I'm planning to do a heatplate removal on my car, and having read the old threads I have a few questions, including one really stupid one:
Where actually is the coolant drain plug on the engine block? I've managed to get away without knowing so far, but the Haynes picture is worse than useless! It's just a non-descript bit of engine with a non-descript hex head bolt. I looked once before, but I didn't want to go undoing random bolts waiting to find one with coolant behind it!
My other (slightly less dumb) questions are:
Do you actually need to remove some coolant to do the job? Someone mentioned 4 litres.
Can anyone who got a short bolt from Saab give me a good enough description to take to a fastener supplier and get a set?
Failing that I'll probably try Adrian's trick of cutting them down and filing a chamfer.
Where actually is the coolant drain plug on the engine block? I've managed to get away without knowing so far, but the Haynes picture is worse than useless! It's just a non-descript bit of engine with a non-descript hex head bolt. I looked once before, but I didn't want to go undoing random bolts waiting to find one with coolant behind it!
My other (slightly less dumb) questions are:
Do you actually need to remove some coolant to do the job? Someone mentioned 4 litres.
Can anyone who got a short bolt from Saab give me a good enough description to take to a fastener supplier and get a set?
Failing that I'll probably try Adrian's trick of cutting them down and filing a chamfer.