Gents, how would one remove coolant w/o spills? I may need to remove/replace my coolant reservoir. There is no garage and I do work in the shared driveway, so I want to be nice to the neighbors. My not-so-brilliant idea is to use a wet vacuum and suck out the fluid from the tank. Any other ideas? Thank you, --mc

 

Turkey baster works well, put a large piece of cardboard under the disco and aluminum foil basin as a catch can underneath. If you get a deep catch basin it should catch any overflow and fit on the fender under the expansion tank.

 

A very inexpensive ( all of about $5.00) Fluid Siphon Pump from Walmart, HF, Home Depot, or any Auto Parts Store works well too.

 

A shop vac should work fairly well, although I would open your bleeder screw first just to be sure you don't put part of your cooling system under vacuum. It probably wouldn't hurt it, but better safe than sorry.

Long term, consider either adding a drain plug to your radiator or cutting your lower radiator hose in half and splicing in a tee for a coolant sensor with a plug. There are drain plugs on the engine block, but they're rather annoying to get to and, at least on my engine, covered in a nice layer of oil from the prior owner.

 

Bleeder screw open, siphon hose in the tank will work. Or you could raise the tank and turn upside down, disconnect hose to radiator and lower it to drain in to container.

 

Plastic childs swimming pool under the front for a catch basin.

 

Yep last kid pool I got was 2.50 at Wal Mart lol works very well!