Hydrolocked...what to do now?
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Hydrolocked...what to do now?
So it finally happened....driving and my car sucked up A LOT of water....water was up to my door, the puddle was so big. Anyhow...i towed the car back to my place..Now what should i do? change oil and crank it over w/o plugs in? 
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Re: Hydrolocked...what to do now? (DRAG lll INTEGRA)
pull plugs out, change your oil, flush coolant just b/c ya never know
turn it over and keep your fingers crossed.
spray air in the spark plug holes if you're in a hurry.
put plugs in it, change your oil again.
crank her up... hopefully....
let it run a minute. change the oil again.
repeat until oil doesn't look milky. might take 4 or 5 cycles.
hopefully you won't have any knocking.... and hopefully it will turn over...
-Erik
turn it over and keep your fingers crossed.
spray air in the spark plug holes if you're in a hurry.
put plugs in it, change your oil again.
crank her up... hopefully....
let it run a minute. change the oil again.
repeat until oil doesn't look milky. might take 4 or 5 cycles.
hopefully you won't have any knocking.... and hopefully it will turn over...
-Erik
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Re: Hydrolocked...what to do now? (Chemicalviper)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Chemicalviper »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would take the valve cover off and air it out after dumping the oil, damn dude watch out for puddles christ lol</TD></TR></TABLE>
i wouldn't think any water would make it into the valve cover that quick but i could be wrong.....
one thing i didn't mention that i figured you would assume would be to change the filter when you change the oil..... just incase you didn't think of that.
let us know what happens...
i wouldn't think any water would make it into the valve cover that quick but i could be wrong.....
one thing i didn't mention that i figured you would assume would be to change the filter when you change the oil..... just incase you didn't think of that.
let us know what happens...
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The best of luck to you. My wife did the same to my car. I had three nice little holes in my block! I ended up getting an engine from Dan Phan at rcrewracing.com.
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i have three friends (CRX, SI, LS Teg) all of which hydrolocked their motors...the kid with the LS Teg was the only one who didn't have to get a new motor...so maybe thats a good sign for you...anyway...good luck man
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dont lose hope my friend hydrolocked the other day and he clean his engine out with some type of forumla and it worked for him ill ask what its called...pm me if intrested 
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i say, take your plugs out, and evaporate / suck out any water that might be in the upper cyls. , change your oil, change your plugs. try to start it up and hope for the best. it doesnt rain much here, but its a big reason why i went with a short ram, and left my lower resonator in.
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So....it started...changed oil and all....runs fine...so does that mean eveything should be fine? Also, what kind of compression numbers are u guys getting for you gsr. thanks
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