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Not the first StSo member with water logged block that was started and worked fine.
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Kroil is your friend, pull the injectors and put Kroil or/our favorite ATF 50/50 miture after draining crankcase.Honestly, if I were you, I would drain everything and pop the glow plugs and leave them out and see if the engine cranks and if it doesn’t I would put a long spanner on it and see if you can turn it manually.
Dropping the pan and all of that is fine if everything else fails. Right now you just need to know if the engine will turn over. You need to pull the glow plugs to release pressure in the cylinders in case the cylinders are full of water. Then spin the engine and if it spins easily, replace the glow plugs and go from there.
Action is a great guy and I agree that dropping the pan would be the next step, however if this engine spins freely, think of all the work you have saved.
Start from the foundation first. An engine that spins is not seized.
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I use Marvel Mystery Oil with great success, BUT Frank is correct and that is the same concept and there is more than one way to skin that cat.Kroil is your friend, pull the injectors and put Kroil or/our favorite ATF 50/50 miture after draining crankcase.
Give it time passing and see what drains out before you "move" the engine.
.I use Marvel Mystery Oil with great success, BUT Frank is correct and that is the same concept and there is more than one way to skin that cat.
Sorry Tobash, all the Marvel Mystery oil in the world would not have fixed the engine I showed above and I am willing to bet this one is in no better shape.Not the first StSo member with water logged block that was started and worked fine.
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Exactly. I have seen engines like that startWell is it stuck? do not take my word alone,
Does this Look like it might be yours?Ok so where I am at now is. 5 gal of clean water removed from pan. Now at almost 2 gal of milky white sludge. I am thinking about filling with diesel and pulling glow plugs next to see if I can get it to turn.
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