btm24 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 about 2 months ago i was out off roading out at a state run mud hole and i got to big of balls underneath me and i went though a huge lake type of mud hole. and :rant: so since i don't have a snorkel and no lift and not even 4x4 so i hydro locked my motor and it has sat since then. now since this happened and my lack of income she was gonna sit for a while. so around the same time i found this club. now ive had a list that has grown since ive had it for mods that i wana do. well ive been painting trim, flairs, and any thing that i could with a can of spry paint. also because of Pete (thank you) i pulled up my carpet and found a few holes :eek: now since I'm from the south and have never had to deal with rust i didnt know what to thank about this. and so thats fixed I'm putin a new cluster with out idit lights :D but yesterday after cleaning my head and puting in a new starter and geting a gaskit set we put her all together and she started right up!!! :) now there is still alota work to do and it is a bit rough but hey she runs to see another day :) i couldnt be happy :jump: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kastein Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Not to rain on your parade... but a hydrolocked motor is a ticking time bomb. You probably have a couple of bent rods, at the very least... it is only a matter of time till one of em decides to bust in half and it'll chew up the block and tear the oil pan up at the same time. Seen it happen more than once. Keep driving it, but pick up a new engine as cheap as you can, along with all the gaskets and tools (engine hoist! inverse torx size 12!) needed to replace it, so you're prepared when it blows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btm24 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Not to rain on your parade... but a hydrolocked motor is a ticking time bomb. You probably have a couple of bent rods, at the very least... it is only a matter of time till one of em decides to bust in half and it'll chew up the block and tear the oil pan up at the same time. Seen it happen more than once. Keep driving it, but pick up a new engine as cheap as you can, along with all the gaskets and tools (engine hoist! inverse torx size 12!) needed to replace it, so you're prepared when it blows. no your wrong it runs fine, thee are no bent rods i got lucky. that is a chance that it won't have enough power to get out of its own way but thats only untill the it gets back on the road for a while. i got lucky :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Tick, tick, tick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 how do you know it was hydrolocked and not simply stalled from water shorting out something? did you find water inside the cylinders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btm24 Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 how do you know it was hydrolocked and not simply stalled from water shorting out something? did you find water inside the cylinders? water in the cylinders. the water shot up to the power lines when we were gettin it out you know when you pull the spark plugs and turn her over. anyways we riped into it and found no marks on the cylinder walls there were still gaps in the spark plugs. I got lucky very lucky but every thing that one guy said is true i should have bent a rod and messed alot more up then what happened. I'm very lucky and will never let it happen again. but for now after praying it still runs :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kastein Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Hate to say it but how do you know you didn't bend a rod? Did you drop the pan and check them? Plastigauge the bearings? Usually when you hydrolock, you'll at least tweak one. May not be a significant bend, but it screws up the angles the rod bearing and piston wrist pin are running at, and puts a lot more stress on the connecting rod, and after a random amount of time, KABAM it blows in half and you have a real big paperweight. Sometimes they give warning via knocking noises, lifter noise, etc etc but sometimes they don't. They still blow up eventually. Seriously, pick up a spare engine ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btm24 Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 Hate to say it but how do you know you didn't bend a rod? Did you drop the pan and check them? Plastigauge the bearings? Usually when you hydrolock, you'll at least tweak one. May not be a significant bend, but it screws up the angles the rod bearing and piston wrist pin are running at, and puts a lot more stress on the connecting rod, and after a random amount of time, KABAM it blows in half and you have a real big paperweight. Sometimes they give warning via knocking noises, lifter noise, etc etc but sometimes they don't. They still blow up eventually. Seriously, pick up a spare engine ASAP. when me and my dad removed the head there were no marks on the cylinder walls and no signs at all that there might be problems on the bottom end. so the nxt weekend he brought home his tools we cleaned it all off got a new set of gaskets i painted the valve cover. we put it all back together put the oil in (which would have been the 3rd time we had to change the oil in the past mouth) found out i needed a new starter + battery :(I'm so broke) and after a bit it started up. its not all together but it still dose run with out any knocks or any thing else. when i went though the hole i had just started mudin so the moder was cool and i was at a low rpm. so i dought it that there is any thing wrong with the bottom end. i got very lucky :D b4 i get it on the road i will pull the cover off of the rear differatal just in case i got water in there and change that oil. luck is my best friend :banana: you can't kill a comanche :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kastein Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Yikes, how long has that diff fluid been in there with water in it (maybe?) Never ever ever run more than a day with water back there! It can rust and wash out your bearings in a real hurry. A friend of mine got water in his rear diff and by the time he got home it had already done minor damage, the axle has a little bit of a whine now. You would have noticed the terrible noises back there by now but still, take a look ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btm24 Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Yikes, how long has that diff fluid been in there with water in it (maybe?) Never ever ever run more than a day with water back there! It can rust and wash out your bearings in a real hurry. A friend of mine got water in his rear diff and by the time he got home it had already done minor damage, the axle has a little bit of a whine now. You would have noticed the terrible noises back there by now but still, take a look ASAP. idk if it dose or dosent but i don't want to take the chance so were takin off the cover tomarrow. but think you for the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btm24 Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 just an update me and my dad put every thing back together on my truck to day (b4 it just started i :clapping: then shut it off) so today we drove it and wow it sounds like when i first got it :oops: cuz when i first started driving this truck it squeaked ALOT and the bearing are shot + my redeo don't work( it barely worked b4 :rotf: ) but it runs which make be so very very very very happy!!!! :banana: cuz it don't idle rough nor knock. i love my now i just gotta fix a few noises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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