[Mgs] Coolant draining on an MGB

i erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Wed May 8 11:19:43 MDT 2019


jack up the rear of the car
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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          BT7 engine and disk brakes


1967 MGB  [image: MG]

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On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 8:50 AM PaulHunt73 via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> About the only thing you can do - short of removing the engine and tipping
> it upside down - is to keep refilling with clean water to dilute what's
> left, run, drain, allow to cool, repeat, until what comes out is also
> clean.  Make sure the heater valve is open.
>
> To refill add the correct amount of neat coolant for the system capacity
> and your required dilution, then top-up with water.  For initial top-ups
> while it is purging itself of air use plain water, after that use a dilute
> mix.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> So, how do I get all the old coolant out of the engine since the coolant
> drain plug isn't functional, and since there will likely be water left
> inside the block, how do I properly dilute the green coolant?
>
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