I tipped my mini excavator

[4570Man]

It's not the starter motor bending a rod. It's another cylinder firing and bending the compressed rod in another cylinder.

When the engine is running and sucks fluid that happens but if the engine was stopped and gets filled with oil then it can’t turn at all.

 

[Dftodd]

When the engine is running and sucks fluid that happens but if the engine was stopped and gets filled with oil then it can’t turn at all.

It depends. I've had them go either way.

Depends on where it is on the cycle, cylinder position, if it's on all cylinders, or just one.

As well as horsepower of the engine.

The engine wouldn't spin over twice, before it finally did and fired.

Thats a classic hydrolock scenario.

 

[arto98607]

Sorry to hear OP has this trouble, I find this interesting thread.

My speculation after having read all 32 posts:

I doubt the engine was idling when it tipped over, rather it was running at a decent working rpm and continued to run after it had tipped over.
Bent one or more rods due to liquid (engine oil?) entering combustion chamber(s) before it shut down.

Engine compression test should be done...

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Whenever we had a Jeep on its side or upside down for more than a minute or two, standard procedure was to pull the plugs before trying to start it.

About half the time there was some oil squirting out when cranking it, and that was almost always with the driver shutting the engine off near instantly.

 

[newbury]

Next time turn the engine over with a wrench, not the starter.

Better yet - next time you get even near turning over DON'T.
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In about the first 10 hours of operating my B7610 I was moving full buckets of sand through a path in the woods when one wheel dropped in a hole. The bucket was fairly low but the machine started to go. Dropped the FEL immediately, almost had to change my pants. Haven't done it again.

 

[Dftodd]

Better yet - next time you get even near turning over DON'T.
/edit
In about the first 10 hours of operating my B7610 I was moving full buckets of sand through a path in the woods when one wheel dropped in a hole. The bucket was fairly low but the machine started to go. Dropped the FEL immediately, almost had to change my pants. Haven't done it again.

I have to be careful on my 6 acres.

It's relatively level, but occasionally with clearing, I'll find an old den or other hole covered in twigs and leaves that a tire will drop into.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

It's not the starter motor bending a rod. It's another cylinder firing and bending the compressed rod in another cylinder.

Maybe, but starters are strong enough to bend valves. As a result, before trying to start the engine should be turned over by hand with a wrench. Alternatively, pull the glow plugs and then crank.

On a gas engine, a guy would pull the spark plugs and then crank over the engine (had to do this to an engine that went into U-Boat mode just this summer).

 

[WinterDeere]

Whenever we had a Jeep on its side or upside down for more than a minute or two...

I knew if there was anyone other than me who could utter these words, as if you've had multiple vehicles on their side multiple times, it would be you or Renze.

A buddy in high school accidentally rolled his jeep when he hit a high railroad crossing off-plumb, with a bunch of us in the vehicle. We got out, stood the thing back up, and did it like 3 more times.

 

[aa2tn]

A better time to ask questions would have been before you tried to start it up.

 

[gstrom99]

Next time turn the engine over with a wrench, not the starter.

NEXT time?