How Do You Get Water Out Of Intake Manifold?
- Remove the intake manifolds and blast air until everything is dry or free of water or let it dry out completely. Replace manifold covers and start the engine.
- Remove the spark plugs from each cylinder and crank the engine until water has been removed and only gas is coming out.
Note: Cranking an engine without sparkplugs can be simple and easy. Though you should get heed if you try it. There may be other water damage that may cause additional issues to your engine. Use extreme caution at your own risk.
How Do You Prevent Hydrolock?
Preventing hydrolock can be easy. Prevention is almost always much cheaper and easier than fixing hydrolock. Using good practices can overflow (no pun intended) to other parts of your vehicle that can help your vehicle’s longevity more than average. Here are some common and easy practices:
- Lock your fuel door or gas cap
- Keep your gas tank relatively full or fill your tank up completely each time you fill up
- Buy only quality aftermarket air filters or performance mods such a short air intake or a cold air intake
- Clean your engine bay monthly or every couple of months
- Monitor any leaks or cracks in your powertrain
- Buy a snorkel if you go off-roading and encounter deep puddles
- If you live in a climate that has big swings in the temperature you should monitor engine performance and use additives regularly if there are large gaps in the frequency of vehicle use.
Note: There are multiple ways to get water out of an engine. The easiest and safest way is to take it to a shop and have them do it. If you have enough water in your engine to cause it to hydrolock clearing it should be done only if you know what you are doing. Otherwise, you can brick your engine.
Water can ruin an engine. That is a fact. Hydrolocking an engine can be done relatively easily. Just drive through a deep puddle for a while. Boom! You have sucked water into your engine and now it is stuck inside.
Luckily if you are this foolish or daring there are ways to easily remove the water from your engine before it ruins it. With a little know-how, it will only cause damage to your psyche. Hopefully, you have learned something and will give a little more thought to what would happen if you are in a situation where you may get water in your engine.
Thanks for reading and stay dirty