Use an Easy out bit, (you'll find at your hardware store). Got mine stuck just yesterday
Drain the water from the radiator. Remove the water hoses. Remove the retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install the new radiator.
follow the top radiator hose to the engine. that is where your thermostat is. you will have to drain the radiator, remove the engine side of the hose and remove the thermostat housing to access it. remove thermostat clean mating surface of housing and engine, install thermostat, install housing, secure radiator hose, fill with coolant. start engine and check for leaks.
Before changing the radiator on a 2001 Pontiac Montana the coolant must first be drained. After the drain remove the radiator mounts, fans, and hoses. Pull the radiator upwards.
drivers side bottom right of radiator remove shield and look for plug
To bleed the cooling system on a Pontiac 2.4 engine, there is a small hose near the bottom of the radiator that needs to be removed. Then remove the radiator cap and the cap on the radiator overflow tank.
Unlike most cars , the 2004 Pontiac gto does not have a drainage plug. Due to this inconvenience, the only way to drain the radiator is to remove it.
It is hard but just go to autozone.com and they have an OK instruction for this!
Raise and support the vehicle. Remove the radiator air deflector bolts. Remove the radiator air deflector.
If it does not have a drain plug, just simply remove the lower radiator hose.
there may not be one if there is it is on the bottom if not you just remove the bottom radiator hose to drain
Changing a radiator in a 1997 Pontiac Grand Am can be a difficult task. To remove the radiator, all of the radiator hoses will need to be disconnected from the radiator. The transmission lines will also need to be removed. After all of the hoses are disconnected, remove all of the clips that are holding the radiator in place. Lift the radiator up and place with a new one. All the hoses and clips will need to be put back in place with the new radiator.
Remove the dash. This job is NOT easy.