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Old 12-14-2011, 11:12 AM
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Default Block coolant drain ?

Is it necessary to take out both the driverside drain plug and the passengerside knock sensor?

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Is the block drained good enough by removal of the knock sensor?


I'm doing a heads and cam upgrade and have made a MESS of myself, the cardboard on the floor, the entire k-frame and I even caught some of the coolant in the bucket I had ready to catch the coolant in. I'm just hoping maybe I don't have to go thru that again, but I will.

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Old 12-14-2011, 11:32 AM
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On regular SBCs the petcock used to be in the same location as the knock sensor/plug Its always a mess so dont feel bad lol
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Drain through KSensor....hahaha....always a messy job. Funny how u even caught some of it in yer bucket... What head and cam u gonna run, compared what u have now?
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drain the knock sensor and the plug on the driver side of the engine....that way both sides of the block are drained completely
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Originally Posted by Uwilllosetomy93lt1
Drain through KSensor....hahaha....always a messy job. Funny how u even caught some of it in yer bucket... What head and cam u gonna run, compared what u have now?
Actually I just changed my sig and added the new upgraded info which is the heads and cam that I'm preparing to install.

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