Hey guys i have a 97 accord. And i donno how it happen but i was driving and my car started to die so I pulled over and i noticed that my inner fender splash shield was gone. I have no idea how that happend. But it was pretty wet out side and my filter got VERY wet, i pulled off the filter and put another one back on and the car stuttred but turned on fine. But now while driving back home my check engine light came on.

What do you guys think.

Thanx.

 

hydro lock

 

I thought hydro lock is where you motor died because of excessive water intake. The car still runs. When i got home i put a old filter i had on and let the car run for 5 min. Then pulled the ecu fuse, put it back in. and then turned it back on. Still was trowing codes.

Any sugestions?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RUBZERK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hydro lock</TD></TR></TABLE> uh oh..... Happend to me.... forced me to work over time for a few weeks...

 

Just wait.. mine took about a day after the studering to lock.... hopefully your situation is different

 

My motor dosn't stutter at all. But from what i hear it my have a chance if i replace the spark plugs and drian the oil out?

 

well, pull out the ecu/fuel pump fuse, take out all the spark plugs, crank the motor(it will not turn over), see if you can get all the crap out of the combustion chamber

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BlueFang08 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I thought hydro lock is where you motor died because of excessive water intake.</TD></TR></TABLE>Yes. Sometimes it'll even throw a rod out through the side of the crankcase.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BlueFang08 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... Then pulled the ecu fuse, put it back in. and then turned it back on. Still was trowing codes.</TD></TR></TABLE>Which codes?

Lemme guess - you just pulled the fuse to clear the codes but you didn't read them.

 

I hydrolocked mine w/ a cold air as well, cept mine was so hard, i blew 2 holes in my #1 cylinder, and trashed my oil pan....

front hole...


back hole....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by binkster &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just wait.. mine took about a day after the studering to lock.... hopefully your situation is different</TD></TR></TABLE>

yah, my car was spewing water out of the exhaust for about 2 days before i was able to get it to idle for longer than a 3 seconds, it's all good now though.

an oil change wouldnt hurt though.

edit: jesus, after seeing those pics it's hard to believe i didnt **** my **** up. i got stuck in a flooded intersection, facing a street with a 30 degree slope with a river of water running down it engulfing my entire engine bay. the force of the water swept my wheel well cover away. i wish i had pics, my car was floating in the middle of the street. engine turned out ok though.

 

is hydrolocking a risk taken when adding a CAI? If i put a CAI on a car and it rains and i run through a puddle will water go into the CAI and cause the engine to hydrolock? Or is there some sort of sheild?

 

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yah, my car was spewing water out of the exhaust for about 2 days before i was able to get it to idle for longer than a 3 seconds, it's all good now though.
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Yeah when i first got the car back to the house it would try and kill itself. But after keeping the RPM's at about 1,500 it got most of the stuff out and idles fine.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hehehe I just &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is hydrolocking a risk taken when adding a CAI? If i put a CAI on a car and it rains and i run through a puddle will water go into the CAI and cause the engine to hydrolock? Or is there some sort of sheild?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Most likely a puddle of water isn't going to harm anything. You'd have to go througha flooded area to actually suck up a lot of water to harm your engine. But, no, most likely a puddle won't hurt anything. But to be safe, get the bypass valve for the CAI. That stops the water from being sucked up into your engine, if something like that would happen.

 

how much does one of them run?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hehehe I just &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is hydrolocking a risk taken when adding a CAI? If i put a CAI on a car and it rains and i run through a puddle will water go into the CAI and cause the engine to hydrolock? Or is there some sort of sheild?</TD></TR></TABLE>

think of this, the air suck in by the cold air intake is compressed by the pistons, and now you have all water, the motor is not built to compress anything more than air with fuel mixtures, go figure

 

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Most likely a puddle of water isn't going to harm anything. You'd have to go througha flooded area to actually suck up a lot of water to harm your engine. But, no, most likely a puddle won't hurt anything. But to be safe, get the bypass valve for the CAI. That stops the water from being sucked up into your engine, if something like that would happen. </TD></TR></TABLE>

some people drive like mad in the rain with no problem while some guy got his engine hydro-locked with tiny bit of rain, just to be on the safe side, GET a bypass valve, aem 3inch bypass valve is around 30 bucks

 

yeah i understand what hydrolocking is thanks anyways

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iam7head &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well, pull out the ecu/fuel pump fuse, take out all the spark plugs, crank the motor(it will not turn over), see if you can get all the crap out of the combustion chamber</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hehehe I just &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how much does one of them run? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Just like someone else said, bout $30-$40 bucks.

 

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Just like someone else said, bout $30-$40 bucks.</TD></TR></TABLE>

and watch out of fake stuff out there, because there's bypass valve style which wont help much in case of hydro lock

 

by pass valve doesnt help much if you have cold air your still going to get water in there the bypass is basically just and way for air to get in i think it helps when your lower cold air is submerged but i think its better to convert to short ram when its wet out and throw a rag to cover the hole so no water gets up i lost my first motor the same way even with very little water it was short ram too. my brother hydro locked his also but he managed to save it. all he did was oil change and siphoned every last drop of liquid left in the motor well not every last but most of it. i hope you can save this one

 

Change your oil fast and then change it again after you've driven with it for a few days when you pop your oil cap you should see either suds or milky liquid on the cap water + oil dont mix

 

if your hydrolocked it, it wouldn't start again.....

 

To "hydrolock" a motor is to injest enough water where the engine will be destroyed.

A check engine light is not a hydrolocked motor.

 

My body just hydrolocked his '01 Accord i4.. he had AEM CAI and he said he went thru a big puddle.. well his car didint run well after that... car still ran but just not well... well he brought it to Honda.. and he had just blown his headgasket..nothin else.. or at least as far as we know so far.. i wanted to kill he paid Honda 1300 to do a HG .. i woulda done it for 500