Hey guys, ive looked everywhere and cannot find the coolant drain plug on the block. Im looking on the drivers side, does anyone have a picture to guide me in the right direction?

99 4.6 v8 2WD

 

In a brilliant engineering move, ford placed it right under the motor mount!! lol

 

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https://www.f150online.com/forums/v8...ntifreeze.html

 

Ok thats weird cuz in the pic on that how to the drain pug is further back towards the tranny than mine. Mine is forward a cylinder right underneath the motor mount? Must be because its a 5.4 and mines a 4.6. Or maybe romea vs windsor? The OP has a 4.6 so if you dont find it where its shown in the how to look under the motor mount. I hope your lucky and its not.

 

That would suck under the motor mount , - the only way I could get mine to rewind out of there is with the impact. If it was under the mount, that would be fun lol.

If I remember right, I use two long *** extensions w/swivel in between - backs right out.

 

Huh yea that must be another difference between the 5.4 and 4.6. ****ing 4.6. lol

 

Finally found it, the problem was, under my truck in one big pile of rust. All along i was looking for an alan key hext style nut. It was a regular Bolt style head. Not sure what the motor mount looks like. The closest thing to it was an orange type electrical plug? Anyways i found it and the coolant i drained was the first time ever. 370,000 km. Looked like hell water.

 

Better than a Hex head. Yea, I would have been looking that as well lol.

The Orange plug is probably for a block heater, unless it's a just dead connector hanging from the harness. - That's a steering assist connector. Our trucks didn't get that option lol.

The Oil pressure sender is down there as well.

Motor mounts- connect the motor to the frame rails. Their basically a large piece of rubber located between two pieces of steel.

Flush her out good

 

any advice? Guess the motor should be hot? I have been soaking mine w/penetrating oil for a week.

 

That's what an Impact is for. - I don't have to crawl under - a couple extensions and go right thru the wheel well.

Unless yours is under the mount, then I'm not sure- haven't had that experience...-thankfully lol.

 

I did try impact on it last weekend, ended up breaking a standard socket (I have the 3/8" piple plug (square head) type).
Thanks for reply, I'll try it again today, since the oil has been soaking in for a week of driving. Need to get the cleaner & distilled water out of it.

 

If the plug is steel and the block is cast iron, you not ever get the plug out. I just drain the radiator and do it every year instead of every 2 yrs for the green antifreeze.

 

Yea, you need an Impact socket lol.

 

If you can't get it out, install a Prestone flushing tee kit and flush it that way.

 

Don't put tap water in the cooling system, even for flushing. The minerals in the water will plate out on the cooling surfaces when it gets hot.