Hydrolocking question

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Sep 15, 2005 | 10:53 AM

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Just Dave

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All motors are interference motors when water is present. Water doesn't compress. The rod and piston's job is to compress whatever is in that cylinder. The water will win. If you're lucky you'll bend a rod. Many times the rod breaks and if the block isn't very strong, the rod will come through the side.

Sep 15, 2005 | 11:36 AM

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Dano Moparo

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like this. I've seen them bend into a U

Sep 15, 2005 | 12:13 PM

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Yup. See, that guy's lucky because it probably didn't hurt the crank or the bore. If the rod breaks, that's when it gets messy.

Sep 15, 2005 | 12:16 PM

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my SVT Lightning engine locked up when it landed into a ditch full of water with the whole cabin submersed...... vrooooooom gulp gulp gulp EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK

Sep 15, 2005 | 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Fordified

Well I would assume it would be a small enough amount of water that it could still squeeze in and maybe just bust a valve at most if it were in a non-interference motor.

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