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Old 12-24-2009, 08:27 PM
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Sad day for the Max

Today in Jacksonville AR my Maxima was water damaged on the interstate. My car got bogged down and would not start. After several tries to start it up it finally started and I drove it home. Every warning light inside the car is on, the car sounds like a broke down truck. I'm think about trading it in for a used car. My Max is on life support keep her in your prayers.
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Old 12-24-2009, 10:49 PM
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Gl with the used car search. Sorry to see this happen to you
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Old 12-25-2009, 12:03 AM
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my maxima pings like a son of a gun and clunks in the front and its a 07 with 38k miles....pos
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Old 12-25-2009, 01:49 AM
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GL man...hope she survives
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Old 12-25-2009, 02:59 AM
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Hope all goes fine. Sucks that it happened during Christmas
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Old 12-25-2009, 03:23 AM
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u drove thru a puddle?
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Old 12-25-2009, 05:27 AM
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What intake do you have? And if you did drive through a puddle it had to be a huge one and then you should have seen it comming.
Sorry to hear though
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Old 12-25-2009, 05:44 AM
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Wow that really sucks man you have to be more carefull
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Old 12-25-2009, 05:58 AM
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shes too pretty save her!
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Old 12-25-2009, 09:04 AM
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wow that sucks man, freakin flash flooding. i know I-40/540 got pretty bad. hope everything turns out ok.
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Old 12-25-2009, 10:03 AM
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I have a Fujita cai on the car. The only reason why I had continued to drive thru the water because I had my kids in the car and I would have got stuck in the water. The water was so high as soon as I opened the door water was rushing in the car. I could not see the water because it was at night. At that point and time I was only worried about my kids.
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Old 12-25-2009, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by willism86
I have a Fujita cai on the car. The only reason why I had continued to drive thru the water because I had my kids in the car and I would have got stuck in the water. The water was so high as soon as I opened the door water was rushing in the car. I could not see the water because it was at night. At that point and time I was only worried about my kids.
You might try changing out the MAF sensor and/or resetting the ECU. Mine did that down here in New Orleans as couple of weeks ago with flash floods around my place when I was heading home. As soon as I saw how high it was getting, I pulled off to the side but the car stalled. It restarted immediately, and I had all those lights come on. I kept it running for about 20 minutes on a dry parking lot. Even then I couldn't really rev it past 4000 RPM. After I let it run for that amount of time, I turned it off and restarted it immediately. She was back to herself again. I have a fujita as well.
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Pull the spark plugs out , rotate the crank by hand until its TDC , the go a full revoultion BDC , then TDC at Cyclinder #1

Drain the Oil out , use a compressor and try to blow off the water in the engine bay.

Also take the Fijita out , Clean and dry the MAF sensor and check if water got into the TB.

You might be able to save the motor.

EDIT: Disconnect the Battery BTW
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Old 12-26-2009, 02:32 PM
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water

Sorry to hear about your car..........worth trying a few things for a save, she looks to nice to let go. Good luck!
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Old 12-26-2009, 04:33 PM
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Your insurance might cover it. I once hit a pot-hole on the expressway and totalled the car. They paid for it, but considered it a "one-car collision." Unless you're a mechanic, take it to somebody who knows what they're doing.
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