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Coolant and Intake Manifold

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:23 am
by Dr_Jones
I'll be stuffed if I can get the alternator out from underneath the car. I am going to remove the intake manifold instead and change my plugs while I'm there. The service manual says to drain the coolant first?

I see no mention of this in any DIY articles. Is it something that needs to be done?

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:21 pm
by Dr_Jones
Anyone?

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:05 pm
by payaya
no you dont.

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 5:29 am
by salacious
It is a little tight but you can get it out this way. I'd disconnect the battery before removing the alternator as it sometimes blows the 80A fuse which aint cheap.

Brian

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:40 am
by onnzo
There is a coolant line that runs to the throttle body so if you take that off a bit of coolant will come out. You don't really need to drain the coolant though. Just be careful when removing the lines from the t/b