jesterbomb
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Okay, not sure where to post this, so I'm going OEM, becuas whatever answers you guys give me will apply to any motor. (In theory).
I just got back from towing a buddy's Jeep from a trail (He was alone) to the grandparents of his girlfirend. Not relevant, NVM.
Anyway, he was cruising along and on the return portion of his trip, he got succked into a hitherto unkown DEEP rut in a puddle he had crossed safely before. Fearing Hydrolock, he killed the engine as soon as the water splashed through the air filter into the engine (From what I have been able to gather at atny rate.) After using a come along to extract himself from the murky depths (Yes a come along. We are both poor.) he pulled the plugs, cranked it to clear the water and used copious amounts of WD-40 all over the place to clean it up. That night he calls me to ask a ride out to his jeep and for my help in fixing it.
Okay, I know very little about this kind of thing, mostly what I have read on here. However, he does know a fair bit more than me about wheeling incidents. He's been in a few.
Here's the tricky part. The engine wouldn't turn over after he drained and changed the oil. Some guy he works with told him that a surefire way to loosen a siezed engine is to soak the insides with diesel. I'm not so certain, but regardless, we ran a bunch of diesel through. Now it's coming out nice and clean, but no matter how many times he tries to turn it over (Via the starter or by hand) it just won't budge.
I'm kind of thinking it's a write-off. Luckily he has spare engines sitting around, but... yikes. The jeep is sitting waaay out of town, currently soaking in some more diesel.
Has anyone heard of this diesel thing before? Does anyone have any advice or possible avenues to pursue? If we could een just get it running for an hour or two, life would be made easier threefold. We realy need help on this guys.
Thanks in advance.
(Yes I searched siezed, seized and hyrolock etc. And all fluids were caught and stored in sealed pails.)
It's an 88, Five speed, Two door.
I just got back from towing a buddy's Jeep from a trail (He was alone) to the grandparents of his girlfirend. Not relevant, NVM.
Anyway, he was cruising along and on the return portion of his trip, he got succked into a hitherto unkown DEEP rut in a puddle he had crossed safely before. Fearing Hydrolock, he killed the engine as soon as the water splashed through the air filter into the engine (From what I have been able to gather at atny rate.) After using a come along to extract himself from the murky depths (Yes a come along. We are both poor.) he pulled the plugs, cranked it to clear the water and used copious amounts of WD-40 all over the place to clean it up. That night he calls me to ask a ride out to his jeep and for my help in fixing it.
Okay, I know very little about this kind of thing, mostly what I have read on here. However, he does know a fair bit more than me about wheeling incidents. He's been in a few.
Here's the tricky part. The engine wouldn't turn over after he drained and changed the oil. Some guy he works with told him that a surefire way to loosen a siezed engine is to soak the insides with diesel. I'm not so certain, but regardless, we ran a bunch of diesel through. Now it's coming out nice and clean, but no matter how many times he tries to turn it over (Via the starter or by hand) it just won't budge.
I'm kind of thinking it's a write-off. Luckily he has spare engines sitting around, but... yikes. The jeep is sitting waaay out of town, currently soaking in some more diesel.
Has anyone heard of this diesel thing before? Does anyone have any advice or possible avenues to pursue? If we could een just get it running for an hour or two, life would be made easier threefold. We realy need help on this guys.
Thanks in advance.
(Yes I searched siezed, seized and hyrolock etc. And all fluids were caught and stored in sealed pails.)
It's an 88, Five speed, Two door.