bigfry
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Pardon my words, car talk is not one of my native languages.
I had coolant leaking significantly around the intake manifold, and separately a small leak from the radiator on my 2002 EB. Monday night I followed a YouTube video to take off the manifold (bad gaskets easily observed, but hard to tell if there were any cracks in the assembly itself). Even though I had made *my* best efforts to drain the system, there was still enough coolant in there that when I pulled out the assembly some coolant splashed into a few of the valve "chambers". It was late enough at night that I didn't have access to a wet vac, but used paper towels to sop up as much out as I could. Then I stuffed some towels into all the openings and called it a night.
Tuesday night I got a wet vac, cleaned the area as best I could, and vacuumed out the valve chambers. To paraphrase my coworker - some of the valves were probably open, and if so coolant would have gotten into the cylinders. I looked at everything and the valves all look like they're in the same position, which looks closed to me.
What's the easiest way I can be sure everything is clear and safe to put back together?
Again, sorry if I got any terminology wrong.
I had coolant leaking significantly around the intake manifold, and separately a small leak from the radiator on my 2002 EB. Monday night I followed a YouTube video to take off the manifold (bad gaskets easily observed, but hard to tell if there were any cracks in the assembly itself). Even though I had made *my* best efforts to drain the system, there was still enough coolant in there that when I pulled out the assembly some coolant splashed into a few of the valve "chambers". It was late enough at night that I didn't have access to a wet vac, but used paper towels to sop up as much out as I could. Then I stuffed some towels into all the openings and called it a night.
Tuesday night I got a wet vac, cleaned the area as best I could, and vacuumed out the valve chambers. To paraphrase my coworker - some of the valves were probably open, and if so coolant would have gotten into the cylinders. I looked at everything and the valves all look like they're in the same position, which looks closed to me.
What's the easiest way I can be sure everything is clear and safe to put back together?
Again, sorry if I got any terminology wrong.