i went through some water that was 1/3 up to my wheels and i zoom right thorough it then next thing i know, my car sounds like it's coughing and trying to get some air, then my car dies it wouldn't start, my battery is being drained for some reason. This morning when i try to start it, it won't crank at all, it sounds like it's trying to crank but it just won't budge. my dad says that water might of gotten into my starter and to just let it dry then try to start it again. Last night it didn't even made a sound when i tried starting it. What do u guys think the problem is? maybe water got into my cai???or what could it be? what should i do? thanks update: i tried starting it again, it's cranking but it won't crank over, should i still check my spark plugs and change my oil?
i bet u just got water into ur intake.. i would just let the water dry all day and maybe try starting it tonight
your engine is hydrolocked it could be very very bad...but it also could be just fine, you'll need to pull all 4 of your spark plugs and crank it over, its not cranking right now because of the water in the cylinders
two on each side. As a side note, we had a huge flooding down mcknight so i decided to drive through, after i got out engine sounded fine, but the clutch went straight to the floor and i had to manually lift it off. There was absolutely no clutch pedal pressure however i could still shift. This morning it seems like the pedal shatters a bit when i first engage into a gear. I know this happened to evan as well....ANY thoughts???
I hit some water last night at about 50mph, not knowing how deep it was. Turned out to be about 6 inches deep, plenty deep for that speed. I don't think I got any water in the engine though, it's still running fine. I guess the ganzflow intake is pretty water proof. Anyway, I kept the rpm up as I went through the water. Engines can consume large amounts of water through the intake and keep running at high rpm (*), but at idle they stall pretty easy. Anyway, my clutch was fine this morning, but mine is cable driven. So I'm guessing maybe the problem with it going to the floor is something to do with the hydraulic clutch. You could try bleeding it... For the shuddering, just slip the clutch real good once to heat it up and dry it out. Mine was doing that yesterday morning after a smaller puddle. (*) My dad used to have a v6 on an engine stand in his classroom, when you ran it wide open you could run a garden hose into the carb and the engine wouldn't even slow down...
come on now, Yia didn't make it through the puddle, how should you? lol only small puddles are fun. LOL Take out your spark plug, which are found on the sides (you have direct ignition so you won't see any plug wires) unbolt the bolts; 10mm I think....then pull out and take out the plug. If there's water coming out of it, then it's no good.
Katrina got me! RITA got you guys! Muahahahahaha but yea, I wouldn't try to start the car, let it sit, change the oil and check out the spark plugs. My mistake was starting the car after letting it sit then forced it to drive~1 mile. I hear a knock and getting misfires. I think my rods went bad but o well, insurance is responsible...
I was watching the news last night and they were advising people to stay inside because of all the water in the streets, showing cars with water up to there doors...I was hoping nobody would be dumb enuff to go drive in that weather... edit: Here are where the spark plugs are located, you must take the coil packs off first.
I was over in St Paul for dinner, hadn't watched tv, didn't know how much it had been raining. It actually stopped raining a few minutes after I took off for home. The roads were fine until I was caught off guard by that first "puddle". I slowed down a lot for any water on the road after that.
Well you stated in your first post "before" you edited it, that you heard there was alot of water in the road and you wanted to go play in it. :roll:
the spark plugs are hard to remove if its your first time ..i had to take off my resevoir for my washer fluid and my airbox just to get to them
To get to the driver's side plugs, you have to remove the battery and the windshield washer fluid tank. For the passenger side, you need to remove the airbox. They are a PITA to get out, especially if you don't have a good variety of socket extensions.
socket extensions was key i had to use two.. i on the other hand did not have to remove the battery.. it was tight but i have gotten them out twice without doing it
At 50mph, no water got to the engine! What wasn't pushed out of the way didn't have time to rush into any openings (assuming you kept your speed up)... :twisted:
I was probably down to 30 by the time I got out of it, I don't have the hp to maintain speed in that kind of water. I knew I didn't want to slam on the brakes in the water though.
yep...hydrolocked....could be fu-barred....might be fine. justin, you got your clutch wet, it might be ok after driving with it for a couple days, you might need a new one, sometimes they don't react well. Note to water fording begginers: never push in the clutch when in deep water, and don't go into deep water unless your intake is higher than the water level, if it get's too high, shut the car off, like yesterday, and get towed out.
hehehe i wanted to go play in the water, but i dont think we got any standing out here to the westof the cities. people with CIAs. those thing put your filter into your fender corrct? if so when you hit the huge pudles and get lotsa water spray it will easily bypass the fender liner (found this out w/ mud too) any way there are breather lines to your valvecovers/heads that go to the intake. so that means if you got lotsa water in your intake i am sure there is some in your oil. (read: change ASAP) also i am not exactly sure how the hydralic clutch system works, but i bet you guys w/ shudder got water mixed in w/ the fluid. so since the two have diffrent amount of compression/thermal expansion it would make a for a wierd feelign when you hit the clutch. i would get new stuff in there. (not exaclty re bout it, but thats what i think happened) seriously thinking about relocating my intake to the inside of my car (where water can gt to it) hehehehe then i could have some fun in the puddles/lake.
My entire condo was flooded with 2 inches of standing water. I was up all night bailing it out and busy all day dealing with insurance companies. dammit.
i started my car up this afternoon with a jump help. My exhaust spitted out like a cup of water and a bunch of white cloud color smoke came out too, what do u guys think that is? After driving for a bit, no problems at all, it sounds nomral and everything
sounds like water that didnt burn off when it went into ur cylinders.. your exhaust could have been filled up too.. but i am a noob and those answers are probably wrong.. either way it doesnt matter because theres no problem
I had the same kinda thing happen to me last week back in FL. I have my snorkus taken off, but as soon as all my tools get here it's going back on. Here is the link to my post on SF about it.
your spark plugs if you need to take out your plugs first go to clubwrx.net, search under tutorial. there's a great tutorial with pics. If you have any questions or need help I can assist.
Just got back from my East coast road trip and was expecting to relax before work today. Turn out I had no electricity for 4 hours and well... while you guys have your laugh... I had to call into work this morning and stayed home cleaning up my basement. Half of my basement is flooded so right now my fans are in full blast and the Shopvac did its job. I'm tired, time to goto sleep before work tomorrow.
Sorry about all the water damages to all those affected. May your insurance companies cover the damages. It's a natural disaster, so they will cover it. I couldn't drive my car. I was on my way back from CA and the airport shut down completely. The airplane had to land in Souix Falls, South Dakota to refuel and make us sit in our seats for 3.5 hours. My 8:26 PM flight finally landed in the Minneapolis airport at 12 AM.
