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Fording deep really isn't something you should do with a deuce on a regular basis. It isn't a submarine, but if you really needed to do it, the thought of braking an exhaust manifold probably isn't going to stop you. If I really had to take a deuce swimming deep, and with the kit, the water...
If the cylinder had only a small amount of water in it, it would lock at almost all the way to TDC. That is the point where the crank has maximal mechanical advantage for playing punch press. It could easily blow the gasket out, and still remain ok otherwise. Until it is cracked open, it is...
No need to remove the injector, just idle the engine, then one at a time, loosen the fitting nut (at the injector) on the steel tube that comes from the IP. Loosening the nut will cause the IP charge for that cylinder to leak out rather than power the injector. If the cylinder is doing work...
My initial thought based on the puff puff puff... sound of the truck doing the recovery training was it sounded like a car I once had where I had to remove the spark plug so I could limp home after a head gasket blew and was hydro locking one cylinder. The puff puff puff sound of the air...
Judging by the number of times that truck has been dunked hot into cold water, I would bet on an exhaust manifold with a big crack in it next to one cylinder's exhaust port.
-Chuck
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