240 General: Coolant in cylinders.

[Levonsrealm]

Hey all,

So as the title suggests I did not remove the lower radiator hose when removing the cylinder head on my b200f.

I got quite a bit of coolant water in the cylinders.

I managed to get most of it out with cheese cloth, newspapers and compressed air.

I am looking for advice on what I should do to clean up all this coolant water properly before reassembling the engine.

Thanks

[Juular]

Turn the engine over by hand? It will push the water up and out. Anything else will probably evaporate by itself, or could be helped along with the heat off a hot air gun or hairdryer.

The oil will probably be contaminated but if you are doing a head gasket I assume you'll be changing that anyway.

It'll probably leave some salty looking residue on the pistons that you should be able to wipe off (and would probably vapourise the first time combustion happened anyway).

[Levonsrealm]

Originally Posted by Juular

Turn the engine over by hand? It will push the water up and out. Anything else will probably evaporate by itself, or could be helped along with the heat off a hot air gun or hairdryer.

The oil will probably be contaminated but if you are doing a head gasket I assume you'll be changing that anyway.

It'll probably leave some salty looking residue on the pistons that you should be able to wipe off (and would probably vapourise the first time combustion happened anyway).

Thanks for that! I appreciate the help.

Yes I will be changing the oil and oil filter. Thinking about changing the sump gasket too as there was oil around the gasket when prior to breaking the engine down.

[Levonsrealm]

I reattached the harmonic balancer, washer and bolt. This allowed me to put a 24mm socket and ratchet on the bolt to allow me to turn it over.

I repeatedly turned the crank over and wiped the piston cavities with newspaper.

I repeated this until no water trails were left on the piston sleeves after a few cranks.

I also used newspaper to remove all the water from the head bolt shafts.

All looks well.

Next up - oil change and filter change.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Levonsrealm

I reattached the harmonic balancer, washer and bolt. This allowed me to put a 24mm socket and ratchet on the bolt to allow me to turn it over.

I repeatedly turned the crank over and wiped the piston cavities with newspaper.

I repeated this until no water trails were left on the piston sleeves after a few cranks.

I also used newspaper to remove all the water from the head bolt shafts.

All looks well.

Next up - oil change and filter change.

I must have missed something: what was your reason for taking the head off in the first place? Had the head gasket failed? In which case did you work out what was wrong before replacing it?