My e30 got flooded. Is the motor trash?

[red325]

Shit man sorry to hear that sucks

[Turf1600]

Hows the car? DOHC swap worthy?

Absolutely. It's a great car with new suspension, a great interior and a great sound system. it's a euro'd out 90 325is - black on tan.

[mattdk318i]

Do it up! If you can get it here ill help/swap it

[Turf1600]

SC is a stretch. If I was closer I'd be all over it. I kinda want an m30.

[jbsjunk]

Does it turn over when you turn the crank bolt? If so, then obviously something screwed up with the starter or wiring. Or the starter is locked up for some reason. If it don't turn with the crank bolt, it's swap time.

Congrats or my condolences, pick one.

Edit: Try turning the crank backwards a couple degrees if the starter is locked, going backwards should draw the drive back in.

[e30slut]

hydrolock is a bitch. your pistons and cylinder walls have become one. and if it got past there then your bearings are siezed as well... here's a solution..

steps
1. fill oil/crankcase with a bottle of seafoam and a few tablespoons of Heet water remover
2. keep spark plugs removed over night
3. fill spark plug holes with seafoam/tranny oil and let is sit for a few hours
4. push the car and do some clutch pops till you break that motor free.

it should work as its been done to my 4.9 ford and I learned it from one of my moms neighbors.

You can also use some PB blaster in the spark holes. They say tranny fluid is alot easier on the engine tho.

seriously go try this...

[Turf1600]

hydrolock is a bitch. your pistons and cylinder walls have become one. and if it got past there then your bearings are siezed as well... here's a solution..

steps
1. fill oil/crankcase with a bottle of seafoam and a few tablespoons of Heet water remover
2. keep spark plugs removed over night
3. fill spark plug holes with seafoam/tranny oil and let is sit for a few hours
4. push the car and do some clutch pops till you break that motor free.

it should work as its been done to my 4.9 ford and I learned it from one of my moms neighbors.

You can also use some PB blaster in the spark holes. They say tranny fluid is alot easier on the engine tho.

seriously go try this...

I didn't know over the counter liquids straighten connecting rods.

[lennon]

hydrolock is a bitch. your pistons and cylinder walls have become one. and if it got past there then your bearings are siezed as well... here's a solution..

steps
1. fill oil/crankcase with a bottle of seafoam and a few tablespoons of Heet water remover
2. keep spark plugs removed over night
3. fill spark plug holes with seafoam/tranny oil and let is sit for a few hours
4. push the car and do some clutch pops till you break that motor free.

it should work as its been done to my 4.9 ford and I learned it from one of my moms neighbors.

You can also use some PB blaster in the spark holes. They say tranny fluid is alot easier on the engine tho.

seriously go try this...

yeah take advice from this guy...especially when he got it from his moms neighbor. lol.

[bmwpower]

Have you tried to turn it at the crank?

[Naplm00]

I didn't know over the counter liquids straighten connecting rods.

you might have lucked out, and the rods arent bent

the easiest way to check is to just pull off the head..you could save yourself alot of time!

this would hopefully free up the motor enough to get it going again .



When i worked for bmw we had a DOHC r1200GS come in hydrolocked, the owner tried startingit so many tims it burnt out the starter, relay and cracked the starter part of the bellhousing.


we removed the heads, replaced the starter and reassembled, ran it for about 5 min on cheap dino oil then drained, then ran it about 10 miles on dino again, changed it out and then switchd to syn. (filter everytime)

bike is stillgoing to this day

[Turf1600]

Got a 60k m20 out of an auto vert. Also got a husco armrest, glovebox latch, r134a compressor with lines and a schwarzII front bumper for 600 bucks.

[Bimmerista]

Decent haul

[Teaguer]

Decent haul

If that figure had one less zero then it would be worth talking about.
Other wise its just standard retailish price.

[Turf1600]

I think it's a good deal. The compressor and lines are brand new and the motor is in awesome shape.

[paulkeith]

in the offroad world guys hydrolock motors all the time. pull the plugs and spin the engine, drain and replace the oil is usually the recipe.

did you ever try spinning the engine by the crank bolt?