Hydro Locked!! I am in deep S....

Jbear

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Looking for advise and possible cost effective solutions. Just Hydro Locked my Jeep in a bloody kiddie puddle by the house (not even up to the axles). First estimate was 5k! Here is the bigger issue. Lost my job in Jan and just moved back to Fayetteville. Lost a job and marriage last year. This is the worst thing financially that could have happened for me right now. An at this moment I am seriously thinking of walking away from it Jeep I have had an enjoyed with my kids for the past 6 years.

What I guess I am looking for is places for a reasonable engine or type. My price given for the engine alone was $3,200. An maybe help to swap it out. I have no tools mine where stolen two years ago and live in an apt now in Fayetteville. I know from experience that this is a community that helps each other
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and honestly minus my own sob story have nothing to loose from asking. Thank You.
 
Just refinanced the thing in December to absorb my future ex car she refused to pay for. I owe 18k now. With no engine I can not come anywhere close to that number. I can either fix it or walk away.
 
Insurance should pay since you were not offroading at the time. You can find those motors on jkownersforum and also on jkforum for a lot less.
 
Been trying to contact my agent no luck yet. Not happy! Really did not think it would be covered to be honest. Have started looking on the forum for another one and thank you.
 
this may be a stupid question as i know nothing about jeep engines but if you hydro locked it why not just pull the plugs get the water out change the oil a bunch and see what happens always worked for me on the toyota and samurai
 
for that $$$ you'd be better off upgrading the engine to a 6.0L and get a ton more power for must less cost!


Seriously, pull the plugs and turn it over and see if it really is damaged. maybe I'm wrong but I've never seen hydrolocked engines from small puddles, it takes a lot to hydrolock an engine
 
the real question is.. WTF were you doing in a Kiddie pool?o_O

I'm with the others. I can't see how it is hydro locked. What makes you come to the conclusion it is?
 
Several WK owners I know on JF have hydro locked thier WK with small puddles. It all has to do with the air inlet location which on a WK is in the grill. Hell, one guy had to pull over during a heavy downpour on the interstate. Pulled his plugs, turned it over and water shot out!

I agree with the others, pull the plugs and turn over and see what happens. If it is hydro locked, it shouldn't hurt it any worse. Best of luck to you.
 
If you have full coverage(which you should since its not paid for) insurance will cover it, seen it many times.
 
you could always commit fraud and sell it to somebody that wants a trail vehicle and then let the repo men try to find it. not good for your credit though. or break another law and report it stolen, let insurance take care of it
 
yodaman88 said:
you could always commit fraud and sell it to somebody that wants a trail vehicle and then let the repo men try to find it. not good for your credit though. or break another law and report it stolen, let insurance take care of it
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Sounds like you've been down this road before o_O
 
yodaman88 said:
you could always commit fraud and sell it to somebody that wants a trail vehicle and then let the repo men try to find it. not good for your credit though. or break another law and report it stolen, let insurance take care of it
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start by removing pictures from the web of it 1st....in a thread asking for options.
 
We do a lot of JK work here, probably more than anyone around. The engines can be found from guys like Burnsville Offroad that do nothing but Hemi swaps. We just sold our last engine and transmission combo for $1200 with 9k miles on it so $3500 is pretty darn high. A hemi swap or 6.0 swap is not a very affordable thing in a JK, the install kit alone is over $5k + engine, trans, driveshafts and misc items.
If you need help looking for a engine let me know, I may be able to find one pretty quick.
 
CarolinaTruggies said:
We do a lot of JK work here, probably more than anyone around. The engines can be found from guys like Burnsville Offroad that do nothing but Hemi swaps. We just sold our last engine and transmission combo for $1200 with 9k miles on it so $3500 is pretty darn high. A hemi swap or 6.0 swap is not a very affordable thing in a JK, the install kit alone is over $5k + engine, trans, driveshafts and misc items.
If you need help looking for a engine let me know, I may be able to find one pretty quick.
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If someone finds you a 9k motor for 1.2k that sounds like a darn good deal.
 
We pulled it out to do a Hemi swap on one last year. A lot of the shops that pull the engines generally just send them to the scrap yard because there isn't a huge demand for them.
 
i would have gladly paid 1200 for a motor with 9k miles, I just had to put one in my tj *4.0 ofcourse* and i got a reman motor for 1800 ...a smoking deal considering everyone else in town wanted 25-2800 for the same exact motor from the same exact distributor lol
 
pull plugs and oil and turn by hand first, unless you threw a rod or bearing, it should still run, i wish i was in your area, would love to help
 
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