What can be done to minimize damage to an engine that is not running but got water down in the intake? I sucked out some through the sparkplug hole using my airbrush as a siphon, but the plume of water mist told me there was more that I might not have gotten. My 69 Chevelle big block got ruined the same way, but had be exposed/ collected for months before it was caught and had badly pitted cylinder walls. This sucks. Its a chevy 305 that isnt quite ready to fire, but now has "NEW MOTIVATION" to get it that way. will rotating it by hand with a flywheel turner do anything to help it from sitting or what? I sprayed WD-40 down in the holes (rear cylinders) to hope it will make an oil/water mix..better than just water I figured. I just about threw up when I heard it rain, knowing I"ve kept it sealed up for 6 months...and left it uncovered...it was such a nice day and I was busy.... Mmm mm m. Any suggestions?
Remove the plugs (all of them), turn the engine over if you can with the starter to force whatever moisture is in there out, pour a bit of motor oil in each cylinder and turn the engine over again to spread it up and down the walls, then add a final dollop of oil in there to hold you over till you start it. It'll smoke at first but it shouldn't rust up.
Pour hear or rubbing alchol down the intake it will absorbe water. oil the heck out of the cylinders. OldWolf
Preciate that! I can take some smoke at start up, kinda dramatic anyway, but rusted valve seats and cylinder walls are not an option. Yall are awesome. This was God's way of saying "At this point I dont care if its shiny, just make it work". I say "Yessir I'm on it".
I'm not absolutely sure you can or should blame your mistakes on gawd or anyone else for that matter. The WD-40 wasn't your best idea but maybe you'll make it out alive. Alcohol or anything else that absorbs and has no teflon or relay=ted substance in it will work fine to dry the cylinders. I usually use atumatic tranny fluid in one that has been wet. I don't think it matter once you dry it. Just something to protect it. Again absolutely nothing that contains teflon.
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