Cannot drain ALL coolant
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Posted 5 hours ago
Hi
I changed the coolant in my 08 Avensis this weekend. Opened the drain on the radiator and also connected a piece of tube to the engine engine block drain and opened that.
I got about 4l out of the radiator and when I opened the engine block drain nothing came out. I fired it up for a few seconds and got about half a litre it of the engine block.
I connected a small air pump to the overflow in the expansion tank to push that through the radiator.
I set the blowers to hot too.
So all in all I got 4.5l out however the capacity is meant to be 5.9l. I tried squeezing the hoses etc to get more out but that was all I could get.
At this point I just thought well it will have to do and filled out back up.
Am I missing something? If I took it to a garage to get this done would they really go removing all the hoses, thermostat etc to get every last drop out?
Another thing is the engine block drain doesn't seem to be that near to the bottom of the engine for it to be able to drain out...?
Hi
I changed the coolant in my 08 Avensis this weekend. Opened the drain on the radiator and also connected a piece of tube to the engine engine block drain and opened that.
I got about 4l out of the radiator and when I opened the engine block drain nothing came out. I fired it up for a few seconds and got about half a litre it of the engine block.
I connected a small air pump to the overflow in the expansion tank to push that through the radiator.
I set the blowers to hot too.
So all in all I got 4.5l out however the capacity is meant to be 5.9l. I tried squeezing the hoses etc to get more out but that was all I could get.
At this point I just thought well it will have to do and filled out back up.
Am I missing something? If I took it to a garage to get this done would they really go removing all the hoses, thermostat etc to get every last drop out?
Another thing is the engine block drain doesn't seem to be that near to the bottom of the engine for it to be able to drain out...?
Thanks for all the replies.
Problem with flushing with water is that the coolant I bought is the Toyota Pink super long life and they don't do a concentrate version so if I have distilled water left in from flushing it would dilute it.
I took it an independent specialist a few years ago and they said that whilst Toyota say the pink coolant lasts 10 years/100k in their experience it lasts a lot longer.
As my car has now done 130k I thought best to renew it. As has been said replacing 75% of it should be fine to rejuvenate it there's nothing wrong with the car it's in good condition.
I actually like the idea of doing it twice as was suggested but I'm going to resist the urge to let my OCD get the better of me particularly as the Toyota stuff cost £35 for 5 litres!
Problem with flushing with water is that the coolant I bought is the Toyota Pink super long life and they don't do a concentrate version so if I have distilled water left in from flushing it would dilute it.
I took it an independent specialist a few years ago and they said that whilst Toyota say the pink coolant lasts 10 years/100k in their experience it lasts a lot longer.
As my car has now done 130k I thought best to renew it. As has been said replacing 75% of it should be fine to rejuvenate it there's nothing wrong with the car it's in good condition.
I actually like the idea of doing it twice as was suggested but I'm going to resist the urge to let my OCD get the better of me particularly as the Toyota stuff cost £35 for 5 litres!
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