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How to drain a 3.1

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Old 11-15-2009, 06:27 PM
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Can anyone tell me how to go about draining the coolant from a 3.1 V6 in a '95 Cutlass? I looked around for a radiator drain but didn't see one. I would also like to drain the block, as this is a defunct car and won't be run at all this winter. I suppose I can just pull the lower radiator hose, but that is messy.
 
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Old 11-15-2009, 07:37 PM
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Coolant drain should be on the driver side towards the bottom of the radiator. It's plastic easy to brake. It's right below the trans cooler line.
 
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Old 11-15-2009, 09:48 PM
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Hmm... I'll look again. Thanks!
 
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Old 11-16-2009, 04:04 PM
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There are two drain plugs on either side of the block. I don't know the exact location of them.
 
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