Hydrolock FTL....

So coming home today threw the typhoon i decided to take my normal route home. Apparently i wasnt paying attention and it was deep as shit. Being the tard i am, i have a pretty low sitting CAI. I almost made it threw the ocean like puddle and my car died. I was like shit. Not thinking, i decided to crank it...no go. GG Dan, way to end a shitty day at work.

Now i have never hydrolocked a motor befor, and i always hear its pretty much a rebuild if you do so. Any tips to try to revive it before i have to scrape up money i don't have to fix this?

What Kind of Car?
I recommend Pulling the Spark Plugs out and turning it over with no plugs in it, and hopefully you will shoot all of the water out of there, Replace the Plugs... And See if it'll fire Up.....

imlowrthnu wrote:

What Kind of Car?
I recommend Pulling the Spark Plugs out and turning it over with no plugs in it, and hopefully you will shoot all of the water out of there, Replace the Plugs... And See if it'll fire Up.....

+1, it was a bad idea to try to crank it over tho. hopefully you didnt bend a rod....

with the plugs out and turning it over it will shoot out like a water gun so dont stand near it.

you should be fine... change your plugs and oil afterwards and make sure there isnt alot of watter in your intercooler

Yeah i don't even know what i was thinking trying to turn it over again...just in a rush to get home. I have a feeling its fucked tho...knowing my luck it probably is.

same thing happened to this guy i used to work with and he actually tried to crank it a few times....and his runs just fine now..... i guess you wont know untill you get the water out...

Dapper_Dan wrote:

imlowrthnu wrote:

What Kind of Car?
I recommend Pulling the Spark Plugs out and turning it over with no plugs in it, and hopefully you will shoot all of the water out of there, Replace the Plugs... And See if it'll fire Up.....

+1, it was a bad idea to try to crank it over tho. hopefully you didnt bend a rod....

with the plugs out and turning it over it will shoot out like a water gun so dont stand near it.

you should be fine... change your plugs and oil afterwards and make sure there isnt alot of watter in your intercooler

Yea, Oil as well, I forgot to Mention that one, But yea, Stand Back.... But I have done this before and tryed to turn it over before pulling the plugs and still had a good running car after.... Try it out before bein negative, Come On man, Glass Half Full! LOL

Well i cranked it and a bit of water shot out. Im going to buy new sparkplugs and will take the intercooler off this weekend. Wish me luck and thanks for the tips.

No Problem Man, Hope The Best For Ya......

that sucks dan, sorry to hear that

Sucks, hopefully it works out..Also invest in splash shield it's like 19 bucks

stxsrt wrote:

Sucks, hopefully it works out..Also invest in splash shield it's like 19 bucks

I had one, but it ripped off when my inner fender well plastic crap came apart from the bumper. And the amount of water i went threw i dont think that splash guard would have helped lol

I feel your pain buddy. Ha after lunch I was driving back and I hit a huge puddle and my car just died. I was of course was cussing like a sailor!!! Called a tow company and had them come get me. Apparently the taking the spark plugs thing out works. Whatever was in there shot out and then they did an oil change for me! My little car is all better!!! I am so car stupid its not funny, luckly the company I called knew what the hell was going on. Good luck to you buddy.

RSXHottie wrote:

I feel your pain buddy. Ha after lunch I was driving back and I hit a huge puddle and my car just died. I was of course was cussing like a sailor!!! Called a tow company and had them come get me. Apparently the taking the spark plugs thing out works. Whatever was in there shot out and then they did an oil change for me! My little car is all better!!! I am so car stupid its not funny, luckly the company I called knew what the hell was going on. Good luck to you buddy.

hooray for success stories!

any update dan??

naw gonna work on it tomorrow. Ill let you all know how it goes.

Dang, you got zapped.

I WANT GAS MONEY HO!!! jk

damn dude sorry to hear that shit. that sucks, the only nice srt4 down. bleh.

if it is down, time for that DCR stroker lol.


let us know how it goes man. seems like our whole house wont be driving any time soon lol.

time to pull the head and oil pan off. its possible that the engine is salvageable, it just really depends on what kind of damage was done.

RSXHottie wrote:

I feel your pain buddy. Ha after lunch I was driving back and I hit a huge puddle and my car just died. I was of course was cussing like a sailor!!! Called a tow company and had them come get me. Apparently the taking the spark plugs thing out works. Whatever was in there shot out and then they did an oil change for me! My little car is all better!!! I am so car stupid its not funny, luckly the company I called knew what the hell was going on. Good luck to you buddy.

Glad it is fixed. Stay away from those lakeish puddles.

any updates dan? i feel for ya bro!

So i go to take off my couplers, and OMG i think there had to be atleast 2 gallons of water in all my piping and intercooler! I was soooo worried when i saw all of it i was about to asy fuck it and price out some parts. But since i already bought some oil and sparkplugs i decided to service all of it. Well apparently god doesn't hate me, and because the car runs perfectly fine . Altho im still going to do a compression test just to make sure. Thanks for all the help dudes

Holla, thats good to hear man. i bet that was a relief.

HAHA YEEEEEEAAAAAAH BUH BUH!!!

good for you

great dan...glad to hear she's ok