# Not sure how much H20 could work it's way past the cylinder rings

Posted by Jeff92se (92se) on September 17, 2004 at 11:18:54: In Reply to: yeah, but its in the pan, right? this way its nice fresh oil straight to each cylinder. n/m posted by mentat on September 17, 2004 at 10:54:12: and down into the pan. If he had more than a few inches of water down there so that the oil pickup would grab it, I would say he would have already hydrolocked the engine. : : : the last thing you want to do is get a ton of rust on the cylinder walls. coating the top of the piston in oil and splashing it around in there should help keep it from really scarring anything up. : : : I would highly suggest using a rubber hose and sucking any water you can out. once you've got that much out, you can likely just put the plugs back in and fire it up. the rest of the water will burn off. Replys:

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: and down into the pan. If he had more than a few inches of water down there so that the oil pickup would grab it, I would say he would have already hydrolocked the engine. : : : : the last thing you want to do is get a ton of rust on the cylinder walls. coating the top of the piston in oil and splashing it around in there should help keep it from really scarring anything up. : : : : I would highly suggest using a rubber hose and sucking any water you can out. once you've got that much out, you can likely just put the plugs back in and fire it up. the rest of the water will burn off.