Back in my dirt track days we ran a 283 Chevy in our car. One night we had
an intake valve head on # 3 cyl break off and drop down in the cylinder at
about 7000 rpm. When the piston came back up it pushed the valve head
through the head, filling the cylinder and intake with water. This filled
all the other cylinders in order, bending all seven rods to a nice 90deg
angle. Chances are if you got enough water in there to lock the engine,
something is hurt. I doubt you were just idling in the mud.
Mark
"Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3DB5AF2C.6070300@earthlink.net...
>
> Hmm - we pumped quite a bit more than 1.4 fluid ounces out of Jon's
> engine... "something expencive always bends or breaks when this happens"
>
> Hate to sound pessimistic - but ya might want to assume the worst now
> Jon, :-/
>
> (snip from the spark plug web page)
>
> "Small amounts of liquids may pass through an engine cycle without
> damage, but volumes exceeding 40cc (1.4 fluid ounces, <3 tablespoons)
> will cause many engines to develop cylinder pressures well in excess of
> 1000psi. A larger volume of water, up to the combustion chamber volume
> (usually 60cc to 100cc), will generate increasingly high cylinder
> pressure during the completion of the compression stroke. Volumes of
> water which exceed the combustion chamber volume will "stop" a running
> engine through true hydrostatic lock. Something expensive always bends
> or breaks when this happens."
>
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