well, it was really wet here in NZ tonight, drove through a massive puddle, car stopped. about 500ml (aroundabout) in cylinder 4, 100ml maybe in cylinder 1, others damp but no visible water.

how should I proceed from here? car is a jdm 1989 integra xsi (b16a)


TIA

 

Sorry to hear that. Best to have it towed to a mechanic. Else you risk having more damage done.

 

chances are your going to need a rebuild...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mickk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well, it was really wet here in NZ tonight, drove through a massive puddle, car stopped. about 500ml (aroundabout) in cylinder 4, 100ml maybe in cylinder 1, others damp but no visible water.

how should I proceed from here? car is a jdm 1989 integra xsi (b16a)


TIA</TD></TR></TABLE>

happened to me, heres what i did:

took all the spark plugs out, then crank over your engine, it will shoot water out of the holes where the wires go in. Then I took an airhose, put a blower adapter on and shot air into my cyliners to shoot more water out. Then I let it dry for a couple hours, put the spark plugs back in, and it drove like a champ again. Hopefully you will get lucky and that will fix it like mine and you dont have more damage.

 

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happened to me, heres what i did:

took all the spark plugs out, then crank over your engine, it will shoot water out of the holes where the wires go in. Then I took an airhose, put a blower adapter on and shot air into my cyliners to shoot more water out. Then I let it dry for a couple hours, put the spark plugs back in, and it drove like a champ again. Hopefully you will get lucky and that will fix it like mine and you dont have more damage.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

From the search I did earlier, things don't look good really don't want to have to rebuild..

 

that's how I lucked into getting my GSR head...some poor soul drove through a puddle and had it towed to the acura dealership I worked for at the time...somehow he got it warrantied so acura bought him a new head and I got his old one and had it re-built...

 

Tow it and have that thing worked on.

goodluck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mickk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well, it was really wet here in NZ tonight, drove through a massive puddle, car stopped. about 500ml (aroundabout) in cylinder 4, 100ml maybe in cylinder 1, others damp but no visible water.

how should I proceed from here? car is a jdm 1989 integra xsi (b16a)
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500ml of water in cylinder 4? As in half a liter? My bet is it's screwed. Start hoping that the damage isn't totally extensive and get a mechanic to pull the engine apart.

I don't even think a cylinder in our engines is half a liter, so it must have been freaky full.

 

yep - measured it yesterday, 450mL (as in half a litre) I have a feeling a b18c is in order now! it was my only car, gonna have to get a cheap civic to run around in now.. man hydrolocking is gay.

 

what? 450ml? isn't that like one full cylinder? We only have 1.8litres of displacement in the whole engine, as soon as the crank turned and the piston reached the top of it's travel 90% of that water would get spit out anyways.

i dunno how you could possible suck up that much water anyways, did you redline while arked in a puddle or what?

 

ok i have a quick question - while driving in the rain - not over big puddles or anything with my CAI - my exhaust note changes to a deeper bubblier tone for a little bit until i put the clutch in and reved a little - and went back to normal and drives perfect -

it happened to be for the second time today? and ideas???

 

wouldn't worry, unless you go through deep water with the throttle pinned you won't get hydrolock.

If your foot's off the gas then the engine isn't sucking nearly enough air to move water UP the CAI,

 

ohhhhh... bad... happened to me... had minor problems thank god.... good luck with her.

 

wrong..i coasted through a puddle in neutral and hydrolocked my engine....but in my case it was in flash flood conditions...just trying to get home

 

was the filter completely submerged? if it's completely submerged the engine would have no choice but to suck up the water,

i've been stuck in some rpetty deep waters and got out ok by feathering the throttle, and my cai is inches off the ground with no fender liner!

 

how is it possible for you to have 450ml of water in one cylinder? You have a B16A and each cylinder's capacity is only 400ml (400ml x 4 = 1.6 liters)

If you are idling when you hydrolock your engine you most likely prevented any internal damage and just need to drain the engine of water. My engine's shut down twice from sucking up water, but after 20 minutes or so I was able to get it started and burned out the water.

 

ya mine's died a couple of times from sucking up water at idle, or near-idle, it always started after 5-10minutes

and no it's not possible to have 450ml of water in your cylinder, and when the crank turns the piston would force most of that water out anyways.

 

the legendary red boat has died - got the the sump off a few days ago to inspect the damage to her. as well as breaking a rod i suspect the block is also cracked - jdm b16a2 going in next week

 

i have seem hydrolock before on a gsr except the idiot ran through a puddle About 2 feet deep . if the crank is not spinning it's more than likely you might haVe snap a rod or destoyed a piston but you Best bet is to have everything measured cause this should be done properly to avoid further damage the cheap way might not be thE answer for you

 

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500ml of water in cylinder 4? As in half a liter? My bet is it's screwed. Start hoping that the damage isn't totally extensive and get a mechanic to pull the engine apart.

I don't even think a cylinder in our engines is half a liter, so it must have been freaky full.</TD></TR></TABLE>

They cant, 1.8L /4 = .45L

 

Im pretty sure he was just guessing on the amount of water..... We can stop harassing him anytime about it.

Sorry to hear that you blew that **** up.....Good luck next time

Get us some pics when your finished with the new motor

 

how bout just changing the oil? does that work?

 

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Thats funny did you not see the broken rod ?


on and for the original poster silcone is not your friend on oil pan gaskets ... just use a little in the journals ...and orange silicone is ugly your lucky it was only a b16 and they are not too expencive

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Stripped Honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats funny did you not see the broken rod ?


on and for the original poster silcone is not your friend on oil pan gaskets ... just use a little in the journals ...and orange silicone is ugly your lucky it was only a b16 and they are not too expencive </TD></TR></TABLE>

is that right - why's that? sorry for the silly question, but what are the journals?

yeah, they're pretty cheap over here.. usually go for about $500-600NZD (about $320-$380USD)