stockers 1 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 hi all, i' gonna drain, flush and change my coolant, i see it says i should have a new 'coolant pipe drain plug O-ring' ,is this totally neccesary? what would happen if i didn't put a new O-ring on?cheers Link to post Share on other sites
28v6r 0 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Errr... it would leak...badly, been there done that got it all to do again &| .. currently waiting on a new radiator.. but if its never been touched then its liable to have perished or became brittle in the heat...Mine had.. x) Link to post Share on other sites
stockers 1 Posted November 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 right......very strange, i phoned my mechanic who did my last coolant change and asked the same question and hhe said no. how did he get the coolant out if he didn't use the drain plug? Link to post Share on other sites
silverline 0 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 bottom hose on the radiator is a good place to drain from. Link to post Share on other sites
drewvr6 0 Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 silverlines right ,drained mine many times by bottom rad hose with no probs Link to post Share on other sites
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