Block Drain
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My daughter just inherited a 97 FX with the 2.0. Car only has 36,000 miles. Don't know anything about these things. I'm a V-8 and air cooled VW guy. I want to replace the coolant and I'm searching for the block drain. Found a plug kinda between the oil filter and dipstick tube. Need an Allen wrench to remove it. Did I hit the jackpot? Also checked the timing belt today. Looks great. It's a Gates belt. Did these things come from the factory with Gates? It does have some Oriental writing on it. Thanks....Paul
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There isn't one that I know of. To drain your coolant, look at the front passenger corner of the radiator and you'll find the draincock.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (restopaul @ Jul 10 2006, 08:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>My daughter just inherited a 97 FX with the 2.0. Car only has 36,000 miles.... Also checked the timing belt today. Looks great. It's a Gates belt. Did these things come from the factory with Gates? It does have some Oriental writing on it.</div>
Essentially, the timing belt is good up to way more than 100K kms or 60K miles.. but it is recommended to change it on/around that time
( note: this is not due to the timing belt being not changed as recommended. this is something else: http://www.rdtiburon.com/index.php?showtopic=16745&hl= )
Gates Belt? i have to check on mine when i get home...
Essentially, the timing belt is good up to way more than 100K kms or 60K miles.. but it is recommended to change it on/around that time
( note: this is not due to the timing belt being not changed as recommended. this is something else: http://www.rdtiburon.com/index.php?showtopic=16745&hl= )
Gates Belt? i have to check on mine when i get home...
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The car was inherited from a 70 year old cousin. It's full of the scrapes and dinds associated with someone who should not have been driving anymore, but will be a great car for my daughter to take to her last year of college. She also ha s a 1974 VW Beetle. It wasn't really designed to do 75mph down the interstate for 5 hours. As for me, I'm not very fond of cars with computers, sensors, etc. I have a 1965 Dodge truck and 1970 VW Karmann Ghia. Both driven regularly. You can check out the family cars at: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzentvhf/hiddena...restoration222/ Paul