Ok, im replacing my head and i drained all the fluids but when i popped the old head off a ton of coolant went into the block around the cylinder walls. Is there a way to get the coolant out of there or can i leave it? I tried just using paper towels but can't get that much doing that. If i take the plug out in the front of the block will it drain this coolant?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shreddinryguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok, im replacing my head and i drained all the fluids but when i popped the old head off a ton of coolant went into the block around the cylinder walls. Is there a way to get the coolant out of there or can i leave it? I tried just using paper towels but can't get that much doing that. If i take the plug out in the front of the block will it drain this coolant?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would dry it off the piston tops to the best of your ability and I would pull the oil pan off as well as it might have gone in there.

 

I already cleaned the pistons and dried them up really good. Im going to take the oil pan off and clean that too but how do i get the coolant out from behind the cylinder walls.

 

there's a big bolt front the engine (rear-below the header). that's the coolant drain bolt.