I guess I spent too much of my youth working on
air-cooled VW's. Although they have have plenty of
ways to break, hydrolock from coolent is not an
issue.:)
I'm sorry to hear you broke. I'll look forward to
seeing you back bigger, faster & stronger.
--- "Talley, Brooks" <brooks@frnk.com> wrote:
> 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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