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>>>>>>>>I would like to change the coolant. I HAVE found the coolant outlet
>>>>>>>>at
>>>>>>>> at the bottom of the radiator, but where is the outlet valve
>>>>>>>> located
>>>>>>>> on the engine block? My Haynes manual doesn't indicate that. Does
>>>>>>>> anyone know?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've never seen a coolant drain on the engine block in a Toyota.
>>>>>>>
AFAIK, the only drain is on the radiator.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ray, I'm surprised at you here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As far as I know, *all* Toyota blocks have at *least* one drain. (Do
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> V6s have two?)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My old T-series engines all had one, as did my sister's Celicas, our
>>>>>> MR2
>>>>>> and my wife's current Tercel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> TeGGeR®
>>>>>
>>>>> I learned something new today, on my way to becoming old and wise.....
>>>>> instead of just old! ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Ray O
>>>>> (correct punctuation to reply)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We always had Haynes manuals for our car when we could get them. They
>>>> showed where the engine block drain was.
>>>>
>>>> Charles of Schaumburg
>>>>
>>> Since most places frown upon the practice of letting coolant flow down
>>> the driveway or into drains, I just take our vehicles into the local
>>> Toyota dealer and let them do the job for us.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Ray O
>>> (correct punctuation to reply)
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>> In the early years of owning Toyotas in the South, we weren't so lucky.
>> The 'Toyota' dealer was a GM dealer that had merely picked up another
>> line. Had no real idea how to work on them. So we had to learn all
>> this stuff ourselves. I did find an engine repair manual for a 5ME
>> engine when I was rooting through some boxes though.
>>
>> Charles of Schaumburg
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> I left behind a collection of every factory repair manual for Toyota sold
> in the U.S. from 1983 through 1993. I suppose I should have kept them :-(
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In 1980, the 'Toyota' dealer adjusted the valves on Dad's 2T-C engine.
Cracked one of the valves because he adjusted them too tight.(We drove it
that way for 18 more years and 180,000 miles.) In 1981, I had the 'Toyota'
dealer in a different town try to sell me $600 worth of repairs on my 3K-C
because it was using oil. They were trying to tell me it needed a ring job.
That was at 48,000 miles and the old mechanical lifters had never been
adjusted. I had brought it in to get the lifters properly adjusted. This
dealer later lost his Toyota franchise and his son had to 'leave town',
also. When I went to college, the nearest Toyota dealer was up in Hot
Springs. He was OK, but I couldn't leave the car there for any repairs
because I had NO other way of getting around at that point. Being an older
college student has its disadvantages.
Charles of Schaumburg
