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Old 02-24-2008, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Dollivier View Post
Hi Glenn -

What is hydro-lock? On one turn I get the smoke and the engine bogs down. My CEL would come on. I would check it and would give me a cylinder misfire reading. This only happened after I installed R compound tires and Racing Suspension and was going much faster than when I was stock.

Derek
Wikipedia: "Hydrolock (short for hydraulic lock) is the immobilization of an engine's pistons by a liquid (usually water, hence the prefix "hydro-"). Hydrolocking occurs when liquid fills a cylinder on the intake stroke and, due to the incompressibility of a liquid, makes the compression stroke impossible. This, in turn, prevents the entire engine from turning, and can cause significant engine damage if one attempts to forcibly turn over or start the engine. Typically, connecting rods will be bent, making the engine uneconomical to repair."

Well before engine 'locking' from a large amount of oil, excessive oil in the combustion chamber can cause premature ring failure and piston cracking from the excessive chamber pressures it can create.

I get that same engine bog down and I am positive that it is from excessive oil in the cylinders. Try making that turn in a higher gear. It works for me most of the time.
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