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03-07-2005, 10:04 AM

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Water sux

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.

03-07-2005, 10:23 AM

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

03-07-2005, 11:02 AM

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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

03-07-2005, 12:21 PM

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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.

03-07-2005, 05:35 PM

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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

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

03-08-2005, 01:12 AM

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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.

03-08-2005, 01:24 PM

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

that sucks

03-11-2005, 07:03 AM

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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.

03-11-2005, 08:36 PM

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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!

03-15-2005, 11:55 AM

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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.