Hey all, Im new here. I just bought my first Ford. After a short 6 months of owning it I went and goofed it up. Long story short I went too fast through about 4 feet of water and it died 3/4 of the way through. Tried turning it over but only got a rapid clicking noise from the starter. Mechanic friend suggested that I may have just soaked the distributor. Had it pulled out and let it sit for 2 days and tried again. Still the clicking noise. Even tried roll starting it, tires just locked up and skidded down the road. Does this sound like textbook hydro locked engine to anyone? Any suggestions or theories are welcome.

Truck: 1995 F150 XL 5.0L Manual

 

My first suggestion would be to drain the oil and see what comes out.
It would be a good move to remove all the spark plugs and blow any water out.
I wouldn't try cranking the engine until you get some fresh oil in the engine.
The longer any water that doesn't belong in there is allowed to stay the worse things can get.
If you were in water that deep you might also change the fluids in the differential and the trans too !
When you place a warm / hot trans and diff in cold water you automatically create a vacuum on the inside and that helps suck the water in better. So you have your work cut out for you.

 

if your cylinders are full of water the engine obviosly wont turn over because you cant compress a liquid. like it was said take spark plugs out and drain oil. put the new oil in and see if it turns over if not i assume something screwed up inside. bent connecting rods or something when you get water in there just like that and at high rmps and it suddly to stop like that could have broke something internal. i would just chence the basics like what was mentioned first.

 

So I'm 99% positive I have bent the connecting rods. I have another engine 302 to replace it with but it's a 92. Will A 92 be compatible with a 95? The original engine runs like a top and I'd like to keep it in there if I can. Would it be worth it to have the engine rebuilt or should I just swap it?

 

I'm sure you know that mileage on the engine is important.
Don't know all the particulars for swapping a 92 for a 95, but what if you removed the heads and confirmed that you really do have bent rods?
Hope you got the water out because if not , you could get into some serious work trying to save the 95 engine.