No glow plugs on a yanmar. Pulling the injectors sucks but might be the only way. It does have a decompression lever which might turn out to be useful and easier. A shop vac on the exhaust with decompression levers and slowly turning over by hand is what i would do.
Josh On Oct 21, 2015 11:59 PM, "Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List" < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Remove glow plugs. Much easier and the same effect. > > > > Marek > > > > Sent from Mail <http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > > > > *From: *Bill Coleman via CnC-List > *Sent: *October 21, 2015 16:17 > *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc: *Bill Coleman > *Subject: *Re: Stus-List Hydrolocked! > > > > > > That sounds seriously bad. I would be worried if the water was in there 10 > minutes. > > I know I am not making you feel any better. > > > > Could you remove the injectors and crank it to blow it out? > > > > Bill Coleman > > C&C 39 Erie, PA > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *David > Pulaski via CnC-List > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:01 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* David Pulaski > *Subject:* Stus-List Hydrolocked! > > > > 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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