Draining Coolant To Replace

[kmac]

Coolant level is showing a bit blewo minimum and don't think its been changed ever - (is this standard part of a service? )

 

Anyway Frauds advise not mixing old/new coolant - said to drain and then add new. Looked at the car today and it is not obvious where one would drain the system from. Anyone done this/got any ideas?

[Gareth Noble]

I haven't had to do this on my galaxy yet, but on previous cars the usual way was to disconnect one of the hoses at it's lowest point.

[mk2vr6]

undo the bottom hose pull it from rad and allow the fuild to drain into a container for correct disposal!

[kmac]

OH I thought there would be a convenient plug for this purpose. Perhaps I'd better leave it to a garage as I have to get a servcie anyway.

 

Thanks for the helpful replies.

[jamesey]

undo the bottom hose pull it from rad and allow the fuild to drain into a container for correct disposal!

 

correct disposal( the drain on the street ) do you mean that ha ha :) :lol: :lol: :16: :16: :16: :16:

[kmac]

Actually I thought he was from DEFRA...

[Beyond Help?]

If you have a booster heater at the back you need to drain from there too. Then refill with clean water and run that round the system until the thermostat opens then drain all that out then refill the system, now the correct way to do that is with pre-mixed coolant, but I prefer to put in the correct amount of anti-freeze first and then fill with water.

 

Please not however that ethylene glycol antifreeze, whether mixed or concentrated, is very, very toxic. A tablespoonful can kill someone, and it tastes sweet so if a child or pet were to get into contact with it they could easily consume enough to kill them.

Edited March 7, 2008 by Beyond Help?