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blue2000s · 03-11-2008, 12:47 AM

This isn't hydro-lock. Nothing you've described could have caused hydro-lock. The car will run without a MAF attached at all, so I don't think that was the cause of your problem. Cam timing on these engines is by chain, the chance of the timing running off and the piston smashing a valve is really slim.

From your description, it sounds like either something internal broke off and was loose or the engine ingested something solid.

03-11-2008, 12:47 AM	#2
blue2000s Porscheectomy Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle Area Posts: 3,011	This isn't hydro-lock. Nothing you've described could have caused hydro-lock. The car will run without a MAF attached at all, so I don't think that was the cause of your problem. Cam timing on these engines is by chain, the chance of the timing running off and the piston smashing a valve is really slim. From your description, it sounds like either something internal broke off and was loose or the engine ingested something solid. Last edited by blue2000s; 03-11-2008 at 12:52 AM.