Yes, last night I was dropping a friend off, and I went through a sidestree that was slightly flooded, I drove slow as possible, but before I realized how high the water was the car had already stalled out. I let it sit there, waited for the rain to go away, I started it (first mistake) and drove it to a parking lot about 50 feet away. I let it sit, took off the intake, tried to drain any water, but I had already sucked it all into the engine.

The car isdriveable, it has a real bad sound, almost like it needs a serious valve job. But it runs, I drove it my friends house and there it sits. any ideas?

It seemed to run fine, very little smoke was coming out, and it just has that real bad ticking sound. I am guessing either bent vavles, or possible rod? I am not a mechanic though so any input would be appreciated. It is a 97 GS-R with 75k miles on it.

 

Damn, you're the second person I know in Atlanta that its happened to. I'm still running around with my AEM CAI installed. I saw people on the news getting their cars stalled the other night. If you're still under warranty I'd take it to the dealer and say you were one of those people (after you remove the CAI).

I'd say you're right on about bent valves.

Oh, I just saw your mileage. You're not under warranty.

Sorry.

 

correct, I do hav ethe "extended warranty" but I am thinking if it is bad, thenjust replace everything. Pistons, retainers, lifters, Spec B cams, and do it all, sinceI hve to replace some of it anyways?

what do you think?

 

Actually, it sounds like you might have been pretty lucky. In know that sounds ridiculous, but if all that happened was valve damage, you may have gotten off light.

Check the oil to see if you're getting a lot of blow-by. This will tell you if one of the rings might be damaged.

But, since the car starts and runs OK, that probably means none of the pistons was seriously damaged and the connecting rods are unbent. It certainly means that you didn't blow a hole in the cylinder wall, which happens to people, and means it's time to get a new engine!

 

Thanks vtechie, yeah, it really doesnt sound bad at all, just a bad ticking..It ran fine to his house, andeverything, and he followed me, no smoke really at all was coming out, was a little because it was humid, but we tarted again later at his house and no smoke was coming out, engine looks clean, no oil in intake that wouldnt already be there, I am just thinking maybe a valve job?

 

Pull the head and find out...

Hopefully its just a valve problem (still going to be expensive, but better than new engine).

 

you got off lucky.......when i hydrolocked, i ended up with two broke rods and two holes in my block.

 

Try to pull the plugs and turn it over a two or three turns... see if water sprays out. If it's a light ticking you may be in good shape. Mine didn't sound horrible but was a loud enough knock to have me worried. Pulled the motor apart, and it was a bent rod. I luckly shut it off before I scared anything. That motor is still sitting in the garage waiting for new pistons and rods. Heheh... can you say beefy LS?
The only reason the rain got me was due to a damaged inner fender.
I've drove for 4 years on AEM CAI's... never had a problem. lots of rain too!
Until that stupid inner fender got snagged up... don't ask.

Can you believe this guy at this shop told me water just spraying on the filter from the tire couldn't suck up in the engine? HAHAHA... I told him to tell that to my motor! He said I'd have to put the filter UNDER water to do that. "It's an oil filled filter, the water can't get through it." By the time I heard that I was about to climb across his counter and drag him outside. So I turned around when he was talking and left instead.

Anyhow... good luck!

 

thanks for the input man, It is not to bad, just kind of a loud ticking