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Draining fluids
You're going to need to drain the coolant out of the cooling system at the very least. There is a screw underneath the left hand side of the radiator (see photo) and a screw on the right hand side of the engine block to drain the rest of the system (see photo).
If you've got an automatic gearbox then you'll also have to disconnect the oil cooler lines – under the radiator. If you can find a way of stopping these lines from leaking then I guess there is no real need to drain the whole gearbox. I did do this though as it was time for another fluid change anyway... I used tie wraps and plastic bags to stop dirt from getting into the pipes (see photo).
For the engine oil cooler lines that run from the filter housing to an oil cooler next to the radiator you could also just disconnect these lines and try and stop the engine oil from pouring out. Again I drained the whole system and lifted the filter out of the housing – then wrapped the ends of the pipes in plastic bags.
The power steering pump also needs to be disconnected from the engine. I guess you could just unbolt the pump and try to tuck it away next to the windscreen washer bottle if you don't want to disturb this system... but again I drained the system and disconnected the hoses at the steering box. To drain the power steering system either jack up the car so you can turn the wheel almost all the way to the left – or if you are strong and you don't really care just turn the wheel to the left – or roll the car onto a slip plate and turn the wheel to the left (this is what I did – see photo). Next undo a 12mm nut on the underside of the steering box (see photo). The fluid will drain through the steering box nicely – so you don't need to waste time trying to siphon or suck the oil out of the steering pump with a turkey baster etc. (see photo).
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