Someone confirm this for me please !

[Bigmoss]

So that time is coming in a few weeks that I will have to out my ski away. Being a first time owner I want to make sure I am doing it correctly. I have a 2010 GTI 130SE and I bought the maintenance kit, So I will change the oil and the plugs and gaskets.

From my reading here I have a closed system on this 4tec, so I bought a bilge pump and will connect it with a hose to the rear of the ski and run the ski while pumping RV anti freeze through there until it comes out the exhaust. Once this is done I am good to go with no water left anywhere to freeze and expand and break anything ?

Is this correct ?

 

[jammin777]

yep but make sure you have the engine running while pumping in the antifreeze to keep it from flooding into the engine through the exhaust manifold. fog the engine and put in the old plugs, in the spring before riding, run it on the hose for a min. to clear out the fogging oil then replace with the new spark plugs.

 

[mkov608]

Bigmoss, do yourself a big favor. Get a Sea-Doo service manual and follow the instructions; maintenance recommendations are also in the owners manual. Maintenance requirements vary depending on the model and year. Since your ski is 5 years old, there may be other requirements that you may want to consider regardless of the number of hours on the ski (coolant change).

For example. The manual for my ski says to change the jet pump seal at 100 hrs, but my skis are 13 years old (80 hrs). So last October, I pulled the jet pumps to clean, inspect, and lubricate. What I found was a jet pump that was full of water, and a pitted bearing. The front pump seal was shot. In your location, water in the pump over the winter means a cracked pump in the spring (that's when most discover it.) So a little time spent last October has meant a trouble free summer on the water.

 

[3ftDeep]

I don't bother with the antifreeze. There's another way to winterize. Check out our video and good luck ...https://youtu.be/kCEVRg0zr80