I started a generator once that had a bad exhaust system design and it bent a 
rod like a pretzel. It had flooded while sitting overnight. What I thought was 
going to be an hour job ended up involved taking a 6 KW generator out and 
rebuilding it ☹
An A4 will usually survive getting flooded. Diesels not so much………

Joe
Coquina

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Edd Schillay 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:40 PM
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Cc: Edd Schillay
Subject: Re: Stus-List Hydrolocked!

David,

Ugh is right. Happened to us the end of June.

I had two options: Rebuild (which would take months) or Repower (less time, but 
more expensive).

Since it's the end of the season, you may consider rebuild, but, as I was told, 
rebuild guys often cut corners and rebuilts are not always to specs. And in the 
end, you're getting repaired old engine.

Therefore, I would advise the Repower. And I would suggest you talk to Farron 
at Beta Marine in NC. The guy knows a ton, will advise you along the way, sale 
or no sale.

My new Beta 30 is a dream. Sure, we are having fish sticks instead of fresh 
caught and Chef Boyardee instead of Chef Ramsey for a while, but in the end, I 
think it's worth it.

Good luck.

All the best,

Edd

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On Oct 21, 2015, at 1:01 PM, David Pulaski via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Well this is a crappy way to end the season.  Short story is, I'm 99% positive 
that I managed to get water in the cylinders in my Yanmar 3GM30F, and now have 
a hydrolock.  Thankfully, the engine was not running when it happened, but I 
*did* attempt to crank the motor with the starter a couple of times before I 
realized what had happened.  So now, I'm worried  about significant damage from 
two angles:

1) Bent rods/crank/pistons?  I'm inclined to think that the starter motor 
doesn't have nearly as much torque as the engine operating under normal load, 
so I'm hoping that my attempts to crank didn't permanently do any damage such 
as this.  Thoughts?

2) Time: Unfortunately I can't get back there with tools and equipment to 
attempt to rectify the hydrolock until Sunday, which means the engine will have 
been sitting there with water in the cylinders for almost 4 days.  It's mostly 
fresh / brackish water  (boat's on a mooring in a river mouth).  Chances of 
corrosion in the cylinders requiring a teardown?

Anyone have any experiences with hydrolocks they'd care to share?

Ugh...

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