hehe, not to pick nits, but several in this thread keep saying they hydrolocked their engines, when you really didn't.

hydrolock basically means a seizure of the engine due to the introduction of water which does not compress. if you hydrolocked your engine, you would have caused damage, and ended up probably spending several thousand in repairs.

your engine stuttering from a little water which it works out on its own, is NOT hydrolock.

 

 

I know what you're saying, but mine was definitely hydrolocked. Luckily, it was just at idle rpms and out of gear so it didn't do any noticable damage.

It wasn't just stuttering with a little water. It wouldn't compress at all.

 

my engine stalled each time and shot out the traditional white smoke..... whats that called? I know its not hydrolock but its NOT GOOD

 

anyone have pictures or tutroials how to do the bypass valve ... or plugging that one hole... i just ordered my cai... now im scared reading this thread...haha...
thanks guys

 

Steam?

 

Someone also makes special spark plugs that will blow out if you get water in the engine to prevent damage from the high pressure. I haven't tried them, but it sounds like a good idea.

Anybody used those?

 

this happens alot than more ppl want to admit. it's something to consider when ppl purchase intakes.
the bypass valve would work but it defeats the hole purpose. hot engine air into the intake.

 

Actually, unless you had to physically remove water from your engine then you did not hydrolock. Maybe Wisconsin S2k was a little off when he described it as "stuttering", but if your intake piping has enough water in it to completely impede air flow then it will essentially "suffocate" your engine resulting in a stall. This is not the same thing as a physically seizure of the engine internals due to water ingestion. Even if you dumped a gallon of water out of your intake piping it would still not technically be a hydrolocking situation; especially if this occured whilst idling (not enough vacuum to draw the water up to the TB).

Not trying to argue or flame, but the term "hydrolock" gets thrown around alot, and I was about to chime in on it until I read Wisconsin's post clarifying it which was pretty accurate.


Craig

 

maybe my post wasn't clear.

If you HAD hydrolocked your engine, that means it would have SEIZED COMPLETELY, and you would have caused DAMAGE which would allow the engine to not run at all or be so hindered you'd be throwing CELs.

So no, because no damage was caused, you didn't hydrolock your engine. Hydrolock means the engine seized since the incompressible water caused the compression cycle in that cylinder to stop, causing permanent damage.

If you drove off later without a problem, you didn't hydrolock your engine.

[QUOTE]Hydrostatic lock, hydraulic lock or hydrolock occurs when liquids, typically water, enter an engine cylinder. This can occur from a coolant, oil or fuel leak, but the chief cause is drawing water into the engine through the air induction system (airbox & filter, ducting, throttle body or carburetor, intake manifold). Internal combustion engines (spark or compression ignition) operating on a two-stroke or four-stroke cycle must employ a compression stroke to compress the charge (usually an air/fuel mixture). Liquids are incompressible; the presence of a liquid in the engine cylinder during the compression stroke will stop a piston