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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 11:45 AM
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Where is the drain plug to drain the radiator for flush?
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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Its on the hose clamp. when you take the hose off the coolant will drain
thats what I did. 2wice.
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 12:35 PM
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I am not sure on yours but on my 95 the drain plug was on the bottom passenger side of the radiator.
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by firstxj
I am not sure on yours but on my 95 the drain plug was on the bottom passenger side of the radiator.
X2 mine is also, but found it a lot quicker to remove the lower rad hose
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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On my 98 it's on the passenger side kinda' tucked in behind the headlight bezzle. Made me nutz lookin' for it.
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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Thanks Reno...can always count on a little humor from you. Did what you said and all went well...thanks to all.
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Old Oct 4, 2014 | 11:19 PM
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I know this post is old, but I'm about to flush my cooling system and change the heater core. I've read a lot of the write ups on how to drain the radiator, and I plan on taking the lower hose off to drain it. But a lot of the write ups say they had to move the air box to disconnect the lower hose, can't you just disconnect it from the engine instead of the radiator, since the air box isn't in the way?
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Old Oct 4, 2014 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Bfritz97
I know this post is old, but I'm about to flush my cooling system and change the heater core. I've read a lot of the write ups on how to drain the radiator, and I plan on taking the lower hose off to drain it. But a lot of the write ups say they had to move the air box to disconnect the lower hose, can't you just disconnect it from the engine instead of the radiator, since the air box isn't in the way?
Electric fan is more in the way. Remove it first. Leave the air cleaner alone.
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Old Jul 28, 2018 | 01:38 PM
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I am flushing the coolant in my 88 Cherokee XE and I only had to remove the grill to get to the drain plug. Whole system was empty in minutes
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Old Jul 28, 2018 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Zak McClellan
I am flushing the coolant in my 88 Cherokee XE and I only had to remove the grill to get to the drain plug. Whole system was empty in minutes

That works great also.
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