Lol... woopsies

[Difflock]

Long story short.... lmao.

My AIC was getting serviced, and went well. Had a craigslist mechanic work on it...... He hooked up the coolant intake to the throttle body into the vacuum line on the aic. coolant pouring out of the exhaust pipe when he started it. now its hydro locked and wont start. What the **** can I do now. I fixed the hoses, its setup to run now.

 

[BoomerBob]

Pull all the plugs and turn the engine manually if you don't see any coolant in the oil. You have to be 100% sure fluids didn't mix.

 

[thennen]

Brain farting and don’t know what AIC is. But years ago a buddy ran his 4.0 Jeep into water and locked it up. I suggested he remove the plugs and crank the engine to get the water out, like BoomerBob suggests. It worked to get the bulk of the water out, and he ran it for a while afterward to burn off the rest. Then he changed the oil. Does this fit your situation?

 

[Sparky 97Runner]

Long story short.... lmao.

My AIC was getting serviced, and went well. Had a craigslist mechanic work on it...... He hooked up the coolant intake to the throttle body into the vacuum line on the aic. coolant pouring out of the exhaust pipe when he started it. now its hydro locked and wont start. What the **** can I do now. I fixed the hoses, its setup to run now.

WOW! That is one hell of a craigslist shredder mechanic story. Lesson learned though. I would pull all the spark plugs and try to suck what you can out with a piece of vacuum hose attached to a shop vac, then turn it over manually with the plugs still out. Then I'd change the oil and take her for a ten minute drive. If that all goes well then I would definitely change the oil one more time.

 

[Difflock]

I pulled the spark plugs, dried them out and got it running.... talk about a white smoke show, good lord.. BUT now my idle is at 1600 when its cold and at temp... is my Aic pooched now? I cleaned the throttle body and aic, maybe the ecm needs to relearn now that all that gunk is out of there?


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