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Draining coolant from car that won't start

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    Draining coolant from car that won't start

    Here's my issue--got a cb that's been sitting for a looong time without being started, and I'm trying to go through the basics to get it ready to run again. Drained the coolant from the rad fine, but the drain plug on the block is not budging, on top of being hard to get to. I've read here that these bolts are easy to break, so I'm hesitant to try anything too crazy.

    If the car ran, I could just let the coolant cycle through the engine and get the rest of it without removing the bolt; or let the heat expand the block so the bolt becomes easier to get off...but since it doesn't run...

    How can I drain coolant from the reservoir and block without taking off the block drain bolt? Is it possible?
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    just get what you can from the rad and use water to cycle it out so your not wasting antifreeze. then when you feel comfortable with it fill it will some 50/50

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      There is a bolt on the block that you use to drain the block. Either on the front or the back.

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        Originally posted by ajile View Post
        Drained the coolant from the rad fine, but the drain plug on the block is not budging, on top of being hard to get to. I've read here that these bolts are easy to break, so I'm hesitant to try anything too crazy.
        Originally posted by JezzWolf View Post
        There is a bolt on the block that you use to drain the block. Either on the front or the back.
        He can't get that bolt out lol. That's what he's asking about is another way besides that.

        I did what 92f20bhatch said the last time I had a problem with this and it worked fine.

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          Originally posted by Brandoncb7 View Post
          He can't get that bolt out lol. That's what he's asking about is another way besides that.

          I did what 92f20bhatch said the last time I had a problem with this and it worked fine.
          Excellent. Thank you!

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