changing coolant on a slope?

Soldato
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My drive is sloped but do you think I'll be OK to change the coolant in my focus on it? I thought if I have the front end down it should be OK? It's not a major slope, sort of equal to jacking the back up with the ford jack.
 
Don
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You're better off having the nose of the car pointing up hill, since air will rise to the highest point in liquid..

[Edit] That depends on the location of your bleed points of course
 
Soldato
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It's not a major slope, sort of equal to jacking the back up with the ford jack.

So park it the other way round and jack the back up with your jack!

My drive's sloped in both directions (front to back and left to right before anyone makes any sarcy comments!) and I just jack one side up a few inches to make it level when I do oil and stuff.
 
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