A '94 Spider won't have the drain plug, so yes you just pull the lower hose. Helps to have little girly hands. I use a big flat Rubbermaid container (one of those under bed storage things) to catch all the fluid. There's also a drain bolt on the block behind the exhaust manifold, but good luck getting to itI never bother just for a coolant change.
Unlike earlier Spiders the '91-'94 system is self-bleeding and there is no bleed bolt. Just follow the directions in the manual and make sure the heater lever is set to full hot during drain and refill. Tom Gubiotti > Veloce = Spider? The earlier Spiders had a drain plug in the bottom of the > radiator, I wasn't aware that they'd ever done away with that. On the earlier > cars, it's recessed inside the lower radiator support, you need a socket with > an extension to get to it. > > > Otherwise, pop the lower hose. That's what you have to do on a Milano. > > After it starts draining, remove the radiator cap. Also, make sure the heat > is 'on' inside the car, you want all the fluid out of that circuit as well. > > Good time to inspect the radiator and heater hoses. > > When you fill it, I like to add a gallon of coolant first, then top off with > water, distilled if you can find it. Run the car with the cap off, wait for > it to come up to temp, you will see the coolant level drop as the thermostat > opens. Then top it off, open the bleeder nut to let any air out, close the > bleeder, replace the cap, and you're done! > > hth, > > bs > > Sent from my iPad 3 > > On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:44 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > So I pulled out my huge service manual, only to find that there isn't much > > info about how to do a flush and fill on the radiator. Anyone know of a > > tutorial online, or have any tips to share? > > > > Am I crazy to think that there isn't a drain at the bottom of the radiator? > It > > looks as if the manual says to drain the radiator by disconnecting a hose > and > > letting it drain through that hose into a pan. That just seems... well, > wrong! > > > > Help! > > > > Jamie in Vegas > > -- > > to be removed from alfa, see > http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > > > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > -- > to be removed from alfa, see > http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
