Well you are indeed a lucky duck - Congrats on dodging a expensive bullet!
Bill Coleman C&C 39 Erie, PAanimated_favicon1 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of davepulaski via CnC-List Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 3:41 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: davepulaski Subject: Stus-List Hydrolocked! Good news! I was able to resolve the hydrolock with no apparent ill effect on the engine! It was quite an easy fix as well, didn't even need to mess with the injectors. Here's what I did, following a suggestion of someone on this thread: I disconnected the exhaust hose from the manifold and connected my shop vac to the header outlet. Then, with the vac running and all three decompression levers open, I turned the engine by hand a few times from the main pulley, then spun it a bit with the starter motor. After closing the decompression levers, reconnecting the exhaust and setting up my water feed bucket - this time in the aft cabin and NOT up in the cockpit - I went for ignition. It fired up more readily than I expected, and ran great with no new vibrations or noises. The raw water pump impeller was completely intact and looked like new. The oil was a little milky so I changed that twice, ran the motor for a while to get it up to temp, then finally winterized it from the bucket. Hooray for a lesson learned without injury or great expense. Thanks for all the advice guys! -Dave Sent from my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2
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