[DeTomaso] Draining cooling system

cengles at cox.net cengles at cox.net
Fri Jan 22 11:39:01 EST 2010


Dear Dave, 

You're an unappreciated genius: "jam a piece of surgical tubing into it", is exactly what I've done. Appropriate sized tubing can be gently crammed into the petcock ( it make require a bit of modification of the end of the tube for best fitment) has conveniently minimized the typical drain-the-radiator mess with the standard procedure. 

On my last engine I installed two drain petcocks on the side of the engine block for future use with the same tubing techique. 

Warmest regards, Chuck Engles


---- Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com> wrote:
> I thought I'd take the deck off and drain the coolant this evening.
> Coolant swap was coming right up on the maintenance list anyway.
>
> Ha - it took me a half hour to find the drain cock.
> Now - does anyone have a tip to avoid making a big mess with glycol.
> Maybe jam a piece of surgical tubing into it?
> Or make a wacky funnel to drain through the wheel well?
>
> tks
> dave



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