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CHS8717 |
Radiator Drain @#%$ |
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Can anyone direct me to the location of the radiator drain @#%$ on the 2002 Santa Fe, 2.7 Ltr. V-6?
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afob3 |
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Welcome to the forum! I think it is on the lower right side (right side of the car) of the radiator.
Just going off of memory here so hopefully someone else will chime in and confirm or corect my thoughts |
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Blusf02 |
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Correct Afob3,
Facing the Santy it is on the right. There is a support bar under the radiator and it has some holes in it. If you look up through one of them you will see the cross slot to unscrew the plug. Blusf02 |
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CHS8717 |
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Thanks for the assistance. I never expected to look through the support bar.
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johnm5103 |
radiator drain | ||
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I just found the Santa Fe forum and find many topics of interest, including this one about the radiator drain. I had located it but am hesitant to unscrew it and find I cant get it back in. Has anyone had that problem? Can you undo it part-way and get it to drain OK? The drain is the same on my Elantra but there is no beam in the way, so it's easy to work with.
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Blusf02 |
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john,
I have changed mine twice on my Santy with no problems. Really the plug starts to drain before it's completely unscrewed. Even if you loosen it all the way there is no problem to align it and screw it back in. You don't really even take it all the way out it seems. I just make sure to use distilled water when I flush and fill. Blusf02 |
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johnm5103 |
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Thanks for the feedback. Next time I'm under there for an oil change, I'll give it a shot.
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ciras3 |
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Thanks to this forum I found the radiator drain. It's like the others said. You have to remove the plastic oil pan cover to get at anything. After that,
you look up through the frame rail to find the drain plug and insert a screwdriver through the frame rail to loosen the drain plug. The coolant is going to
drip all over so have an extra large tub to catch it all. It is a slight pain in the butt unless you're lucky enough to have a lift and get up in there.
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sbr711 |
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There is a set of holes on the driver side (left side) of the roll stopper mounting (most people call it a motor mount). Look ta the bottom of he radiator for
a red or green color drain plug recessed into bottom of the radiator, and the associated hole in the frame to pass a #2 or #3 phillips driverthrough to the
plug...
BE ADVISED, the plug is soft plastic, and there is a black rubber gasket that MAY or MAY NOT stay on the plug, so keep your eyes open. The plug will unscrew, and let it rest on the frame, not enough room to get it out usually, I fold up a shop rag and stuff it between radiator bottom and frame next to the roll stop mount to keep coolant from running along frame to opposite side of car and make mess on floor. Whe you install the plug, just snug it good, DO NOT apply major torque, you'll break the head off the plug.... co-worker did that to me 1 time, as he needed the drain while I was away from the car, so he installled the plug and broke the head off... running joke now that he will offer to install the plug for me once in a while.. |
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