Postby LittleStevie » Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:45 pm
The service manual advises an elaborate procedure for pulling vacuum with a special tool to make sure you get the right amount in and avoid air. When I asked the parts guy about this tool he laughed at me, made some comment about engineers and their white shirts, and said to just drain it and fill the normal way. Apparently that's the way they do it in the shop and he couldn't even order me the tool.
When I did it, I just opened the plug in the radiator, drained whatever was in the radiator, and refilled the amount I got out back into the radiator fill cap. Haven't had any issues with air that I know of. Since the coolant looked and smelled extremely clean, I didn't worry that I didn't get all of the coolant out.