Can't find the coolant drain plug???

I also read somewhere that you could safely pour used coolant into the toilet. Supposedly, the city waste treatment plants can handle it.

Anybody know if that is true or not?

Tom

Call them first.

Earle

If I pour it down my drain I will kill my septic system (oh the joys of living in the country)

I think Autozone will take it around here, for that reason. I will find out soon as I have two vehicles needing a coolant change before winter really sets in.

Normally I just store it in clearly marked bottles away from the reach of children and wait for the yearly free township hazardous waste drop off day, when you can drop off your old paint cans, computer monitors, etc.

It's true around here in central CA. Any sewer line that runs to a wastewater treatment plant is fine; call and check first if you like. The toilet thing works okay, as does the garage sink, or if the misses will let you, down the kitchen sink.

What's not OK is dumping it down a storm drain or in a hole in the backyard. And if you spill any on the driveway, mop it up with paper towels then wash what's left down well, as it is very toxic to animals.

Something else you have in common with the President.

and I can't force myself to read that commie rhetoric.

I have heard that it is flammable too. Billy Ray can correct me if I am wrong, but "ethylene glycol" sounds like C2O2H4. I got some flames out of the stuff once, but it went out, no doubt because of the water mixed in it. From what Billy Ray said before about pouring it in the ground, it probably won't upset your septic system too much, but why chance it?

Earle

Flash point is 250 F.

Combustion may form carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, various hydrocarbons.

Now that is in pure form, in the radiator is 50% added water, poured into the commode and diluted during the 16 mile trip to the waste treatment plant...........

Effects on septic systems are different than effects on vegatation. I would probably avoid septic tanks but haven't looked into it. A jug every couple years probebly wouldn't do much harm as long as you flush down a box of septic tank enzymes/bacteria a week or so later.

Try using you wife's vacuum cleaner - most have a blower connection that will put out more volume than you need but with little danger of excess pressure. I use my shop vac, but that's usually because I get impatient waitng for gravity to work. Duct tape makes a great universal coupler for this.

You a Red Green fan?

If it won't take a puff or two from one of those parts cleaning nozzles, without damage, you probably need a new heater core anyway. Don't make a tight seal when you stick it into the heater hose, just enough to blow the water out. You can also flush it with a garden hose and then pour distilled water and then antifreeze into the upper heater hose. You want to get all the tap water out, for sure.

For some good clean redneck fun, take one of those parts cleaner nozzles, most of which have a one-eighth pipe fitting for the nozzle, and screw on a good sized piece of fuel line instead. Use something about three-eighths inch inside diameter, and make sure you have a good selection of ball bearings that fit inside. Turn down the pressure on the regulator so the ball bearings are propelled at less than lethal speed. Don't tell anyone I told you about this trick.

Earle

I just put a pan under my Jeep... The neighborhood cats will dispose of it for me...