I saw this gasket in a magazine, saying up to 5% more hp (which seems a bit high, but the tech makes sense), and for $30 on ebay, it seemed worth it. Now swapping out the gasket seems simple enough, but the problem i have is, i have no way to jack up my sol (well i do, but my driveway is gravel ). Everything can be done from the top except refilling my coolant. Is this a necessary step?

 

y no coolant??

 

you should have to jack up ur car, u can do all the maintnance from over head..... and if worse came to worse crawl under and reach.....

 

According to my haynes manual, the final step is "drain, flush and refill coolant". Nothing else involving the coolant before that. Also, to completely drain my coolant, i have to get to my block...i've tried, and i cant do it. Car sits too low.

 

I hope it's ok to bump on this forum.

 

Cant you drain your coolant from the bottom of the radiator?

 

Yes, but according to the manual, it has to be done from the bottom of the block as well. Furthermore, i'm not even sure if i can reach the radiator drain plug by the way my car sits.

 

get the hondata IM gasket

are you trying to flush your radiator ? there is a plastic wing screw at the bottom of the raiator. put a pan underneath it and unscrew it. itll drain most of the coolant out.

 

This one that i'm looking at says it'll add more power than the hondata. Also, i'm not having a problem with actually draining out the coolant, i'm just wondering if it's necessary.

 

Coolant could still be in the hoses and it'll spill out and get messy.

 

Thank you!

 

Just out of curiousity though. I believe the bleed valve is on top. I'm working in a gravel driveway with no animals or children around. Could i not still avoid draining/flushing/refilling the fluid, just simply add more to replace the coolant lost, and bleed the coolant afterwards?

 

You dont need to jack up the car but make sure you drain all the coolant before you pull off the manifold or coolant will seep into your intake valves like what happened to me. Unscrew the plastic wingnut on the bottom of your radiator to drain it. While your at it u might as well flush your system anyway.....Good Luck

 

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Just removing the drain plug from the Radiator will not remove all the coolent in the intire cooling system . IF you do want to drain all of the coolent. Then after you drain the radiator you will have to do like the manual says and drain the rest from the plug on the block.

 

damn, looks like no $30 %5 increase in hp for me. Best i can do is drive my car 15 minutes away to my dad's house, but then i have to wait and wait for the car to cool down. No time for that Thanks for the help anyway guys!

 

why cant you do this in your gravel driveway

 

Safety . I dont especially want to jack up my car on gravel. It's not tiny rocks, they're rather large.