Issues and Help - Compression Reading, Smoking Exhaust, Weak Boost
All you can do is try to get the coolant out and then load the housing with 2 cycle in an attempt to coat the surfaces. Drain the coolant from the engine by removing the drain bolt in the center iron. Then pull the plugs, crank the engine over to expel any coolant. Add a bunch of lube and rotate the engine over by hand to coat all the surfaces. Do not start the car without coolant in the engine.
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If the coolant seals end up being the problem, and youre not planning on breaking it down any time soon, you should drain the coolant completely, start the engine for about 10 or 15 seconds (to sort of dry the combustion chambers), then squirt some oil in the housings through the spark plug holes and turn it over by hand a few times. the idea is to prevent as much rust as possible.
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From: Freeland, MI
Originally Posted by insightful
running the engine without coolant for anything less than 2 minutes wont hurt anything.
All you can do is try to get the coolant out and then load the housing with 2 cycle in an attempt to coat the surfaces. Drain the coolant from the engine by removing the drain bolt in the center iron. Then pull the plugs, crank the engine over to expel any coolant. Add a bunch of lube and rotate the engine over by hand to coat all the surfaces. Do not start the car without coolant in the engine.
If the coolant seals end up being the problem, and youre not planning on breaking it down any time soon, you should drain the coolant completely, start the engine for about 10 or 15 seconds (to sort of dry the combustion chambers), then squirt some oil in the housings through the spark plug holes and turn it over by hand a few times. the idea is to prevent as much rust as possible.
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