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From: Weyburn, Sask
Originally Posted by KAY'S,Dec 16 2005, 06:17 AM
Honestly thats what usually happens here. Can we please stop posting miss information. And Xviper can hook you up with a custom water shield for everyone else that has cold airs that is scared of hydro locking.
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Hard to beleive,with so little water.
Yes,you can hydrolock an engine,and rod failure can occur,but it takes quite a bit of water.!!!
I remember,back in the old days,I used to "de-coke"engines,mostly smallblock Chevy engines,(and up to 12.5 to 1,comp.ratio)by pouring bottles of water in the carburators.!!!
Yes,you can hydrolock an engine,and rod failure can occur,but it takes quite a bit of water.!!!
I remember,back in the old days,I used to "de-coke"engines,mostly smallblock Chevy engines,(and up to 12.5 to 1,comp.ratio)by pouring bottles of water in the carburators.!!!
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Originally Posted by KAY'S,Dec 16 2005, 06:17 AM
...And Xviper can hook you up with a custom water shield for everyone else that has cold airs that is scared of hydro locking.
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...And Xviper can hook you up with a custom water shield for everyone else that has cold airs that is scared of hydro locking.
Originally Posted by dhayner,Dec 16 2005, 11:32 AM
Just remember that xviper's shield will keep rainwater from coming in from the top, but won't help sucking up deep water from below.
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I'm not understanding how water is getting into the engine with a stock box and etc. The opening is small for water to get in, then it has to be soaking the filter enough to pull through the filter. 
I understand hydrolocking but it sounds a lil fishy if the water isn't that deep. Can someone explain how it's getting in the engine if the water is so freaking low.
I understand hydrolocking but it sounds a lil fishy if the water isn't that deep. Can someone explain how it's getting in the engine if the water is so freaking low.
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I can only speak for my case but what i *think* happened was that the front bumper acted like a plow, pushing a sheet of water over the nose of the car. So even though the standing water level was only about mid wheel, the "effective" water level at the nose while moving was enough to get into the airbox.
Hindsight being 20/20, what i should've done was turned the car off, walked away and dealt w/ the wet carpet later.
Hindsight being 20/20, what i should've done was turned the car off, walked away and dealt w/ the wet carpet later.
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it takes as little as a mere 100cc's of water into the engine to hydrolock it
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[QUOTE=Emil St-Hilaire,Dec 16 2005, 11:41 AM]Hard to beleive,with so little water.
Yes,you can hydrolock an engine,and rod failure can occur,but it takes quite a bit of water.!!!
I remember,back in the old days,I used to "de-coke"engines,mostly smallblock Chevy engines,(and up to 12.5 to 1,comp.ratio)by pouring bottles of water in the carburators.!!!
Yes,you can hydrolock an engine,and rod failure can occur,but it takes quite a bit of water.!!!
I remember,back in the old days,I used to "de-coke"engines,mostly smallblock Chevy engines,(and up to 12.5 to 1,comp.ratio)by pouring bottles of water in the carburators.!!!