upside down engine
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Sorry to hear of the rollover
Get it upright ASAP. Then let all the fluids drain down to where they're supposed to be. Be careful with the battery, especially if it leaked acid. Use water to neutralize any acid and baking soda too. Rinse all areas that might have been touched by acid,
Drain ALL fluids, oil, coolant, etc. Do not try to start it until you have measured the amount of oil you drain from the pan and compare it to how much the engine holds. you may have oil trapped at the head/valve area that can't get back to the pan. Report back results BEFORE trying to start it.
Get it upright ASAP. Then let all the fluids drain down to where they're supposed to be. Be careful with the battery, especially if it leaked acid. Use water to neutralize any acid and baking soda too. Rinse all areas that might have been touched by acid,
Drain ALL fluids, oil, coolant, etc. Do not try to start it until you have measured the amount of oil you drain from the pan and compare it to how much the engine holds. you may have oil trapped at the head/valve area that can't get back to the pan. Report back results BEFORE trying to start it.
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Your major danger is engine oil in the combustion chambers ... and probably battery acid all over. DO NOT try to start the engine. Rinse the machine down thoroughly with water - everywhere batt acid could have gotten. Also clean the top of the engine and fuel injector pump because youll need to do some wrenching in that area.
Remove ALL the fuel injectors and crank the engine over a couple rotations. Did any oil squirt out of the injector ports? --If it did you just avoided significant engine damage.-- There may still be enuf oil in there to cause trouble so I would try to thin it with a few drops of diesel fuel, spin it and then let it sit a day to drain down thru the rings. Reassemble, change the oil and start it.
Should be good
Remove ALL the fuel injectors and crank the engine over a couple rotations. Did any oil squirt out of the injector ports? --If it did you just avoided significant engine damage.-- There may still be enuf oil in there to cause trouble so I would try to thin it with a few drops of diesel fuel, spin it and then let it sit a day to drain down thru the rings. Reassemble, change the oil and start it.
Should be good
Labrat
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Hope you're ok?
As Coyote said you may have oil trapped in the upper end. Probably a good idea to pull the glow plugs and turn it over by hand a few times make sure it doesn't hydro lock. If it ran upside down for any length of time it wasn't pumping oil so you may need to prime the oil pump before you try starting it and hope it didn't do any damage.
Good luck
As Coyote said you may have oil trapped in the upper end. Probably a good idea to pull the glow plugs and turn it over by hand a few times make sure it doesn't hydro lock. If it ran upside down for any length of time it wasn't pumping oil so you may need to prime the oil pump before you try starting it and hope it didn't do any damage.
Good luck
Mace Canute
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Why? If it hasn't been rolled into a considerable amount of water all that's needed is to check fluid levels as one normally would and add as needed.
I wouldn't recommend using the starter to wing it over after pulling the injectors...use a wrench on the crank and turn the engine over two full revolutions at least before using the starter...it'll be a lot easier on the engine if there's a large amount of oil on the combustion chamber side of the piston.
prs
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I hope you are lucky enough to have an AMG battery that is well sealed. When you pull it back over onto the wheels, try to rig some lines to keep it from slapping down onto the axle. Might be a good idea to let a tow service do that for you as you heal-up and hair over. Don't let them start it unless they also assure your motor is not hydro locked with the oil.
prs
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I think you have been given good advice. However I rolled my skid steer one time and it sat flipped over for about 30 minutes. We just flipped it back over and started it up and went about our way. Sitting upside down for days might be a different situation with fluid loss and fluids where you don't want them.
