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My car is loosing coolant abd blow white smoke so I suspect my Qashqai head gasket is on its way out.

I am going to put some Steal Seal https://www.halfords.com/tools/garage-e ... 76185.html in to see if this provides a temporary fix until I can more comfortably afford the head gasket replacement.

It says to drain the coolant however I am struggling to find a drain plug on the radiator - does this model actually have one or do I need to just remove the bottom hose pipe?

Thanks

Welcome to this forum

If you can't see clearly on your car why not do as I do in such circumstances and look at an equivalent part on eBay - often there are detailed pictures.

Example: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313656955235 ... Sw1s9e0-e7

Doing that shows two hose connectors and a further smaller one.



However the parts diagram unhelpfully doesn't show anything connecting to that:



... and I'm too ignorant to know what it might be!

Similar topic - no real answer: viewtopic.php?t=2173

Likely remove lower pipe as common on cars generally...no need for drain holes that probably add expense to production and some unreliability.

Now that is a genius idea! .... which is why I never thought of it

This diagram https://zinref.ru/avtomobili/Nissan/004 ... SH/171.htm had me fooled trying to find a drain plug

Looks like I can locate and disconnect the hose at the bottom.

gloucester wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:53 am Welcome to this forum

If you can't see clearly on your car why not do as I do in such circumstances and look at an equivalent part on eBay - often there are detailed pictures.

Example: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313656955235 ... Sw1s9e0-e7

Doing that shows two hose connectors and a further smaller one.



However the parts diagram unhelpfully doesn't show anything connecting to that:



... and I'm too ignorant to know what it might be!