RE: IITOOLll@aol.com: Coolant Hose

[Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>]

He/They mean not only disconnect the hose from the WP inlet but also remove 
the thermostate housing.  Its only two 10mm bolts and you should be albe to 
remove them without even removing the hose.

Don't do this with the engine hot or you run the risk of cooling the engine 
to quickly and causing damage not to mention a nice burn trip to the ER.

Brian Honnold
'78 Rocco Ragtop

On Friday, August 21, 1998 1:19 PM, faust [SMTP:faust@gateway.net] wrote:
> Do you mean the hose going from the Radiator to the WP?  Correct me if 
I'm
> wrong, but undoing this hose will only drain the water in the radiator. 
 If
> you're trying to drain all the coolant, you'll need to undo the hose 
going
> from the WP to the block also, or run the engine until the therostat 
opens
> and THEN loosen the WP inlet (lower rad) hose.   Be careful not to burn
> yourself.  That water should be about 190 F.
>
> Cheers,
> Greg Faust
>
> >
> > I normally disconnect at the WP, all the coolant is gonna drain when  
 you
> > disconnect the hose anyway, so you might as well drain it all in one 
fell
> > swoop (by disconnecting the lower connection)..
>
>
> > mark@adirondak.  But my question is that when I rplace it, which end
> > should I
> > disconnect first(does it matter?) and will all of my coolant come 
pouring
> > out?
>
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