I recently got Caught in a Rain storm so I pulled over in the gas station and turned my car off. sat about 45 mins the rain stopped so I got back on the road went about a mile or 2 and bam Engine is now Locked. I was wondering if it is fixable or did I fry it. If anybody has an engine for sale that will fir my 91 civic si. I belive its a 1.6 sohc non vtec D- series im not sure but ill check today. I need help so Please anybody who knows please give me some advice.thanks

Tom

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TommyBB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I recently got Caught in a Rain storm so I pulled over in the gas station and turned my car off. sat about 45 mins the rain stopped so I got back on the road went about a mile or 2 and bam Engine is now Locked. I was wondering if it is fixable or did I fry it. If anybody has an engine for sale that will fir my 91 civic si. I belive its a 1.6 sohc non vtec D- series im not sure but ill check today. I need help so Please anybody who knows please give me some advice.thanks

Tom</TD></TR></TABLE>

did you under a huge puddle of water??? Do you have a cai??? Judging by your explanation, it seems hard for a car to hydro lock from just a storm. The intake has to be like actually underwater suckin in water into the intake for it to hydro lock!..

 

It is most likely rebuildable but for the price you can get a VTEC D16 to put in there. Did you drive through a big puddle? Normally engines don't hydro lock just from a little water. Sorry to hear that this happened.

 

Yes I do have a AEM CAI and its right down by the right side front fender and I recently ripped my fenderliner out so. I must have I dont remember driving thru a puddle.

 

sucks man , I remember couple days ago i had no coice but to drive trough this 3 inch thick water puddle with my crx ans i had like a cai and a 2.25 inch drop in the front but luckly i made it oh i drove trough there in neutral .

 

I dont know how far my in dropped it had konyi coil overs and is very low I scrape on alot of things hah. but the thing is I have no fender liner to protect my air cleaner.

 

I have gone through some hella puddles with my CAI too and the best way is get enough speed to roll through it in neutral. One time i had to go through a lake sized one, just built up some speed killed the motor and rolled through. I only reccomend doing this if there are no cars around u casue u will have no power brakes. but it worked for me Even my 626 had the CAI 3 1/2 inches off the ground. it just goes over the trans and drops down on the splash shield, but i had no splash shield after a while. still a honda part cause the CAI was from a 97-up prelude, just cut off a little.

 

CAI's are your friend ....sometimes ...hahhaah Need to get the bypass valve!!! sorry to hear it though man

 

when I hydrolocked, I fried my pistons, it was just easier and cheaper to buy a new motor

 

I took the motor apart today. The head is fine. The lower half of the motor is gone . I have a D16-A6 non vtec. so I guess im looking for a complete engine. preferable a Vtec motor and somthing that will directly swap in to my car. 91 civic si. I dont know where to get one or who has one. but if you all know please let me know. Im trying to get this done with in the next two weeks. because school starts soon. ( its my daily driver.) so please if you know what type of engine and wherew I can get it. a direct swap. please let me know thanks Tom

 

I'm not really much help, but my bro and I have been through many big puddles and have shot lots of water out of our exhaust and to my amazement our cars still started up and were doing fine. In fact, my brother still drives his (accord).

 

I need a good used motor if any body has one. or could you tell me what would fit in there. so I can order it from mid west motors. thanks tom

 

any body know? what would fit into my car and mate with my tranny. would a Zc mate with my tranny I found acouple on ebay. let me know.

 

How do you know the engine was locked, did you try to spin it over by hand ?

 

hey sorry I cant respond to pms lol im still a trial user. umm yea my motor tried to compress the water. and I bent the rod and it shot thru the block. you can see where it hit the radiator. hey I need to talk to sombody so please if you know about zc swaps im me on AIM Rhalo9 thanks. Tom

 

The d16a6 is a pretty strong engine. I'd try picking up a short block for cheap but if that doesn't work swap whatever you want into it.

 

was there any valve to piston contact? if you dont get a short block .... and you swap, how much do you want for the head?

 

my motor hysrolocked on me when it was rainging a bunch around here due to hurricanes and I got got caught in a lane that was flooded. I did the clutch in deal and it worked till I started to slow down, one blip of the gas and it hydrolocked. But, insurance paid for it since it was under acts of god. The motor was not stock either. It was a jdm d15b. They paid for it, just not shipping. But, shipping was only $150.

 

No the Head is Fine. its Actually Brand new. Has about 2000 miles on it. it was completely redone with new valves re lapped the head was milled down to min factory specs. so yea im trying to do a ZC conversion but I need to find just the engine because som 1 told me it will work with my tranny. and I need t find one that comes with the ecu and hareness. but yea ill probally sell the head. I dont know for how much but.

 

The stupidity of CAI users amazes me. How much does a bypass valve cost? less the new rods. When you hydro lock it stop ******* with it. Dont try to start it againt or anything. TAKE YOUR SPARK PLUGS OUT. Crank the engine over for a minute and get all the water out of your cylinders, It should shoot out of the holes. Then try to start it.
I really doubt you managed to fry a piston with a hydro lock. Think about frying some thing with rain water. The most common hydro lock issue is a bent rod. I dont see how you could bend a valve, for the piston to hit a vavle the valve has to be open, if the valve is open how the **** could you lock the engine?

 

(Quote/"hey sorry I cant respond to pms lol im still a trial user. umm yea my motor tried to compress the water. and I bent the rod and it shot thru the block. you can see where it hit the radiator. hey I need to talk to sombody so please if you know about zc swaps im me on AIM Rhalo9 thanks. Tom/end Quote") PLease read the post b4 you try to Criticize about what happened. in the end you make yourself look like a fool....

 

Bypass Valves works wonders... I hope it rains today so I can go take a dip