garage 54

[old2soon]

     I tripped over this purely by accident. The lead in was-clear plastic oil sump and valve cover. I think he is Russian-not many language "skills" on my end-and watched them try a couple different plastics then mount the new plastic parts oil up the engine and run the engine. Interesting to say the least. And found out the WHY of keeping oil level in parameters on an OHC engine. Also saw on another vid where the attempted and succeeded to water hydro lock a running engine. And the aftermath of the hydro lock. There IS a long list of things he has done!  Figured some of the other gear heads here along with non gear heads might git a chuckle or three!  RIDE SAFE.

[Jess from VA]

Probably no relation, but the number stuck in my memory.

[old2soon]

Probably no relation, but the number stuck in my memory.

             Zackly where my memory went.  RIDE SAFE.

[Challenger]

"(Also saw on another vid where the attempted and succeeded to water hydro lock a running engine.)

 Had a guy try to cross a creak with his tractor and hydro locked it. can't fathom the amount of pressure it took to bend a rod beam like this and not destroy the piston.

[MAD6Gun]

 When I was working at a Pontiac dealer I saw many results of hydrolocked engines. Most from driving into flooded streets. Two were memorable. The first was a G6 Convertible.  I was tasked to remove the interior to dry everything out and replace the electrical components that were saturated. Fortunately the car was only in enough water to flood the floor. After disassembling the interior I went after the locked engine. Pulled the plugs. Cranked it over and water shot out of one cylinder. Started it up and heard a knock. #4 connecting rob bent just enough to let the piston hit the counter weight on the crank. The engine was disassembled and repaired. All good.

 The second was a year old Grand Am with a Ecotec 4cyl that drove into a flooded street at speed. Another tech got this one but called everyone over to see the damage. The Ecotec uses sintered rods. Basically powdered metal that is forged into the shape of a rod. When put under that stress they don't bend they break. Evidently when the guy drove into the flood the engine ingested enough water to cause #1 cylinders rod to explode but the momentum of the still turning crank caused the remains of the rod to "cut" the engine block in two. If you were to remove the head and the pan you could have separated to two halfs. There was no fixing this engine. That's not the end of that story. GM refused to warranty the engine due to the owners stupidity driving into a flooded street and shortly before the "accident" the owner canceled his insurance.  So no insurance to pay for the repaires. OUCH. The car was towed out of our shop. No idea what happened to it.

[old2soon]

      GUESS Mark-chopped up and sent to china as scrap. RIDE SAFE.