damn coolant change

pazauk · Unread post by **pazauk** » 14 Apr 2004, 00:45

Hi all, did my coolant change this morning what a pig of a job the cylinder head drain plug i could not find!!! does anyone know????so ended up draining the radiator flushing it out with a hose for about 5 min and then putting in a damn good ethylene-glycol based antifreeze about 3lts and then 3lts of deinoised water with haveing a 2.1td will this be okay (9lts full).[B)]
also could not find a single bleed screw??? not a sausage!

rabenson · Unread post by **rabenson** » 14 Apr 2004, 02:58

Don't even think of running your engine until you have correctly bled the cooling system!!!!
try doing a search on this site and you'll soon see that air locks in the cooling system can prove VERY EXPENSIVE!!! (potential for warped head / knackered head gasket etc.)
Ron[:0]

James.UK · Unread post by **James.UK** » 14 Apr 2004, 05:57

pazauk What year-model car are you talking about?

pazauk · Unread post by **pazauk** » 14 Apr 2004, 14:49

its an 98 2.1td got a haynes and i know where they should be but i dont seem to have them?? it seems to be working okay the heads getting to temp then the stats opening and letting it in to the rad what do you think about the mix i put in..