Did I screw up!!!!

[lashk]

The boat: 2004 Sportster Le Di (951)...In a hurry I tried to add coolant to my engine because it is going to get down to 20 deg Thursday night. I had a owners manual and a shop manual I was trying to use and both were different. I went with the owners manual and this is what happened. I removed the water inlet to the regulator on the exhaust (see diagram) and pinched the inlet hose from the pump. I then poured coolant into the disconnected hose with a funnel and watched the drain line on the engine. Instead of coolant coming out of the engine drain it came out of the hose that goes to the Air compressor silencer. No coolant was seen in the engine drain. Could I have messed something up like get coolant in the cylinders? I started the boat and ran it for about two 30 second runs, fogging the intake on the second time, and then removed the plugs and sprayed a bunch of fogging oil into the cylinder. When I removed the plugs I didn't see any evidence of coolant on them. By the way, this was my first attempt to winterize my boat.

 

[mudpie]

no ,you are OK.
but you might have a clogged engine drain line!!
this could be why no coolant came out the drain
check it out
mud

 

[lashk]

no ,you are OK.
but you might have a clogged engine drain line!!
this could be why no coolant came out the drain
check it out
mud

If it is, how do you clear it? Also, I've read about people blowing water out of the engine with compressed air. How would you do this?

 

[mudpie]

find the hose marked ' drain lowest point'
this will be at rear of ski
remove and try to blow thru with your mouth
if not ,used comppressed air to assist
be careful tho, if it is really clogged, you might popp hose off other end
some people would put compressd air to were you apply garden hose
to blow water out of system
i just pull any and all coolant lines and run antifreeze thru these areas
i watch the engine drain line to see if the coolant runs tru it
mud