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Old Nov 30th, 2019, 00:11   #23
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Originally Posted by Cookeh View Post
eBay for the Behr matrix, or [ur

Its not essential to drain your coolant but it is advisable. It's not a hard thing to do either, just undo the drain bolt with a suitable drain pan beneath it and the expansion tank off. Don't necessarily even need to jack the car up.
when you say undo the drain bolt, do you mean under the radiator or the engine block?

As I understand it, if I don't drain the system the danger is that trapped air could blow the new matrix off, but isn't that always a risk as when I re-fill with new coolant I would still have pockets of air?
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