Hydrolock motor on 97 honda accord?

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Chilacas

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I am trying to unlock a hydrolock motor on my 97 honda accord. A few months ago i ended up in a big lake of water when i was driving into work because i guess the sewer was backed up. I had a cold air intake and it sucked in alot of water. So far i took the spark plugs out and tried to crank the motor so that it would shoot out the water inside motor but it seems like the starter cannot turn the flywheel. So now should i try to turn it over manually through the main crankshaft? I understand i might have to replace the motor but i sure hope not, so i am willing to try anything to see if i can save this motor. If u guys have any tips or suggestions i would surely appreciate it. Thank you!
 
First thing is just as soon as you take one swimming you should pull plugs and roll it over to evacuate water. If water didn't get to the computer or other vital electronics but just got in engine. You can immediately get water out of cylinders and car should crank and run fine the same day. Now since you let it sit for a few months with water in engine it probably isn't going to turn over under any circumstances. The inside of the cylinders will be heavily coated with rust keeping pistons from moving even if you do somehow get it to turn over It won't run well at all the rust will have etched into the cylinder walls and you won't have compression anymore. you can have that engine rebuilt without too much trouble since nothing will need replacing just freshening up, cylinders will need to be machined which means new pistons and rings, other than that just cleaning and putting back together.
 
First thing is just as soon as you take one swimming you should pull plugs and roll it over to evacuate water. If water didn't get to the computer or other vital electronics but just got in engine. You can immediately get water out of cylinders and car should crank and run fine the same day. Now since you let it sit for a few months with water in engine it probably isn't going to turn over under any circumstances. The inside of the cylinders will be heavily coated with rust keeping pistons from moving even if you do somehow get it to turn over It won't run well at all the rust will have etched into the cylinder walls and you won't have compression anymore. you can have that engine rebuilt without too much trouble since nothing will need replacing just freshening up, cylinders will need to be machined which means new pistons and rings, other than that just cleaning and putting back together.
 
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