i have a cold air intake and i stalled it in a lake/puddle. it turned over about 6 times then suddenly stopped. now when i try to turn it over it seems as if the starter is not engaging properly. any ideas?

 

uhh....im not pro or anything...but thats not good man...

wait wait wait...lake/puddle???

 

the road was flooded. so i guess it was a puddle, but when i got out and pushed, it was knee high and my interior flooded. hence the lake stuff.

 

hydrolocked

 

what does "hydrolocked" mean?

 

means a **** load of water got into your motor and it is no longer useable.

note to you: a $50 bypass valve prevents "hydrolocking"

 

so by water entering my engine, it has now rendered it completely useless? isn't there something i can do?

 

not that i know of, whatever it is that happenes illudes me at the moment and i never did totally read into it but believe hydrolock = no mo motor

 

here

So what's the big fuss everyone makes about hydrolock? This phenomenon occurs when water is sucked up into the throttle body and into the cylinders by way of your cold air intake, or any setup for that matter. This ultimately causes serious and irreversible damage to your engine

 

Take out all the spark plugs and try the starter. If there is water in there its not going to turn over without relieving pressure.

 

i do believe its time to get a good ol H22 my friend

 

[QUOTE]If there is water in thereQUOTE]

im not trying to questions anyones reading ability or judgement skills but.... he drove in a lake....

 

i'm pretty damn positive there is water in there.

 

corrective steps would be to do the following suggestion.

 

perhaps insurance covers these sort of things?

 

did you inform your insurance agent when you put on the intake? if so then yes

if not then no, unless you would like to commit insurance fraud and reinstall the factory intake

 

insurance fraud is cool!!!

 

change your oil and try again

 

i called them and told them i had installed aftermarket parts, and asked if i was in an accident or etc, would i be covered for my car and the price of the aftermarket parts, they said yes. but i'll reinstall the intake if need be.

 

rods are bent yo!!!

 

im simply stating options i didnt say do this

 

well if you called them and told them putting your factory intake back on wont help cuz they can look up and see it hasnt always been that way.

 

oh i know i was just being sarcastic...sorry dude

 

your f-cked. dont drive into lakes. bite the bullet. how f-cked is the inside of your car?

 

i know man, im not gonna come down there and argue with you...