Ok, so I have a 1995 Honda Accord EX and I drove through a BIG puddle and half way through, the car turns off and will not crack..The motor is turning over, but just not catching, and also there's water coming out the exhaust pipe when I try to start it..what's the problem with it? How can it be fixed?

 

True what upside down?

 

Congratulations, you hydrolocked your motor!

Stop trying to start it and tow it to someone who knows what the hell they're doing.

 

your messing it up more and more everytime you try to start it...do that^^^

 

u have a cai?

 

Its possible the distributer and wires are wet, are you getting spark at the spark plugs? start there...pull the plugs out ...the air intake is pretty high how deep did you go??

 

Reported for spamming/advertising all over the forums.

 

Why don't you guys try to help the OP rather than poking fun at him.

 

Thanks to the ones who help and the other's who didn't! I was told that my "computer" got wet..Does anyone know about how much that will cost to get it replaced?

 

95 EX and the computer got wet? It is located inside the car behind the glove box.

Not sure if a shop looked at it and came to this answer or was someone guessing. Ok, maybe the water shorted something under the hood that did the ECU in. For a stock motor try search on someplace like "car part" for a used one (4 or 6 cyl, auto or manual).

Are you doing this or a shop? The reason I ask is if a shop is doing it and that is their answer then go for it, just be sure to tell them not to call back after doing that and then tell you that the dist now needs to be replaced....then a call about another part.

If you are doing it, what have you checked so far?

 

nope....ECU is located in the car in the passenger foot well...so basically if water got inside the car it might be the ECU if it didnt dont waste your time....and he went through a puddle if by some luck the motor isn't hydro locked he is going to need multiple replacement parts.....with all that said....if you have a garage of your own open the car up and let it fully dry out, while your waiting for that start checking spark plugs(check for water in engine) check distributor and cap, check the coil......but first thing you should be doing is confirming if your getting air,fuel,and spark....whichever one your not getting you need to troubleshoot

 

Thanks guys..It's a EX manual trans. 4-cyl.

 

if youre lucky, you didnt hydro-lock your engine, your distributor just got wet check your spark plug wires see if your getting spark if you do get spark your royaly boned

 

Could someone guesstimate at how much a ECU for a 95 honda accord ex would cost??? I was quoted at 225 for a used one..

 

ebay... Here's one for $75 shipped. It came from an automatic.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Engin...Q5fAccessories

 

i think you should drain your oil, replace the spark plugs, once the plugs are out, crank the motor over a couple of times to get excessive water out, open the distributor cap and spray it down with wd-40 and the blow it dry. squirt a little bit of oil into each cylinder and crank again. reinstall everything and try starting it. also, make sure your air filter isnt soaked in water, if it is a disposable filter, replace it, if not, the just make sure its dry.

 

Ok so I've got the car started now, changed the ECU board on the inside, but the RMP is only reaching about 3200 and cutting out and not even reaching the red line..What else could be the problem??

 

give me the numbers on your ecu .....i have multiple ones laying around

 

Do you have any CEL??

You might bent a rod because its trying to compress and water got inside the combustion chamber therefore its compressing water and will bend a rod.

 

Also when the car cranks up, it spudders and finally runs right, but it's red lining at 3200 rpm when it's suppose to be around 7000.