M35A2

Thanks for all the replies guys, keep them coming.


I thought that it hydrolocked myself, but when he told me the engine ran for about 20-30 secs before shutting down, I thought that this can't be the problem as any water that was in the cylinders would have been burnt off by then.

As I haven't seen the truck I can't really help much. He said when he cranks the starter the engine will only turn about half an inch, then jams. I'm at a loss as to what this could be. Maybe he has blown a con rod? I'm also wondering if the timing chain failed and mashed the engine, but he never said it made a really bad noise, just that it shut down.

I suppose oil pump failure is a very possible possibility? I will ask him if his gauge was working? But when you look at this video link of a chevy V8 running at full revs with a gallon of water in the crankcase and two blown head gaskets, 20 seconds on tickover then engine shutdown must mean something serious has happened.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TuKYBb9wPDs

This is the poor sods second engine, the first burnt the pistons out using contam as fuel.


Any more ideas will be great, then I can go down and have a look at the truck for him as he isn't mechanically minded.



Cheers Guys.

Andy

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