[Mgs] Coolant draining

Wed May 8 16:30:10 MDT 2019

Remove the drain tap on side of engine, there is a small passage that goes up to water passage. Is always plugged with debris, will take a lot of fiddling to get a stiff wire to get up into water passage. I always had the same problem and gave up, however on the last rebuild I decided to figure it out, with head off I dug out the top portion of passage to verify that it was really there, then it took so time to bend wire right and up thru drain hole. It is there and will drain just takes patience to work a wire up thru to clear passage. 
Ron Shellenberger
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>    1. Coolant draining on an MGB (wkilleffer at epbfi.com)
>    2. Re: Coolant draining on an MGB (PaulHunt73)
>    3. Re: Coolant draining on an MGB (Dan DiBiase)
>    4. Re: Coolant draining on an MGB (i erbs)
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> Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 11:26:17 -0400
> From: "wkilleffer at epbfi.com" <wkilleffer at epbfi.com>
> To: "mgs at autox.team.net" <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Mgs] Coolant draining on an MGB
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> Hello everyone,The car I will be working on is a 1974 B with an 18GK engine. It uses one of those metal junctions that attaches a short hose tobthe water pump, lower radiator hose, and hose to the heater core.?I will be replacing the radiator, radiator cap, all hoses, and putting in a 180 (or 185deg) thermostat. All the parts are coming from Vicky Brit.?Unfortunately, I found out the hard way that the yellow so-called universal coolant doesn't work well with brass and copper radiators, which is why I'm doing this work.?My engine has a coolant drain plug near the oil gauge takeoff near the back of the engine. However, I have never been able to get anything to drain out of it. I'm willing to have another go at it, but not expecting much.?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?Thank you,-WilliamSent from my LG Mobile
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> From: "PaulHunt73" <paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com>
> To: <wkilleffer at epbfi.com>,	<mgs at autox.team.net>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> PaulH.
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>   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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> Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 12:16:58 -0400
> From: Dan DiBiase <dan.dibiase at gmail.com>
> To: "wkilleffer at epbfi.com" <wkilleffer at epbfi.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Coolant draining on an MGB
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> On my '76B, with '77 engine, there is no drain valve. You have to pull the
> lowest radiator hose off the water pump to drain the coolant. It's a mess.
> Need a really wide pan on the ground underneath, and even then it tends to
> run along the front crossmember and steering rack and make a mess.
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> Dan D
> Central NJ USA
> http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/
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> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:26 AM wkilleffer--- via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
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> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > The car I will be working on is a 1974 B with an 18GK engine. It uses one
> > of those metal junctions that attaches a short hose tobthe water pump,
> > lower radiator hose, and hose to the heater core.
> >
> > I will be replacing the radiator, radiator cap, all hoses, and putting in
> > a 180 (or 185deg) thermostat. All the parts are coming from Vicky Brit.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I found out the hard way that the yellow so-called
> > universal coolant doesn't work well with brass and copper radiators, which
> > is why I'm doing this work.
> >
> > My engine has a coolant drain plug near the oil gauge takeoff near the
> > back of the engine. However, I have never been able to get anything to
> > drain out of it. I'm willing to have another go at it, but not expecting m
> > uch.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > -William
> >
> > *Sent from my LG Mobile*
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> Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 10:19:43 -0700
> From: i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com>
> To: PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com>
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> jack up the rear of the car
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
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> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 8:50 AM PaulHunt73 via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
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> > 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 -----
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> >
> > 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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