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Died while driving through water

Discussion in 'Cherokee' started by Paul6691, Jul 8, 2017.

  1. Jul 8, 2017 at 11:03 AM
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    My girlfriend has a 2005 Cherokee Laredo yesterday during a storm she drove through some water and it died i pulled it out of the water and let it sit overnight now it acts like the starter isn't working I changed that this morning and it still acts like something is locked up
     
  2. Jul 8, 2017 at 12:12 PM
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    Worse case scenario: the dreaded hydrolocked engine
     
  3. Jul 8, 2017 at 12:57 PM
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    What's hydrolocked
     
  4. Jul 8, 2017 at 1:53 PM
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    If your engine is hydrolocked it means any liquid (in your case, H2O) has flooded the cylinder. Air is compressible but liquids (in your case H2O) won't. If H20 is in the engine the piston cannot move in the cylinder because H2O cannot expand/compress. The connecting rods are usually the first things that may bend or break.
     
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  5. Jul 11, 2017 at 7:14 AM
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    Pull all of the spark plugs out and try to start it then. If it turns over crank for several seconds. put a table spoon of oil into each plug hole and crank some more to displace any water left in cylinders. If it is not turning over after pulling the plugs she very well could have snapped a rod that has locked up the motor.
     
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  6. Jul 11, 2017 at 8:07 PM
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    Wow. Never thought of that OFFGRID. I remember guys doing that years ago to their hot rods to determine bad cylinders. Great idea.
     
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