Step 1: …continued… Get the coolant draining

1. While draining still, work on something else — remove your coolant overflow tank (white plastic) from the car by unfastening the 2 screws and disconnecting the hose from the black hard line attached to the top of the radiator. Set this stuff out of the way with your plastic undertray. A tiny bit of coolant will drip from the hard line.
2. In fact, if you want to do it now, you can remove the hard line from the radiator, as you’ll have to take it off sooner or later to attach to the new one. There are 2 10mm screws to remove. Set the hard line aside someplace clean.
3. When your two left small hoses are done draining the reservoir, move your drain/catch pan underneath the lower radiator hose where it attaches to the engine block (black hose on the driver side, about 1.5″ diameter).
4. You should be able to remove the top radiator hose at this point without any significant coolant spilling. Go ahead and do that to get it out of the way.



5. Unfasten the hose clamp on the block end of the lower radiator hose. Check your drain/catch pan one last time, and (from the top of the engine bay) reach down and disconnect the lower radiator hose from the engine.



6. You will let it drain like this for at least a half hour. Feel free to take this time to remove the upper radiator mounts and set them aside with their screws. This will allow you to shift the radiator around a little bit to help drain it. When I finally removed my radiator, it had about 1 ounce left in it. You may want to aim for that.



7. When you think you’re done draining, tuck the block end of the lower radiator hose upward into the fan area so it stays put.