I've rarely had to drain good coolant and reuse, but the few times I’ve had to do it I figured a dedicated pan paid for itself.
-D > On Jul 19, 2020, at 8:05 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I am probably going to need to do that. I can't tell you how much good > coolant I have thrown out because I had to drain the system for one reason or > another not long after changing the fluid previously. > > On 7/19/2020 6:31 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> I have a big plastic drain pan for nothing but draining coolant. That way I >> don’t have to worry about it getting contaminated with something else if I >> want to re-use it. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jul 19, 2020, at 6:49 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> On my 124 cars that don't have a drain valve on the radiator, I use the >>> block drain, stick a rubber hose on that and direct into a bucket or >>> whatever. That gets a lot of it out, and then I use a big wide low pan >>> under the lower radiator hose, and put a low bucket in the pan to try to >>> catch the most volume and then the pan catches the rest. Hard to do all >>> this without spilling any, but I can keep it down to a very manageable >>> mess, and keep the coolant clean enough to re-use if desired. >>> ------------- >>> Max >>> Charleston SC >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 5:31 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Does it help with draining the old coolant? >>>> >>>> My biggest issue with routine coolant changes is just the huge mess. No >>>> good way to drain all the old coolant. I've tried the Prestone coolant >>>> flush kits and those make a mess too plus I don't really like cutting >>>> the heater hoses to install their cheap plastic garden hose fitting. >>>> >>>> Allan >>>> >>>> Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> If you are doing a refill on a cooling system, this is a must have item. >>>> Makes the job SOOOO much easier and faster. No need to worry about air >>>> bubbles. I have used it twice now and it’s great. >>>>> >>>> https://www.harborfreight.com/Cooling-System-Test-and-Refill-Kit-64985.html >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
