ok as a few might have heard, i just bought a 95 gsr for an engine swap...the hood was stolen, and the oil cap was off. so now i take it ther is water in the motor. what should i do???? is it hydrolocked now??? should i just drain and flush out with some fresh oil???

 

How are you deducing that it is hydrolocked again?

 

i dont know....what can i do to fix this...i was just asking if it would be hydrolocked now..sorry....like i said...water only went into the OIL fill place...the cap got stolen...

 

Ah - how do you know water got in there? Did it rain or something, and the hood and oil cap were off?

 

first thing to do is to drain the old oil and see what comes out..
then spray some wd40 in each cylinder just to be safe
and turn cranck counter clockwise.
if it doesnt move it means that the engine is crap..
just cross your fingers...

 

hey yeah the hood and the oil cap was both off... I dont dare to do anything....is there a chance it will hydrolock??? i hope this car comes to good use...wouyld uit help if i took the valve cover off and sucked all the water out??

 

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First....water in the "oil spot" won't really hydrolock an engine. It'll do some damage, but not like that. Anyway, don't "suck" anything. Just drain the oil out like you're doing an oil change. Do what Mr. Beeks said.

 

so do u think it will work and be problem free??? the car hasnt turned over since it was in there...

 

most likely, it will be fine

Just change your oil twice within a week to make sure that any water that got in there is out and you should be fine

no need to pour WD40 into your pistons, just change the oil a few times

 

yea like everyone else said, just drain the oil and just make suer you dont start the engine until you changed the oil.

 

so....all i should do is drain the engine, then put new oil in...then its all good???? are you guys sure? i dont want to end up getting hydrolock....

 

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LOL
any water that has attached to your cylinder wall will rust it right!
if you spray the wd40 will disolve the rust right "less damage"
and if you turn by hand you are slowly removing that debri.
but if want to follow that guys advise go ahead....

 

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oil change and find out! its that simple

 

yeah thats really your only option, change the oil, spray some WD40 it wont hurt anything and then see if its locked or not i dont think there could have been enough water in there to do anything, but hey u never know and thats the only way to find out if it is hydro locked or not

 

do u mean to spray wd40...then try and start it??? or what?

 

dood, just change the oil, spray the wd40, turn the crank counter clockwise and hope it turns. If it turns change the oil within the next couple days just to make sure there's no water in it.

 

im sorry, but nothing anyone has said is too complicated. I dont understand why you're still asking questions.
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then spray some wd40 in each cylinder just to be safe
and turn cranck counter clockwise.
if it doesnt move it means that the engine is crap..
just cross your fingers...
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Do what he said!

 

Because water can get into the cyls through the oil fill cap


It wouldnt hurt, but I wouldnt use WD40, Id use regular motor oil and there is no need to hand rotate, just change oil/filter, pour a little down each spark plug hole, put everything together and start the bitch

You cant hydrolock a motor with oil through the fill hole. Hydrolocking is when water gets into the cylinders via the intake and since water cant compress, your engine stops rather violently

 

ok sorryy...first off i dont know much about this right now thats why i jopined Ht so u ghuys could teach me a little...but my maine question i ment was....when u say turn crank counter clockwise, do u mean try to start the car or do it by hand...if u ment by hand...how do i do that?? thats all i want to know..sorry for my dumbness..lol

 

dont worry about turning it over by hand, just do the oil/filter change, take the spark plugs out, pour a little oil down each hole, throw the plugs back in and start the thing

 

Yeah, just change the oil and stop asking questions. How could we or you possibly know what's going to happen if you don't do that?

If it's hydrolocked, it's hydrolocked. There's nothing you can do about it. Now to prevent it from happening in the first place, change your oil. That's it.

 

ok good news...its fine..just gotta find a damn ecu now.....those dame theifs....haha thanks guys!!