I want to install a block heater and drain and flush the anti freeze. I am told the plug is very hard to get at and impossible to loosen unless you have it on a hoist using a breaker bar. Anyone have any experience with this plug ?
2000 Accord 4 cyl. Block Drain Plug
Oct 18, 2010
5 Replies
what you heard is pretty much right on. it's still doable though.
Clete wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
It's likely at the front of the block, just to the passenger side of the exhaust manifold. Usually access is tight but is accessible from above.
Just a 3-ft breaker bar will do. But make certain your (correctly-sized) socket is fully seated! You don't want to round-off that bolt.
Your fingers may tingle a bit after the bolt cracks loose.
Accessible from above ? Do you have any pics or a link that would show me its location ? Thanks
Clete wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
I don't, sorry. Do you still have your Owner's Manual? If not, you can spend $10 at
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to get the necessary pages. Poor help, I know, but it's all I've got. On further checking of the documentation I /do/ have, I see that much older Accords had their block drain to the driver's side of the oil filter, at the REAR of the block.
Thanks to both of you. I can't see doing it from the top.
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