Coolant draining

[Henry A Harper III]

The lower aux radiator hose seemed quite convenient as a drain location to
me, when I did my heater core & fan a couple of years ago. Might get worn
out if you do that all the time, but every couple of years should be ok...

HTH
Henry Harper
http://www.henry-harper.com hah at alumni.rice.edu
1991 200 quattro, 116k
1988 GTI 16v, 233k

On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 12:17 PM, Kneale Brownson
[SMTP:knotnook at traverse.com] wrote:
> Is there an "easiest" or "best" coolant system opening for lowering
coolant
> levels?  I want to do the blower motor replacement so  I want to
disconnect
> the heater core supply/drain lines.  Thought I'd also replace the heater
> valve because I know it's at least four years old, and probably more like
> six.
>
> I seem to recall from doing blower and heater valves on 5ktq's that I
could
> get to some lower radiator hose and drain into a bucket without losing a
> bunch of coolant.   I didn't really want to replace the coolant until
next
> year because it's only a couple years old.  I was figuring on going until
> next summer and then do all the coolant hoses, afterrun pump, coolant,
> etc.,  but my limping blower motor has begun to stagger.
>
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