bigmantinycar

im fairly sure my radiator is plugger so im doing a coolant flush later today. on similar cars i have seen that the drain plug is on the driver side of the radiator that that has a wingnut so just wanted to confirm. and also any other tips for doing one on this model

oldcutlass

Bottom opposite side from the lower hose on the engine side of the radiator.

bigmantinycar

ok and is there a method to taking off the splash guard tabs? i know some can be easy to break if you dont do it right. and does this model require me to drain some from the engine block as well, or just the radiator/reservior

oldcutlass

Instead of using the radiator petcock, just remove the lower hose to drain the radiator.

bigmantinycar

do you mean this one by the battery or is there another hose you mean. i guess if i do it this way i wont have to remove the splash guard, and this would remove all the coolant form the car, reservoir/engine included?

Burd

Don’t use the drain, take the hose off. Usually froze up, and the later plastic ones are hard to re-seal.

deadeyejedi

^^ This is what i do that petcock can be slow and drizzles antifreeze all over the place.

harner

Drain it the easy way as stated above and get ready for an OSHA violation