Don’t follow their advice. I don’t think there is any point in disassembling the entire engine.
The only advice is to get that water out, as soon as possible. Marek Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Kevin Driscoll via CnC-List Sent: October 21, 2015 16:13 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Kevin Driscoll;David Pulaski Subject: Re: Stus-List Hydrolocked! Here is an article from Sail Magazine just this week about fixing their hydrolock. Not incredibly detailed, but optimistic! On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 1:01 PM David Pulaski via CnC-List <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... _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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