Uh-oh, the dreaded HYDRO-LOCK!

[quexpress]

Have I mentioned that there is no guarantee against a fuel-lock ?? If you experience a fuel-lock once in your lifetime,, its once too often..Wanna hear a non-valk fuel-lock story??

I'd love to hear about it Patrick!

Note: Along with the in-line fuel filter, etc... I have added a Dan-Marc fuel shut off valve a few years ago ... or more (as suggested by MarkT). This mod has been done by many here ... and sure adds a bit of peace of mind. 
Been a long time Patrick! Have you been up in out neck of the woods lately?

[Patrick]

Hey Normand !!  Where the heck have you been ??!!  Has your email changed?? Did you make Lake George or Laconia ?? I know you have been down in this area and I've screwed things up,, but,, we need to get together..  I've driven thru and flown over your town many times lately.. Every time I take the ferry across the river I say to myself I need to stop and find the fella that owns that Beaver and go for a ride,, boy,, thats a pretty plane and I have a thing for Beavers..   Anyway,, any more trophy's we need to know about??   

[Patrick]

Gee Normand, you got me all excited and I forgot.. Well it wasn't as much a fuel-lock as it was an ether-lock.. I've told this before, but, he goes.. What now seems like a long long time ago, on a bitter cold snowy blowy day I received a service call for a no-start.. I had fired a certain employee for repeated stupidity a month prior.. Anyway I arrive at the truck [ 8V-71 Detroit ] and this ex-employee must have had a radio and heard the call  and beat me there.. Anyway when I arrive he has the mouth open and I see this large bottle of ether strapped on the firewall [common then] and he has a lit a rose-bud and is leaning over the left tire and in the process of heating the engine block and base.. As soon as I see whats happening I start to back away and say something when the side of the engine lets loose in a deafening explosion and ball of fire.. It blew the tire right off the wheel, threw him into the middle of the road and broke his arm in three places.. Did I mention I previously fired him for stupidity, and, here he is trying to steal a service call .. So I chase down the torch which was whizzing around like a snake and I stuff him in the truck and take him to the hospital,, I should have taken him to the psych  ward.. It was common practice years ago in the north country to have to use a little help in the form of ether to get these diesel engines running on our wonderful brisk -20F mornings.. This engine was quite ether bound and once the engine block or base started to turn all these nice bright colors from the torch the ether had had enough.. Anyway, I've dealt with a lot of fuel-locked engines over the years and there is a right and a wrong way to deal with them..
 Again, Its good to hear from you Normand.. Anyway, there is a bar stool waiting for me, see ya..