I am familiar with the instructions on how to flush/change the coolant in my 2000 TL but am concerned about accessing the bleed valve. I am not as young anymore and can't get to the valve as easily as in the past. and am concerned about the probability of the valve being locked up. Is there a recommended procedure to bypass use of the bleed valve and use only the flutter valve?

 

The 'flutter valve' will only get the coolant out of the radiator, the bleed valve will fully drain the engine block. If you can't get someone to do it for you, you could always just not bleed the block

 

Thoiboi,

I went ahead and pulled the wheel off and the valve doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. I sprayed it with WD40 and will wait a bit before trying to take it off. Thanks for your help!