engine swap
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2003 s600 5.5L
engine swap
Hi everyone and happy mothers day. I am new to this forum. I have a 2003 s600 5.5L V12 engine that is lock due to flood. Everything else work but the engine will not turn over just clicking noise from the starter. I took out all the spark plugs and try turn engine manually and still would not turn over. so I was wondering if I can used 6.0L V12 engine block and cylinder heads. can someone help me.
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2004 S600
Why did you start a second thread?
Nick is right, if it doesn't turn over with no plugs, then there is possibly a different issue. Usually when I pull plugs after an event like this, the engine turns over fine. How long was there water in the engine? The rings could be rusted/seized in the bore if it sat a while...that would definitely mean the engine is ruined. If this was a flood car, perhaps other electronics fried preventing the starter from working? Typically you wouldn't have bent anything badly enough to lock the engine up permanently if it was just water-locked with the starter. But if you drove it into a pond or something with the engine running, that's another story.
Nick is right, if it doesn't turn over with no plugs, then there is possibly a different issue. Usually when I pull plugs after an event like this, the engine turns over fine. How long was there water in the engine? The rings could be rusted/seized in the bore if it sat a while...that would definitely mean the engine is ruined. If this was a flood car, perhaps other electronics fried preventing the starter from working? Typically you wouldn't have bent anything badly enough to lock the engine up permanently if it was just water-locked with the starter. But if you drove it into a pond or something with the engine running, that's another story.
