radiator drain

[ian]

Ok.. one last question before I turn in for the evening...

I'm looking at the rather worthless picture of the draincock listed on SOR. Not really enough to help me understand how it functions. I opened mine up and nothing came out.. do these things clog easily? Is there a seat in there?

If I need to yank the drain "pipe" and replace the entire assembly, what does one seal the threads with before re-inserting?

 

[CruisinGA]

You are supposed to only have to unscrew it part of the way, and then it will drain.

I took mine all the way out, and then tried to clean out the hole with a clotheshanger to no avail.

I was replacing hoses, so i just cut off the bottom hose and let it drain-big mess.

I would be wary of removing the drain pipe, I was about to and then decided i might wrench the whole thing out of the radiator and then i would be fizucked. Some teflon tape would probably be fine to seal it up.

IMO-either get it rodded and boiled by a rad shop, or leave it alone.

 

[Soul_Man]

Mine was also plugged with bits of rust. I used the coathanger technique to clean it out enough to where the fluid would come out. If you have enough rust/sediment to clog that drain, I would definately have the whole radiator serviced and cleaned out.