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Okay, first off should I drain/refill or flush?

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i havent done anything on my civic yet cause i havent had it very long, but on my last car i just did the flush, its not very hard to do at all and its healthy for the car

 
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Undo drain **** on radiator
On the bottom of the block there is a bolt next to oil filter undo that
then if you want u can pull the resiviour and clean that as well. then tighten everything up and refill. When u refill make sure u do it with the front end up so u get no air pockets. Best to do with car started and heat on.

 
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just do drain and fill unless your coolant is over 10 yrs old and has brown stuff in it. i doubt it tho the honda coolant is really good. might as well change the radiator hoses and thermostat too while you have it drained.

 
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Where can I get the hoses and thermostat from? and Does everyone just get the Honda Coolant from the dealer?

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yeah use the honda type-2 coolant. thermostat, stick with a honda one too. hoses prolly dont matter, any auto store has em.

 
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yea, after finding out that Honda coolant was blue I wouldnt go with any more prestone coolant

 
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honda coolant is good and offers protection for only 60,000 miles. it says so on the honda coolant bottle.

that stupid bottle is 20 friggin bucks at the stealership.

 
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Yeah, and they were tellin me that it would be 250 to fix my "broken" sway bars, when the rear only had one pop a bolt off somehow, lol

 
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What are the steps in draining/refilling coolant?
Do I just put the car on 2 jack stands, unscrew radiator plug, then take reservoir off and clean, then refill? I think i heard somewhere to make sure the car is cold when doing it.

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thats it, also undo the drain bolt to get the coolant out of the engine head. the coolant bolt is very close to the oil drain bolt. put everything back and fill the radiator to max, then fill the overflow tank. start car with radiator cap off, warm up to normal operating temp by revving the engine to 3k rpms. turn the heater and fan on full and watch as bubbles come out the radiator. keep adding coolant to keep the level at the top. when bubbles stop, turn car off and put the cap on. done.

 
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Thanks for the quick DIY! Can't wait to do my fluids... I'll be asking more questions about the others. :P

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i can't find the coolant drain bolt to get coolant out of engine head...? anyone have any pictures, or a link to one?

 
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its not a huge deal, most of the coolant will be drained anyway. a lil bit of old stuff shouldnt hurt. but the bolt is very close to the oil drain bolt.

 
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think i found it, but there's no way i'm going to be able to loosen it...

 
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yeah, it's too tight. I've already clean reservoir and drained the radiator, should i do anything to get the old fluid out of the block? or?