Coolant, Draining And Filling: Draining: Notes
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WARNING:
The cooling system is under pressure when the engine is warm. Risk of scalding due to hot steam and hot coolant.
Scalding the skin and other parts of the body is possible.
- Wear safety gloves.
- Wear protective eyewear.
- Reduce the pressure by covering the coolant expansion tank cap with a cloth and carefully opening it.
-- Open the coolant reservoir cap -arrow-.
-- Remove the noise insulation. Refer to NOISE INSULATION .
-- Place the :VAS6208 underneath.
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-- Lift the clamp -3- and remove the lower right coolant hose from the radiator and drain the coolant.
-- Vehicles with a left auxiliary radiator: loosen the hose clamps -1, and 2-. Disconnect the coolant hoses and drain the coolant.
-- Connect the coolant hoses with the connector coupling again. Refer to CONNECT THE COOLANT HOSE TO THE CONNECTOR COUPLING .