broke, don't fix it.
 
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An access hole cut through both the left front body support bracket and radiator core support will allow you to slide a hose over the drain cock enabling clean recovery of coolant while avoiding the mess of coolant running everywhere.

This is something GM should have done from the beginning!
 
My petcock didn't want to budge free, and I'm scared to apply good torque to it in fear of ruining the radiator. I'll stick to the lower hose method.
 
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An access hole cut through both the left front body support bracket and radiator core support will allow you to slide a hose over the drain cock enabling clean recovery of coolant while avoiding the mess of coolant running everywhere.

This is something GM should have done from the beginning!
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I did this to mine, no mess.
 
Are you sure the 95's still had the green in it? I think two of my 95's have a different color. Hmmm, everyone changing their fluid. I should change it in my 95 burb. It has the original fluid in it and I have 230,000 miles on her. I guess I have something to do in the next few weeks. This might be a good time to put in a block heater being it hasn't worked for at least 10 years.
 
If I were you Doober,,, I'd take the rad all the way out, and clean it real good, inside and out. while out you could drill the holes as my first post shows,, add a hose to it upon reinstall, then the next time, you can drain it the easy way. With the rad out, it's a good time to clean the condenser oil and trans coolers also.
 
Sounds good Pruittx. I am trying to find time to insulate my garage before it gets too cold out. Then I can work on lots of projects this winter.
 
My truck is a 94 and had Dexcool in it, but I took the radiator out and flushed the inside with hot water and soap, capped the ports and put like 60psi air to it and a lot of crud shot out the drain. I didnt put any more dexcool in, just a bottle of water wetter. Since my dogs are usually stupid I get the freindly green stuff for anything anymore. If I had planned it better and the radiator shop were open weekends I would have gotten the thing cleaned professionally to get all the crud out of the inside.
 
Yep nothing better the letting a rad shop Boil out our radiator,, and then putting a new coat of that trick black coating back on it. Clean as a whistle & Good as new!
 
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