BlackI30Boi98

So, last week the alternator died at 110K miles, and I ordered Illuminas all the way around. $$$
After spending lots and lots of money (i'm poor so it's a lot to me) I was driving home last night and accidently drove right onto a flooded road and my car died. So it looks like my intake (injen style fake one) sucked in all types of nasty water and I might need a new Engine. fun fun... Might have helped had I not tried to start my broken down car a few times or had I driven a little slower... oh well we live, learn, and pay dearly for it$$$$$$

AAA is so gonna start charging me for all these tows pretty soon.

Happy

ouch shi**y deal bad to hear hopefully your baby is ok, me and the I send our deepest condolences....

Luigi38

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ohh man that blows, usually you need to be submerged in deep water for the engine to actually die. You need to get the little water out of the engine.
best luck

i30ds

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If he had a cool air intake that placed the filter really close to the bottom then it would not take much submersion to get the intake yo suck up water. He probably is looking at a new engine.

HomerMAC

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might i suggest getting a 3.5L while ur at it hehehe..

i know i know.. im poor tooo .. but the thought is nice...

NewLoveI30

Sorry to hear that man. You have my sympathy.

Try removing the spark plugs and cranking the engine around by hand to spew out any water, and put a little oil in the cylinders. Then cross your fingers that you didnt bend any valves.

BlackI30Boi98

Well guys... pulled the plugs etc..etc.. and she fired up. No bent valves or whatever
In the process of changing out all the spark plugs and changing the oil with some synthetic 5w30

BlackI30Boi98

I know I am very very lucky to have not fked things up really bad, It just sucks because I feel like I can't drive her like I stole her anymore
I'm sure I'd really be pushing my luck.

CreativeDesignz

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bad week for my I30 as well. new alt, starter, a/c compresor, and a/c condensor cuz it had a hole in it. oh well shes running mint now. NISSAN LOVE BABY!

NewLoveI30

Good to hear everything turned out ok.

BlackI30Boi98

Thanks!
Yea it's running better than before this sh** happened. I'm sure I needed new plugs.

Getting some 215-60-15 Traction T/As after the Illuminas get put on.

I'm so glad things are sort of looking up again. Last week I was so ready to go and get a "new" car, and sell the I30 later. I found a black 04 Forester XT (for high ground clearance due to flooding in SW FL) 5 speed with 20k miles for $18.5k, and misc 98-99 GS400s for around that price.

Tashysan

Wow what's going on with the I30's? My car stopped working too come to find out i needed a new starter and battery. Now there is a transmission leak pray it doesn't get worse

CreativeDesignz

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probably the main seal...mine drips too, its a common thing. i replaced the trans pan gasket as well because when i did my valve body i forgot to change the gasket and it started to leak too. toss in some lucas trans stop slip and leaking should stop

NewLoveI30

You should consider getting a Cattman/PR style CAI. One thing I dont like about the Injen is that it hangs so close to the ground w/o any protection from the elements... such as water

i30ds

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I guess Im not very optimistic, huh?

BlackI30Boi98

LOL... true, but I swore that I did everything wrong. I was so suprised when it fired right up. It feels so nice to finally have a good running car again. When I was lucky last week my mom let me drive her Camry..god that car is so ridiculously slow...95 LE rare 2 dr 2.2ltr hell. It's nice to have a little horsepower.

SuperWario

sweet **** dude

BlackI30Boi98

Dude....STOP BEING A POST *****!!!

i30ds

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Youre gonna get banned real quick around here doing this kind of ****.

BlackI30Boi98

So...I've been really busy lately, and have not had a chance to put my stock intake back on.... well....
I hydrolocked my engine again...
So who is the biggest, most retarded, stupidest dumb S**t? Um...yea...that's me.

i30ds

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Good God!! Again?!?

99i30LIMITED

That suck's. If you need any help locationg a used engine which will be cheaper to buy then to rebuild your's let me know. I know few placed to look for stuff like that. Best of luck otherwise. You can pm me or e-mail me.

BlackI30Boi98

Well, after removing the spark plugs, cranking the motor and watching (a bunch of) water shoot up in the air out of all 6 cylinders I was absolutely amazed when my car fired up. This has been totally unbelievable. This VQ is one hell of a strong engine to be able to take in nasty flood water twice in one month and still run with perceivably no damage. The SES light is on now, but I don't notice any lack of power or roughness in it's operation. All I have to say is I am one really super lucky S.O.B.!!!
Go Nissan engineers!

p.s. The stock intake is going back on today..finally...

NewLoveI30

Holy crap!!! You are lucky

I wouldn't test your luck again though. lol. GET A DIFFERENT INTAKE!!!! Injen sux.

What do all of you guys think of this... A valve somewhere high on the intake piping that will open when a vaccume is created by well, sucking up water? Doesn't seem like it would be to difficult to figure out. Id rather be sucking in a little unfiltered air than water any day. And of course when you are out of the water the valve would close again reverting to normal opperation.

Is there a product like this out there already? I bet it would make a lot of money off of Injen users

BlackI30Boi98

Sounds like it could be a good idea, but if you were driving in South Florida during hurricane season, sometimes you can't avoid the water if you HAVE TO drive. I'm no engineer or anything but it seems to me that you would need to have an alternate source of air (some type of intake that sits up real high) in order for the car to breath while the bottom intake would be submerged in water.

BlackI30Boi98

Well... unless you didn't mind your car stalling out and having to push it in the water. (at least it would keep you from killing it)