so the dealer told me to "pour" antifreeze into exhaust to winterize....???

[Freddyk79]

So i'm working on putting my 2013 gti 130's to bed for the winter. I wasnt havin luck gettin antifreeze to cycle thru via the flush port (whole other topic, one issue at a time lol). so i call up my dealer for info, the guy tells me to go under the seat and remove one of the hoses and pour 1/2 quart of antifreeze in exhaust manifold and thats it. upon lookin i find 2 hoses, one bout 3-4" in diameter(with the exhaust temp sending unit right near the exit) and one small short hose 3/4" max. so i decided to remove to large hose and go that route.

Has anyone ever heard of this b4?

More importantly did i screw anything up by pouring the antifreeze thru the large hose hole?

 

[jjj]

On my 2013 GTX 155, I connected a hose to the flush port & held it above the ski, started engine & poured in approx. 1/2 gal. of anti-freeze slowly into a funnel til it came out of the back end - stopped pouring then shut off. Pulled plugs and fogged per new method. Old way was thru the injectors which I find is much easier. Anyboby know why the change to thru plug holes vs injector holes??

 

[Freddyk79]

Yea I didnt know about the funnel thing till yesterday. That's exaxtly what I did and it worked out good. When I asked about foggng the engine the dealer tech did mention the injector route. He told me i'd need inverted torque sockets. Which I don't have at the moment. So I fogged thru the plug holes.

 

[ski-d00]

you can use regular 6 point sockets on the Etorx as a temporary solution on the smaller sizes. you should go through the injectors, this is the only way to coat the intake valves.

 

[Freddyk79]

Are the Injectors hard to get at? I don't exactly know where they are. When the guy said "Inverted socket" I assumed they were hard to get at or upside down in some sort of way. I have bad luck with droppin screws n bolts....

 

[Freddyk79]

I'm not against purchaseing the correct tools at all. My issue would locating the injectors.

 

[ski-d00]

the fuel rail sits right on top with the 3 injectors attached, couldn't be any easier to get to.

he said inverted torx socket probably but is called an e-torx. you can get them at any auto parts store. the size is an E8 that you'll need and there's only two of these that hold the fuel rail on.

 

[Freddyk79]

Ah ok, sounds like something I can tackle myself. I've used etorx b4. Thanks for the info man!
At least now I have an idea of what to do.

Can I just remove and fog inside there and be good? Or to I need to crank the engine after? I'm gonna guess that there's no cranking needed.

 

[ski-d00]

you need to crank for 5-10 seconds after you reinstall the fuel rail. hold the throttle wide open and it won't fire or pump fuel, just crank.

 

[jjj]

Why does the new bulletin say to fog thru spark plug holes instead of the injector holes ? It is a pain to get fogging oil deep into spark plug holes.

 

[pwgsx]

It takes more time removing plugs when all you need to remove the injectors is 2 bolts, and the pop off all together.