Ok so i was drive in the rain. The rain wasnt even pass my tire so it wasnt deep but for some reason it stalled by its self. So we pushed it n got it outa the rain.. Tryd to start it and it wouldn turn on, bairly spun the fly wheel.. Waited for awhile an finnaly got it to start but it has a knock but still drives and idles fine.. What could be my problem?

Its throwing code 43.
Motor is B18a1
1991 hatch

 

stock intake? cold air intake? what? intake could have sucked in some water. and if it did you may now have bad rings from it trying to compress it and not being able to.

 

^^ i second that, do a compression test!

 

Cold air intake is the only thing I can think of, unless you splashed through the water like a mad man.

 

Comperssion test is deff on the way tomorrow morning. Um as far as intake goes its a makeshift cold air.. Stock intake till where the box is suppost to be than a funel type to a filter right under.. Its about a foot away from the ground. And my speed was about 5mph when it happend... One of the boys say i may have floated a valve...

 

i don't understand how if the intake filter is in front of the tire, how it will splash up there. by the time your tire hits the water, your filter was already in there first. know what i mean? the only way you would have hydrolocked your car, is if your filter was submersed in water. and, i say pull the head off and take a look see.

 

oh, and code 43 is fuel supply system. injector, fpr, fuel pump, filter, ect....

 

hydro lock FTL my friend.

 

Its not hydro locked ^^ it runs just has a loud tick in the head area. An the fillter is infront of the tire, about a foot away from the ground. I never got that deep in to the water.

 

All it has to do is SUCK SOME IN......not be submerged. You have any holes in your fender liner around the filter?

LOL

 

Yeha that weather strip aint there like anyone wit an ef when you slam em or lower em they usually fall off so i dont have that anymore... So i took off the head and i do have a lil bit of milky oil in the head. we did replace the oil last night.

 

I sucked up a lot of water in my old zc dohc a couple years back driving to work...i had a homemade cold air as well and didnt have a bypass valve either...my car started to bog and shake really bad but decided to just run the engine for 30 minutes straigt to burn off some of the water and it never had a problem after that...just rev if lightly at times when its ideling and see if it goes away...!!!

 

cant suck that much water unless you hit a big dip of water. i hooked up my window washer tubing to spray water into my intake pipe to clean up the carbs ( pass smog ) drove around like that for a week filled up the washer fluid resvr twice. white smoke comes out the exhaust. if you spray to much it will bogg. just gotta burn out the water. sound stupid but it works.

 

Did it make a really loud tick or anything?

 

from what i remember yes and this was back in 2005 driving to LAX in a rain storm on the 105 freeway at 0300...!!!

 

^^^ Ok did you ever find out what it was? Cause from what ive been hearing is that the water got to the berrings and i may have spun a bearing due to the water.

 

i just ran the engine on idle and the noise and water went away...!!!

 

Cause it circulated the oil through your berings to remove the water right?

 

beats me...i just ran it till it went away...you can try doing that yourself and if it doesn't work for you then you might have a bigger problem...!!!

 

Any other input on what my problem could b or how i can go about my problem?

 

dude, everythings been said, internet comments are not going to fix the car for you, follow them and figure out the issue

 

Dude just do a compression test. And you shouldn't have water in your bearings because the crankcase wasn't exposed to water. Does the car run fine?

 

LOL, were you doing 9,000rpm?

 

Wouldnt a compression test only tell me if my rings are gone or if its holding pressure?

No atfter the fact i never passed 3,000rpm..


No your right comments arnt but they can lead me in the right direction, cause no step by step has been given to me.

 

O n i think it runs fine i never really punched it on the way home or nun.