how to fix hydrolocked motor.

[natestang5.0]

This may be a little off topic but one of my buddies was driving one of those argos with 8 tires ,all wheel drive. I think it has a 17 horse power motor in it. He sank it and he was so drunk he forgot to turn it off before he sucked water in the motor. Does anyone know a quick fix or do i need to disassemble the entire motor. Thank you for your help.

 

[pb_paulie_b]

Pull the plugs. Crank it a lil'. Change the oil.

 

[Busted07]

Yep. what he said.. make sure you take all of the plugs out at once.. or he could still bend a rod. we had to do it to a friends caddy... shot water from one end of the garage to the other

 

[bsedwebt70-5.0]

I see hydrolocked motors all the time - usually it bends the rods - if you are lucky all you need to do is pull the plugs, drain all the fluids, spray penetrating fluid in the cylinders, put in cheap fresh oil, run it a bit and then drain it back out til it is all out.

 

[Bladez5_0]

He's probably looking at bent (if not broken) rods like stated above. bsedwebt70-5.0's method is probably the best way to go. I hydrolocked my brother in laws prelude (broke 2 rods, bent another, and bent the crank) and my jeep (broke 2 rods and bent the camshaft with a broken rod).