Hey guys,
I need some opinions. On friday afternoon, I was driving through this lake( streets were flooded, and could not avoid it, LA rain) and basically sucked water though my S/C...and I guess water just went through my intake system...do u think I have a chance toi revive the engine or is it hopeless. what do i need to do to get it back on its feet? I am so pissed.

 

Worst case scenario is a hydrolocked engine, which probably means a bent rod or stretched head bolts.

 

from what I was told our engines have some sort of mechanism in them to shut them down before they hydrolock, so pull it apart and see

 

water will be in the oil pan as well if water goes into the intake right?.. trying to take it apart and drain the oil and such.

 

There is no such mechanism - I blew 6 inch holes through the block - i could see in through cylinder one, and out cylinder 2.

 

Did you crank the car after it die?If not you MIGHT have a chance,try to remove out the plugs first,and crank your motor to get all the water out,only if you didn't crank the motor after it die.Good luck.

 

that sucks

 

I am always in fear of the same problem. I live in Florida and have had many encounters with flooded roads, in which I turned my *** around and found another route...otherwise I just dont go. Not worth it.

 

been there...done that...blew mine up driving through a flood in pittsburgh last august. i found an engine out of a 2oo1 max on ebay for 300 bucks and installed it myself then turned around and sold the vi for 350 so i guess it wasnt that bad of a deal. got an engine w/ 17k on it and made 50 bucks!

 

wow ..u guys got flooded too...How much additional work did u have to do to get the de-k motor to be dropped in and just wonderin how long did it take u to swap out the motor.