Re: U boat commander Pat Martin checking in

["Lyndon Camidge M&L-KB" <lcamidge@MADGE.COM>]

in a message sent   Thu, 20 Mar 97 05:27:09 UT Pat Martin Wrote:

>Tonight I decided that I would drive through about  6-8" of water 
running over 
>the road.  About 3/4 way over my engine locked.  I was not going very 
fast at 
>all but the water was running right to left and it piled up on my right 
side 
>which pushed it right into my air intake.  It would not turn at all.  We 
did 
>some preliminary stuff like turning it  without the plugs and watched 
the 
>water GUSH out.  When we put the plugs back in it seemed like it didn't 
have 
>much if any compression.

>Anyway I thought I might ask the experts what to check 1st.  I am 
planning on 
>checking the compression tomorrow but I thought there might be some 
other 


IMHO If enough water got into the Cylinders to stop the Engine You have 
made the engine "HYDRAULIC" this I'm afraid is normally extremely Serious 
(I Know Cos I Did It To My Range Rover Off-Roading" because what has 
almost certainly happened is that You have filled up the Cylinder(s) with 
water on the "Inlet" Cycle You have then Tried to Compress the Water in 
the Cylinder on the "Compression" Cycle as You Might be aware water 
doesn't compress like air does  so when the Engine was trying to compress 
the Water it is VERY likely (Almost Certain) that You Have Either Bent Or 
Broken Your Con-Rod's / Crank or something Else, the danger with this is 
You Cannot ascertain the Damage without stripping Down the Engine as a 
Cracked or Bent Con-Rod / Crank  is impossible to detect without said 
strip down. Don't do What I did with My Range Rover as I just Got the 
Water Out Of The Cylinders, changed the oil and did a compression check 
(Which Was OK) and then ran the Engine . . .low and Behold Two Weeks 
later one of My Pistons made an escape (followed By Lots of Other Bits) 
through the side of My Engine !

Sorry To Give You Such Bad News

Lyndon Camidge.