Hydrolocking (or hydraulic lock) occurs when a liquid enters an engine’s cylinders, preventing the pistons from completing ...

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Hydrolocks are an old phenomenon with combustion-engined vehicles, but most drivers still fail to understand how it happens. That’s what makes so many try their luck crossing flooded areas without ...

I stand looking at the 4.0-liter engine I've just spent hours installing, sweat and grease dripping from my face. After sitting for nearly a year, my once-hydrolocked Jeep XJ now has a new engine, and ...

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A closer look at an engine that suffered hydrolock, showing what caused it, the damage it created, and what it takes to get it running again.