[V6-12v] Coolant drain plug gunge!

[Nathan White]

That's weird.. are you sure there is coolant in the block? Have you removed
the waterpump/thermostat? 

When you do the shop-vac trick, does coolant squirt out of the bleeder
screws?

I'm guessing the engine is not fully assembled? I've heard good things about
those coolant flush products, but you need a working engine to pump it
through.

NW

-----Original Message-----
From: James Whitehouse [mailto:james_whitehouse1 at yahoo.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:52 AM
To: 'Nathan White'
Subject: RE: [V6-12v] Coolant drain plug gunge!

Good idea, but we already tried it!

Cheers,
James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan White [mailto:natwhite at mnsi.net]
> Sent: 22 September 2006 16:51
> To: 'James Whitehouse'
> Subject: RE: [V6-12v] Coolant drain plug gunge!
> 
> Try removing the coolant cap and use a shop vac to blow the coolant out.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com] 
> On Behalf Of James Whitehouse
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 3:08 AM
> To: V6-12v at audifans.com
> Subject: [V6-12v] Coolant drain plug gunge!
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> OK latest problem in the cylinder head gasket job (I solved the other 
> ones, thank you all for your suggestions!):
> 
> We removed the coolant drain plug (the one directly underneath the 
> rear of the block, right next to the bell housing) and nothing came 
> out. Poking a bit of wire up there revealed a LOT of gunge and crap, 
> despite apparently clear coolant water elsewhere, but NO coolant. Even 
> after a lot of poking no coolant.
> 
> In the end we were forced to remove the heads without completely 
> draining the block, but we'll still need a way to remove this crud 
> from the inside of the block with the heads off perhaps, in order to 
> get everything clean and flushed coolant wise.
> 
> Any ideas? Does anyone know the layout of that coolant passage?
> 
> Cheers,
> James
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