Bendix not engaging

[02ProstarSammyD]

Should have been more clear. The engine wants to turn over. The starter seems to be doing its job. The clunking, etc noise is coming from the engine not the starter. yea I'm pretty frustrated over all of this considering it took me close to a year to get her running right last year. Just painfully annoying to drop a boatload of cash last year and then end up at square 1 or worse the next year

[02ProstarSammyD]

Word of the day. Hydrolock. Problem found. Solution pending (maybe)

[thatsmrmastercraft]

Originally Posted by 02ProstarSammyD

Word of the day. Hydrolock. Problem found. Solution pending (maybe)

Yikes . Bad exhaust manifold letting the water in?

[02ProstarSammyD]

Haven't gotten that far yet. Turned it over by hand slowly tonight with everything pulled and heard a drip. Gave it a good quick turn and heard a splash. Plugs were soaked.


Good news: No rust on plugs, water was clean, and engine spun pretty freely. Didn't feel any binding etc. Thinking the starter was either shot before or didn't like the pressure and the clutch just went bye bye. Either way it might have saved me an engine. Sprayed her with some pb blaster and letting it sit over night. Will give it a few turns tomorrow and repeat. Thinking wed going to change oil and try her up. *crossing fingers*


Don't really have a clue what caused it. Had a slight rev problem on the last outting of the year. Talking with my mech buddy and think it was just a fluke backing up at the doc and sucking up some water or something even more odd. Regardless it is going to monitored closely if she comes back to life this week.

Just kind of stumped how it happened but regardless of weather or heated garage I'm full blown winterizing next year just for peace of mind

[thatsmrmastercraft]

Is there any water in the oil? When my exhaust manifold let loose, I kept filling the oil pan with water.

[02ProstarSammyD]

^haven't gotten there yet. Going to drain her tonight and take a look. Think 2 days of soaking with pb is enough?

[thatsmrmastercraft]

Before you drain your oil, check the oil level. Mine never hydro-locked, but until I figured out the cause, each time I ran it for a couple minutes I ended up with half of gallon of water in my oil pan.

[02ProstarSammyD]

Already did. It was in normal range. Oil seemed fine but since it didn't run and has been sitting I figured it would look that way regardless of having water or not

[thatsmrmastercraft]

the water will definitely settle to the bottom of the oil. If there were water in the pan, you would obviously see an increased oil level. Very interesting.

[02ProstarSammyD]

Yea not a bit of it makes sense. For now I will just pull a tebow and pray