If your not too concerned about volume<
Use the slope to point the front of the van down and
with the heater loops on drain the coolant by syphon
with a small hose that reaches the bottom of the
radiator.   Bleed once with water and repeat the
draining procedure.   garu
Date:    Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:04:41 -0700
From:    Rocket J Squirrel
<j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject: Coolant draining strategy?

Mellow Yellow's 1.9 has the famous head gasket coolant
leak, so I'll be
pulling the engine. I need suggestions, tricks and
techniques, for
avoiding coolant spills.

I can't do the work on my property because the
driveway is very, very
sloped. So the engine pull will be done on the street.
The neighbors
tolerated a couple months of the Wonderbus sitting in
the street with
no
engine while I was replacing it, so I don't expect any
trouble from
them
on that front. However, if I make a great big mess
with coolant, and
let
that toxic stuff flow down the storm drain, someone
may raise an
objection.

I can follow the Usual Procedures for draining the
coolant before I
start unhooking hoses. But from there . . . keep a
bunch of buckets
handy? Is that about it? How about some kind of
absorbent blanket or
something to catch the stuff I miss?

What's the good, thoughtful way to go about this?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR

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