Alright guys.... On friday as I got out of work it started to rain. As I got home there was a big deep puddle in the parkinglot so i slowly went through. Then some Guy in a off-road truck went through it as I was clearing it and splash alot of water to my CAI... Any tips on how to fix this or am i screwed!?!?!

Your Comments will be appreciated

 

Uhhhh....so what happened?

 

Sorry.... My engine died and i cant get it to turn over anymore
Any tips?


[Modified by sleeper[Xsi], 6:49 AM 2/17/2003]

 

Anyone??????
Even tell me im screwed if i am. I just need some help guys.

 

Most likely you snaped a rod and locked the engine...

 

Rods seem to be in perfect shape... from what i can see....

 

um you do know the rods are inside the engine right?

i would take it to a mechanic, asap.

 

sorry to say, yes you're screwed...you'll need a new motor.


[Modified by eg6si, 2:07 AM 2/17/2003]

 

You need to start looking for a new motor. Make sure you take a friend with you who knows about cars when buying your new motor. Good luck.

 

drain the oil.. see if there is water in the oil. if there is water... it should look like coffee... add new oil... if it still dont start... then it might be the starter... if all that doesnt work.. take it to a mechanic... cus it definetly is something internal.. and will have to have your motor rebuilt...

 

take the sparkplugs out and try and crank the engine over if you think it is hydrolocked. if water is in the cylinders then it will just spray out the plug holes. if that is the problem you should still look over your engine and make sure nothing is damaged.

 

what rods are you looking at? i doubt that you hydrolocked, just a little splash of water on the intake? how did he splash water on it? did you have your bumper off or something? cuz he woulda splashed water on your bumper. maybe you got your ignition components wet.

 

wow,your car got hydrolocked by getting water splashed on it? talk about bad luck.

 

I got no wheel well cover... so thats how it got splashed over

[Modified by sleeper[Xsi], 1:30 AM 2/18/2003]


[Modified by sleeper[Xsi], 1:33 AM 2/18/2003]

 

I popped open the valvecover took a gander... thnx for the advise

 

i did that and for some reason only 1 and 2 are pumpin out water while 3 and 4 isnt...... sigh....


[Modified by sleeper[Xsi], 1:38 AM 2/18/2003]

 

I feared that.... Thnx man.

 

you still cant see the rods if you take off the valve cover.

 

well besides being hydrolocked, check your dizzy, that happened to me on my 97 civic ex, i had just gotten, had it like 2 days, stock everything, stock intake, there was a huge rain storm, went thru a big pond of water, the car died, it wouldn't start and was throwing a code, but i took the dizzy off, took it apart and there was about a tablespoon of water in it. Cleaned it, dried everything off, started right up.

 

Dizzy?????????????????????????????????

 

break it down and diagnose..

 

Dizzy = Distrubutor

 

[Insert screeching monkey sounds]

DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks...God ya think I coulda figured that out..LOL

 

You say that when you pulled the spark plugs you got water out of 2 cylinders. Was there air being pushed out of the other cylinders? Do a compression test and if that is good, get the car running and change the oil a couple times.

If it will not run, you may have a spark problem.

If you do not have compression in all cylinders, then verify all the pistons are moving when the car is turned over.

Good luck