DriverX
NAXJA Forum User
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- Asheville, NC
Ok, yes I searched and found lots of hydrolock info. It was all bad. But mine is still running, and pretty well (I think).
Quick background: 99 4.0, 120K, owned since new. Always good about oil changes and and maint., so engine is (was?) healthy.
So it got a drink of water in a freshwater puddle out on the OuterBanks of NC. No mud. Engine shut of as I rolled out the other side of puddle. Tried the starter once, wouldn't turn at all. Got out, pulled plugs, and could see water in some of the cylinders. opened airbox, removed wet filter. pulled airtube off TB. Opened throttle to find water standing in intake. I sucked the water out of intake with hose from rear wiper (creative huh?) Put it all back together and after a few minutes of trying, it started!
I drove it the mile or so back to beach house and shut it down. Oil looked like milkshake at this point. got a ride to nearest napa and got everything I needed to do a double oil change. Second batch of clean oil stayed clean. Ran fine until tps died. replaced that and drove it 9.5 hours home.
Two weeks later now, it's still running. I did another oil change, oil that came out still transparent. Seems to be okay but now that I am super paranoid about engine I am noticing some things. At startup, I don't think oil pressure goes up as fast as it did (bosch filter not fram). Also seems to idle alittle rough sometimes. I may be imagining this though, like I said I'm paraniod.
So do you guys think It's a time bomb now? I don't hear any knocks. been shopping for a low mile junkyard engine in the meantime...
thanks,
-mike
Quick background: 99 4.0, 120K, owned since new. Always good about oil changes and and maint., so engine is (was?) healthy.
So it got a drink of water in a freshwater puddle out on the OuterBanks of NC. No mud. Engine shut of as I rolled out the other side of puddle. Tried the starter once, wouldn't turn at all. Got out, pulled plugs, and could see water in some of the cylinders. opened airbox, removed wet filter. pulled airtube off TB. Opened throttle to find water standing in intake. I sucked the water out of intake with hose from rear wiper (creative huh?) Put it all back together and after a few minutes of trying, it started!
I drove it the mile or so back to beach house and shut it down. Oil looked like milkshake at this point. got a ride to nearest napa and got everything I needed to do a double oil change. Second batch of clean oil stayed clean. Ran fine until tps died. replaced that and drove it 9.5 hours home.
Two weeks later now, it's still running. I did another oil change, oil that came out still transparent. Seems to be okay but now that I am super paranoid about engine I am noticing some things. At startup, I don't think oil pressure goes up as fast as it did (bosch filter not fram). Also seems to idle alittle rough sometimes. I may be imagining this though, like I said I'm paraniod.
So do you guys think It's a time bomb now? I don't hear any knocks. been shopping for a low mile junkyard engine in the meantime...
thanks,
-mike