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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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I recently got some water into the motor from my cold air intake. My engine wasnt running to fast at the time and it stalled out. I got all the water out and the car started again. Sounds like I might have bent a valve in there. Connecting rods seem fine.

My question is that I am about 1500 Miles from home where I have the tools to take a look at this. I know its probably a bad idea to drive the 1500 miles with my motor like this. Any suggestions/ideas?
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by ekmaniac101
I recently got some water into the motor from my cold air intake. My engine wasnt running to fast at the time and it stalled out. I got all the water out and the car started again. Sounds like I might have bent a valve in there. Connecting rods seem fine.

My question is that I am about 1500 Miles from home where I have the tools to take a look at this. I know its probably a bad idea to drive the 1500 miles with my motor like this. Any suggestions/ideas?
Rent a truck & a tow dolly or trailer to tow the car...
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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uhaul truck/trailer should cost you a few hundred dollars + gas though...
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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valves don't usually bend when motors are hydrolocked
its almost always a rod and or collapsed rings
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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A friend of mine hydrolocked his B16A and that was a nuclear bomb... The head was completely destroyed; bent valves, broken valves & all 4 combustion chmaber well disturbed... Lol... That was just head... Two pistons were missing, one had a massive hole in it, where you could see the wrist pin and the fourth one, fairly damaged... To make matters worst, two of the cylinder walls were broken severely... That whole motor had to scraped, there was no coming back for that....
My advise to the OP, get a short ram intake but your case might not be so severe as my friends incident...
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