First, I think you'll probably survive. Any chance you can give us all a little more of a back story?
I got stuck rings 2 seasons ago and freed them using PB Blaster. It has run fine since... Maybe even better. A neighbor seized his engine when he let a friend use the boat. The friend over cranked when a fuel leak was preventing start. He (the owner) got back to the boat 4 to 6 weeks later only to find that it wouldn't turn over. We soaked the cylinders with copious amounts of PB Blaster. Once if finally broke free we go it running with no apparent long term effects. Who knows if the cylinders were pitted or otherwise damaged but it ran great. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Oct 21, 2015 4:02 PM, "David Pulaski via CnC-List" <[email protected]> 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: > [email protected] > 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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