Mahindra 6000 radiator drain valve and block drain..

[501oldman]

Does the drain valve screw in and out, or does it just pull out. I have operator and service manuals, and neither tell how to open it. The manuals just say to open. It also says there is a second drain on the "left side of the crank." No idea where that on is to drain the block. Thanks

 

[RjCorazza]

Not familiar with your particular machine, but the drains are almost certainly threaded. The "left side of the crank" must be a typo, likely somewhere on the left side of the block. I guess that's technically on the left side of the crankshaft (?).

Use care on the radiator drain if it's plastic. They have a tendency to snap off. I just remove the lower radiator hose to drain the radiator and most of the block.

 

[SimpleSimon]

On mine, there is a pipe plug on the left side of the block- it's behind a lot of stuff so hard to see at first- but it's there!
Simon

 

[501oldman]

I found the block drain just above the starter. The problem with the lower radiator hose draining is that the radiator has a metal tube that is part of the radiator that comes off the bottom of the radiator and extends up 6-8 inches and then the rubber hose attaches to that. So, you could never fully drain the radiator via that method. The radiator drain valve is not wanting to unscrew. I may run the engine until it heats up to see if heat will help it any. Thanks for the input.