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Re: Left the can off H's muffler, rained last nigh
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Posted by Heat Houser on July 06, 2005 at 18:28:40 from (69.66.106.177):
In Reply to: Re: Left the can off H's muffler, rained last nigh posted by Hugh MacKay on July 06, 2005 at 16:50:30:
The problem isn't with a cylinder that is full of rain water. The problem is when the cylinder is partially full, with the worst case when it has just enough water to hydrostatically lock the cylinder on the compression stroke. Since water isn't very compressible, and if the crank throw is near TDC, you stand a very excellent chance of bending a connecting rod due to the mechanical advantage. This is the same reason that you should always pull the spark plugs or injectors if you roll a tractor and it sits up side down for awhile. Crankcase oil will run down past the pistons. When you get it back on it's feet and hit the starter, bent rod, and in the next heavy pull, hole in the block.
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