Where is the location of a purge valve on a 1996 Buick Century 3100/SFI V6 3.16

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Depends on your level of experience, quality of your tools and whether or not you have any frozen head bolts. The valve assembly and head come off as one unit on those. To clear the wires, emmision controls ect off of the top of the valve cover 30 minutes. remove valve cover 5 minutes (too scrape off excess gasket material. to remove exhaust manifold from side of head, (assuming no broken/stuck/stripped bolts 15 minutes with good hydraulic tools. To remove head (assuming all goes well and hydraulic tools, 15 minutes. To reassemble, double all times as surfaces need to be prepped and gaskets applied and proper torque on all bolts. It's an afternoon job if you ahve everything you need and nothing goes wrong. Typically add at least two or three hours of drilling and cursing to a head gasket replacement. and a trip for new drill bits and a tap (not beer) for the new hole you drilled.

SOURCE: how to find purge valve for cooling system in a 1996 volksawgon j

At the bottom right of the radiator there should be a thumb screw valve..

OR - take the coolant hose off at the bottom of the radioator to drain..

Be sure its not very hot when attempting this..

Good luck..

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look above the spare tire under the back of the box

SOURCE: 1996 buick century, I had a tune up and egr valve

Have an auto parts store check for the code. It is possible that you have a bad O2 sensor or your catalytic converter is clogged.

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SOURCE: How to bleed cooling system on a 3100 Buick Century?

If there is a bleed valve near the upper radiator hose, you can use that.
If not, you would have to run the engine with the cap loose until the thermostat opens to let the air escape.