Thread: My sons d2 TD5 wont start after a swim. We need help

Originally Posted by whitey56

I like Slunnie’s diagnoses there is probably enough water getting sucked through from the intercooler to put the fire out, pull a hose off and dip a end tank if you can’t see a drain bolt you never know might be lucky.

Yes, this is a possibility if it was idling through and would be a great outcome, but any sort of revs / load at the time it stopped and there is a lot of inertia behind the conrod when the chamber fills with water, easy enough to drop the intercooler hose off at the manifold to see if it starts .
If the rod was bent it will drop the compression enough which may have let it run for a while while the engine was still at operating temp but might not be enough when cold.
Unfortunately it wouldn't be the first I've seen with a bent rod ( and destroyed big end journal) after the same scenario

Unfortunate, but really a very lucky result!