well i was stupid and did not label anything while swapping in my edelbrock intake manifold. well after the install, while i was adding coolant, i saw a leak. it was than that i realized that i had switch a vaccum and coolant line, so i proceeded to remove the intake manifold and found it was full of coolant . but coolant only entered the runner to cylidner 1, the rest were dry. i did not start the car and i have since used a towel to soak up what i could by sticking my fingers into the runner. so my question is, should i be worried??? i plan on letting it dry and reinstalling the manifold tomorrow

 

even though it sounds stupid, it happends all the time. Just to make sure that no coolant got in the motor i would remove the plugs and crank the motor over several times. just to make sure. When i say "Crank" I mean with the Key, not by hand. Reinstall the intake and start the car, drive for a day and then change your oil.

 

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Exacly. There are few things worse than a hydrolock so be sure to take all the time necessary to properly sort everything out.

 

thanks guys

 

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let us know how you like your intake mani. when you get it going.

 

Hahaha!!! well, not laughing at you.. My cousin did the same thing when he tried put a 94 EX IM on his 98 DX motor. He couldn't figure out what was wrong so he put his stock IM back on. I remember trying to figure out what he had done. We kept pouring in the coolant but had no clue where it went. When I saw it comming out of his throttle body, I just busted out laughing. Anyways, I fixed the problem and got most of the liquid out. He's lucky that engine is still running okay.

 

Also take the ECU fuse out when u are cranking the motor so it dosn't sparay fuel, no need for a fire hasard.

 

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just like how you do the compression test, panel to the ground, all spark plugs out and try crank it, it's not likely but it's worth a try.

water=non-compressable