I woke up this morning i was about to go to class, and ive notice somethign strange someone put a garden hose and jammed it into the tailpipe into my 3rd gen. With the water still on soo its running out, i have no idea how long has this been going on, but i immediately shut off the water and lets the water run out for a lil bit. I try to crank it, and it was making funny noises and well it didnt turn over. I waited another 5 mins and tryed cranking it but no luck i just smell raw fuel. What should i do. Soo far i pulled the spark plugs and i see either fuel and or water on the plugs soo right now i got all 6 plugs hoping to dry it out and maybe put them back in in a couple or so.. any tips?

 

You have any enemies?

That sucks, hopefully it will dry out...

 

I wouldnt know, im thinking someone got fed up of the loud exhuast on my truck. Oh anothher thing ive done was i parked it on a incline with the having the front of the truck higher hopeing to have the water drain out better.

 

I would suggest also changing the oil.

 

thats no funny at all i would kick someones a$$

 

with the plugs out try turning it over by hand to see if any water spills out. can you see any water in the cylinders? some could have reached up far enough to get into any open exhaust valves, but surely the water couldnt make it up the pipes that far...

 

That is not getting pranked, that is called vandalism..... I would make a police report and contact your insurance company....

 

dang i just changed the oil like last week mobil 1

 

yeah not funny at all.

With the oil change yes its $$ and a hassle, but would you rather go through that hassle now, or the hassle and $$$$ of a blown motor later?

I also would recomend trying to turn it over with the plugs out. just let it turn a couple of times, see if it gets any water out of there...also maybe a bit of starter fluid in the cylinders to displace water, plugs back in and give her a shot?

 

water shouln't have made it to anything important unless it was a fire hose. Between your muffler and mabey a cat slowing the water down and not to mention the foot of vertical tubing to reach an exhaust valve there shouln't be enough volume or pressure to get to your engine. the funny noise is probably water in your muffler. not starting could be to much back pressure. don't know for sure just going on physics

 

pranked? that is not what I would call it at all. Maybe the o2 sensor is messing up... any check engine light?

 

also if water did get into your cylinders you probably would have hydro locked. water don't compress.

 

I agree, but as long as you already have plugs out, might as well check for water on the off chance it got up there...very unlikely though. Other than eventually getting it to crank, I dont know how to tell you to get water out of a cat or muffler, other than get them very hot, and hope for evaporation...

 

there was some leaking of water at one of the flanges at the primary cat most closest to the engine.

 

im hoping i didnt hydrolock. its not like the truck was running when some bastard stuck a hose in there.

 

do u have a drian hole on your muffler? I would find out who did it and report the person for vandalism. then kick his a$$ and tell the cops he fell over running away or somthing.

 

i dont know who did it.

 

I was thinking the same thing, it would hydrolock if you try to compress water, if you, say theoretically, turned your motor off, you could pour your cylinders full of water, take out the plugs and turn it over, your not trying to compress the water, your pumping it out spark plug holes, and then put the plugs back in and fire it up.

Get water in a running engine, and its a different story...

 

soo how do i pump water out? when i have all 6 plugs out, i dont hear the crankign sounds just the starter motor spinning or something.

 

It amazes me what idiots are capable of...