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Old 03-02-2009, 08:17 AM   #21
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SG! Hydrolock occurs when the cylinders suck in enough water that the motor tried to compress that water. Water doesn't compress like air does. You would have to have enough water in the cylinder that when it tries to compress the water it can't. That is whey when motor's hydrolock they DON'T turn over at all. The motor basically just locks in place. When a motor does this think of all the momentum the car is carrying and the wheels are rotating trying to turn the the crank and then you have this stubborn piston full of water fighting that momentum. That's why Hydrolock is almost always fatal to a motor. To many forces at work being stopped suddenly by non compressing water.

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