2001 Cherokee Sport Drain antifreeze

Jun 17, 2006 7 Replies

The book tels me to drain the anitfreeze from the pug on the side of the engine



No graphic shows me where that is Anyone have a quick reference as to where the drain plug is


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That still leaves the fluid in the block and the crud that builds up in there.

Almost every time I have done a proper flush of a system, when I pull the block drain nothing comes out because of rust flake build up. I have to ream the hole out with a coat hanger to get flow and an amazing pile of crud.

Even most garages only do a half a job. Which is just plain ripping you off.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail >

That's what I did too, and when the engine was replaced they found the radiator full of rust.

Do yourself a favor and find the plug, that's what I'm going to do with my new engine.

Jeff DeWitt

DanFXR wrote:

IIRC the plug is a square drive of an odd size, you'll need to grind down a

1/2" socket extension to fit the plug.

I use a crescent wrench or pipe wrench on them....

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail >

Mine was a square-hole plug, similar to the fill plug on the axle, except it was bigger than 3/8" and not quite 1/2".

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