Thread: Td5 Coolant Drain Plug

do not think so, just the drain bolt on the lower coolant piping if you remove the splash trim.

Yes I have found that and removed it. Does this also drain the block?

Sorry, no idea. Suppose if you flush through from there will be ok.

I think it's behind the alternator

According to Rave there is a coolant jacket plug located on the left hand front side of the cylinder block.

When I said left hand side I meant looking from the front of the vehicle. According to Rave:

Cylinder cooling is achieved by water circulating through chambers in the engine block casting. A threaded coolant jacket plug is located at the front RH side of the cylinder block.

Well I have just finished doing my coolant change. RAVE also says cooling capacity 13 litres but when doing a change 8 litres. 8 is what I got into it.

This ****es me off because it means that there is still 5 odd litres of undrained water still in it.

Yes there is a coolant drain plug on the engine, and it should be removed to flush all the old coolant out. But seeing that you have not done this, you just might get away with it like that, but I would be testing the PH of the coolant system just to be sure, you do not want it to get too acidic, test kits are available from REPCO etc. but remember the motor needs to be warm to get a good reading, not sure why though.

It is just a small bottle with some PH paper inside, follow the instructions