All day yesterday it was raining.. i was driving in it.. then last night.. it starts to pour.. places got flooded... well i was driving.. i went through at least a 2-3 foot puddle.. car started to die there.. but i jkept driving.. i went to a friends house.. then when im leaving.. it starts back up fine... im driving to another friends house.. ( remeber its still pouring .. puddles and stuff) and i turn into his alley.. and all of a sudeen the car bogged down then stalled out... anyone know why? my car will crank.. all lights are on.. it just wont turn over... anyone know?! please help.

 

HYDRO_LOCK

 

what is hydro lock? its been about 10 hours... wqill my car start? do i need anything else?

 

You injested water into your engine. Motor could be fucked, probably is. Drain your oil to see how much water is in your oil.

 

What ever you don't crank it anymore!!!!

Drain your oil. Remove the spark plugs. Try using a vaccum through the spark plug holes and sucking out the water.

Hopefully you just got the distributor wet and it won't start.
Did you notice any abnormal noises coming from the engine from your drives to your friends house.

 

He did drive it though after the puddle incident. Make sure nothing came through the block, like a rod.

 

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Lets hope not.

 

Yeah replacing your engine is not fun or cheap. I hope it is your distributor also. Good Luck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Slamaccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What ever you don't crank it anymore!!!!

Drain your oil. Remove the spark plugs. Try using a vaccum through the spark plug holes and sucking out the water.

Hopefully you just got the distributor wet and it won't start.
Did you notice any abnormal noises coming from the engine from your drives to your friends house. </TD></TR></TABLE>

no, i didnt hear any abnormal noises... and now my alarm like barely works.. its like dead... but it still works.. imma go try and change the spark plugs.. and what should i do about the distributor? ill change oil as well.. oh and i have a 94 coupe with a gsr in it.. if it matters.. man this really sucks :-/

 

Take a cap off and blow some compressed air into the distributor housing to remove the wet spots.

 

i honestly dont think it could be hydrolocked.. my intake was still dry.. i have a carbon fiber short ram.. so imma go check the spark plugs.. and ill dery the dizzy

 

Water and the ignition don't work well. Especially in hondas.

 

well the spark plugs were not wet... they were bone dry.. but another question is... could it be the ecu? and where is th ecu.. sorry i, a newb

 

ECU is on the passenger side floor board. Doubt you had H2O in the car.

 

i had something like this happen to me a month ago...
i was driving down the road and i shifted into 3rd and it sputtered and stoped... i had been going through water and thought i hydrolocked the motor.... turns out i snapped the timing belt... so check that.. if timing belt is broken it wont spin the camshaft therefore no spark. could also be the water pump seized up.

so (1)check the timing belt (2)check the water pump to see if it can spin freely and (3)make sure the rotor is spinning in the distributer!

good luck

 

i fixed it!! it was the ignition coil, and i just put on a new rotor on as well... nowi t starts up and runs fine again..but i have a question.. im about to replace the timing belt because it has to much slack.. being an oldbelt.. does anyone have lke a way to do it.. or diagram.. and is it hard?

 

you could search or look in the faq for the writeup... it requires taking the driver side engine mount off and the crank pully... but if you search you should find alot of writeups