How to fix a drowned engine💦 🚿 In hindsight I should have rinsed the engine in freshwater when I first retrieved it from the pool as chlorine accelerates corrosion. 🚗 It’s definitely not ideal drowning an engine. The diesel car I drowned in the South Alligator River when I was 18 exploded 300km later on the way home. Water damage to pistols, rings and engine block isn’t fixed by changing spark plugs, oil and fuel. I’m hoping I’ll still get a year or two from this whipper-snippet though, which