Quote:Many hours/cooling cycles. My experience is that it's usually the next day, after two trips. I once drove 125 miles before the level dropped and the temp spiked. So we pulled over, let it cool off then topped it off.

Quote:The right and left sides of the car as always relative to how you sit in the car. Sit in the drivers seats. The left-hand side of the engine will be on your left hand. The block drain plug is below the intake manifold, seemingly high up on the block.