[V6-12v] Coolant drain plug gunge!

[James Whitehouse]

Hi Nathan,

It's pretty gunged up. But yeah the coolant's definitely still in the block!
We couldn't waste any more time on it, but the decision was indeed taken to
flush through with some 'coolant system flush' when the engine is
reassembled, then try again, then flush with clear water before refilling
with coolant... should be OK. The coolant was pretty clear except for this
blockage!

I'll let you know what happens, and thanks for all the help!

Cheers,
James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Nathan White
> Sent: 22 September 2006 17:35
> To: V6-12v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Coolant drain plug gunge!
> 
> 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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