Tomas Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Gentlemen, You will be laughing, but yes, I can be so stupid. I was following the instructions from Les "300TDI cylinder head removal" (great instructions btw) in order to change the gasket. Once I remove the last bolt and lifted the cylinder head, I hear sound similar to splashing the toilet! Yes, I forgot to drain the water before removing the head. The result is that the water is in oil, oil is in water and water is in the cylinders. (And I'm not talking about the mess on parking that my wife cleaned with Karsher last week.) So, I cleaned the cylinders from water and dried it with clean tissue and hot hair, and drained the oil from the engine. The questions that I have are: - how and where do I drain the water? - shall I clean the oil, water and cylinder engine compartments with something before fixing the head again and filling up the engine with the appropriate liquids? Thx in advance, Tomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 drian the coolant is normally done by taking off the bottom radiator hose from the radiator. entirely your choice if you want to spruce up the engine bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Thanks a lot. Is there also a plug somewhere in the engine bay to drain the rest of the water from the engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 The engine block drain plug is on the side of the block under the manifolds/turbo. Be sure to drain the engine oil too from the sump cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Yes, on the left side of the block centrally below the line of 3 core plugs, as highlighted in orange on the attached diagram, bit of a pig to access with turbo being in front of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 And also make sure that your headbolt holes in the block are clean and dry before re-assembly , fluid in these holes when you rebuild can crack the block when the bolts are wound down cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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