I was driving in the terrible weather today and i was almost to my dad's house and i hit a puddle on a 1 lane road and my car shut off! it wouldnt start again. i tired about 20 times and nothin happened. it just wont turn over.

my dad suggested to me that its jus wet wires (spark plug wires). i even dried them off and tried to start it again, it just wont turn over.

i had my brother look at the engine bay while i started it, and he said he heard a clicking noise coming from the distributor cap. the car sounds like its really trying but it wont turn over.

people from other forums say the motor might be hydrolocked.

tomarrow im goin to have to call AAA and try to tow it to a place where i can get a tune up. any good places that are recommended?

I have a CAI, header, exhaust, springs wit 1 1/2" drop.

 

take the plugs out and turn it over a few times to get the water out of the cylinders (if it's hydrolocked). then let them air out for awhile before putting the plugs back in.

Then after that hope for the best.

Check to see if your getting spark. If so, its probabally that theres water in the cylinders.

 

Man that's a reason I'm not a big fan of CAI's. A short ram fan/turbo fan myself...good luck to you!

 

well i have pretty good news and bad news. first, the engine isnt screwed. the motor isnt hydrolocked and i dont need to get a new one. it turns out when i hit the puddle, water completely surrounded my air filter and i sucked up water. It just got into the cylinders and didnt really damage anything. They just flushed out the water and got it to start normal once (or so they said, i wasnt present the time they were working on the car).

BUT, i turned it on today and it idled really high, like just under 2k. i gave it a lil gas, and then it started idling like a vacuum hose was unplugged. it would rev up to about 1800 rpms then drop to about 1000, and constantly did that.

then, i took it for a lil test around the lot. turns out this thing is still idling high (about 1500 rpms) i didnt have to even touch the gas, the thing felt like i was halfway on the gas as soon as i put it in a gear. the guy told me that i have to get a new idle control or sumthin.

so now i have to wait til tomarrow when he can get us an estimate on the idle control thing and install it hopefully tomarrow.

im so depressed right now. i miss my car more than anything

 

Don't be too depressed, I mean at least you know that your engine isn't shot so basically you only have a little wait time and you'll be good to go!

 

hopefully, i jus hope everything goes back to normal

 

just go though everything, spray everything down with a air hose and hope for the best