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Went playing in the mud with my almost 7 year old as my co-pilot. (It was HIS idea! That's m'boy!) As some background info, this July was the wettest here in the last 70 years - rained ALL but 7 days: "official" total of almost 12". Drove out through seemingly impassable terrain (washed-out fire roads complete with the streams that washed 'em out still flowing). Hit the old shooting range that years ago was "adopted" by local trail riders and turned into a usually dry area to play with the off-road vehicles. Only one way to describe it: unbelievable mud! 3+ foot deep puddles. Muck & slop everywhere. What fun! (RATS. Forgot the camera.)
As we puled onto our street the engine started to do that surge-sputter-surge-sputter-surge-sputter thing. Oil pressure dropped to below 10 PSI (trustworthy mechanical gauge). Seriously bad mojo. Oh well, overdue for a complete fluid change anyway. I know what I'll be doing this week.
Engine's due for an overhaul now that I think of it: I was 4 months old the last time it was rebuilt.
Just thought I'd share.

Oh the cleaning you will be doing now.... Oh and yeah I see you forgot the camera, but still.... "this thread is worthless with out pictures"...

Glad you had fun, hope the engine problem is something simple like the water proof ignition isn't...

k8icu wrote:"this thread is worthless with out pictures"

Amen to that.

k8icu wrote:Glad you had fun, hope the engine problem is something simple like the water proof ignition isn't...

I think the problem is oil + water + leaky cylinders = lousy compression. The oil leaks out, so I'd assume the water leaks in, too. We'll see what sort of envirodisaster I drain out of the block (and the t-case and the transmission, etc.)