ok well my cousin has an ls v-tec integra with jdm b16 head,the car has been sitting for quite some time cause the dizzy went out,soo i put my dizzy and plugs in the car and got it running.the radiator was dry and we intended to run the car awhile so i shut the car off and added water,i double checked the plugs and ended up finding water in the cylinders and we never started the car after that...is this fixable?if so what needs to be done?any help would be great thanks

 

depending on how long the water has been in the cylinders, you can kiss that block goodbye. and if there was water in the cylinder when you guys were trying to start it, there is a possibility that you could have bent the valves. just remember you cannot compress water.

 

So you found water in the cylinders after adding some to the radiator? Headgasket is probably done.

 

Kind of depends on how the water got in to the cylinders, if it got in because there were no spark plugs and water, [rain] got in through the spark plug holes, you can blow most of it out by removing the spark plugs, [unplug the distributor assembly so no power is going to it] then crank the engine over a number of times, most of the water will be "blown out" and the only issue will be how much if any damage has been done by rust, I doubt very much that the engine would have started if there was enough water in even one cylinder for the engine to hydro-lock and if it did it would not bend valves it would bend piston rods.

The other possibility is that it is coolant, or water from the coolant system and you have a blown HG or possibly a cracked sleeve.

At this point, I would blow out the cylinders, fill the coolant system, and fire up the engine, look for white "smoke" from exhaust and "bubbling" in the rad or overflow container, that would indicate blown HG or cracked sleeve, [most likely a blown HG] and you will need to pull the head, inspect the sleeves for cracks, if none, replace the HG.

Pulling the head would allow you also to see the condition of the valves, valve seats, combustion chamber and cylinder walls for rust damage, [if water has been sitting in cylinders for any length of time].

JFYI, if you plan on storing an engine for any length of time, you should pull the plugs and squirt some oil into the cylinders and reinstall the plugs, I do it on my 94 teg every fall when I put it away for the winter, it smokes for a little when it is started for the first time in the spring but that goes away pretty quick. 94

 

thanks for the replys,while i got the car started the first time we added water in the rad but it kept spitting it back out so i turned off the car to add water,after filling the rad i double checked the plugs and found they were wet...and i never started the car again after that.there was never any water in the cylinders or the rad when i pulled the plugs untill we finally filled the rad

 

Are all 4 spark plugs wet? Are you sure it's water and not gas?
Seems like you guys have no idea of what you are doing...

 

i think thats why i came on here to ask for help.....otherwise i wouldnt ask if i knew what i was doing....like i said,all plugs were dry when i took my cousins own out and put mine,when the car got started i turned it off,added water in the rad to run the car long enough to warm it up b4 starting it again i checked the plugs and found water..anyone with common sense would know not to start the car again so we didnt.....oh and no it wasnt gas!

 

Hopefully it is only a blown HG, but because you did not start the engine after adding water to the rad it sounds more like a cracked sleeve, I would pull the head and see what you can find. 94

 

Yea that just sounds like a bad headgasket..n really it would take alot of water to rust out the inside of the block...pull the head off it's the only way u gunna no fore sure wats really going on...it's not uncommon for an lsv to blOw a hg

 

Dry it out and try again.