stephenw22 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Okay, I have a bit of a puzzler. My '88 wagon, the RustBucket, has been sitting around for about 6 months without running. I went to start it up and bomb around the fields a little with it, but when I turned the key, the engine wouldn't turn over. I thought, WTF? I grabbed my 1/2" breaker bar and tried to turn the engine over by hand. I was locked up solid! Even with a 6' pipe on the end of the bar, it wouldn't turn over. I ended up bending the breaker bar, and the engine still wouldn't turn over. Just for kicks, I tried turning the engine backwards - and it worked perfectly! I turned the engine backwards for several revolutions with no problems at all. However, when I started turning it forwards again, it went a little bit and then locked up again. I was planning on dropping this engine into the hornet this summer, along with a MT, and doing the SPFI conversion. Is this engine toasted or what? I can't figure out why it would spin freely in one direction and not the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Try pulling the spark plugs. Can't hurt, and if there is any liquid in there, it will have somewhere to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nug Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Yeah, it sounds kinda like hydrolock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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