douglee25
Well-Known Member
I highly doubt you did any damage whatsoever to your engine. The quick unloading/loading of the drivetrain, while not good for the transmission, will not stretch rods, break pistons, etc. It will also not cause a condition where your engine will injest water. If the engine was still rotating and you did not come off of plane quickly, how would it injest water? Not possible. The backfire was definitely out the exhaust due to a small amount of gas puddling up with the throttle open. Once the engine had ignition, the gas was lit, the explosion occured, and the gasket blew consequently. Typically though, the gasket should not have blown. It's probably a coincidence.
Fix your gasket and I'm sure you'll be good to go.
Doug
Fix your gasket and I'm sure you'll be good to go.
Doug