Previa Engine Coolant Drain Plug location?

[GreenRiverBoy]

If this has been discussed before sorry but I'm looking for the plug and can't find it; anyone have a detailed picture of the location?
thx!
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[zak99b5]

It's just aft of the oil filter. It's a long, skinny bolt.

[93_Previa]

GreenRiverBoy,

I just did this a couple weeks ago when I had to replace my 93 Previa's heater core, which meant I needed to drain the engine coolant from both the engine coolant drain plug and the radiator drain plug.

* Before starting I drained our Previa's engine coolant completely using both the Radiator draincock, as well as the engine block coolant drain plug. The engine block coolant drain plug is hard to see/find, but it's near where the engine oil drain plug is and is tucked up in that area. It was a 10mm bolt that was silver colored, if that helps. The picture in the Previa FSM does not help much in finding it.

I accessed the engine coolant drain plug from the passenger side of the vehicle about where the engine oil drain plug is located. My suggestion is to get under the vehicle and look in that area and look for a silver colored single 10mm bolt...it's obvious once you know where to look :) If you've never used it...it's almost impossible to find ;)

You can see my post here:
http://www.toyotavantech.com/forum/showthread.php?3825-Coolant-comes-out-of-A-C-condensation-drip-tube-any-ideas-what-s-wrong&p=22515&viewfull=1#post22515

Hope this helps!

[GreenRiverBoy]

Much thanks; I looked right over that plug about 10 times:clap:
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[bernard 95,96]

it is vertically oriented. do not overtighten, easy to strip

[Previologist]

Why is it so clean compared to the rest of the underside? I just found my drain plug today and it too was relatively clean in a sea of caked dirty oil. :cnfsd: