Isn't another "easy" way to turn over the engine repeatedly before starting with the seasick open? I have been told to shut the sea cock after one or two failed starting attempts (beginning of season / cold weather) and only re-open when the engine is running.
Presumably this would be the same advice you would give if hand cranking the engine to remove water from a hydro lock? -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On Oct 22, 2015, at 00:04, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > An interesting question would how did you manage to hydro lock it. > > The easiest way is to use garden hose to feed water into the cooling system > with a failed impeller. But what method did you use? > > Marek > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > From: David Pulaski via CnC-List > Sent: October 21, 2015 16:02 > 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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