Apparently the block, once punctured by the rod, developed stress
fractures in other cylinders, allowing coolant to flood at least one
other cylinder, causing hydrolock. Or at least, so I'm told. I'm not
an expert here. I do know that the block has big holes and the crank is
in a bunch of pieces.
Cheers
-b
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Gruner [mailto:algruner@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:10 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Advice on getting car from SF to LA...
>
>
> --- "Talley, Brooks" <brooks@frnk.com> wrote:
> > For those that missed the last episode, a rod in my
> > LS1 motor seems to
> > have broken and punched its way through the soft
> > aluminum block,
> > resulting in hydrolocking and all sorts of internal
> > damage. Boom!
>
> How does broken rod cause hydrolock?
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