[V8] two ways of heat

[Buchholz, Steven]

... the V8 radiator has a drain ... look for the blue knob at the lower left (as viewed from the front of the car).  It is difficult to recover the drained fluid this way IME.  If you want to reuse what you remove I'd recommend that you pull the line that goes from the top of the radiator to the reservoir at the reservoir end ... if you lower the line below the coolant level it will drain out ...

"all that electronic stuff" needs to be able to handle whatever gets sprayed in when the car is moving ... not so sure I'd be worried about coolant leaking onto anything and doing any damage ... 

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> Thanks for the info regarding bleeding, but what about draining?  I plan
> on pulling the lower rad hose and letting a few quarts of coolant drain
> out.  That should be enough to get the water level below the
> block-to-core hose, right?  I'd hate to have coolant spill out back onto
> all that electronic stuff.