Anyways to make a long story short. It was really raining hard for 3 days straight a few weeks ago and i had to drive through a big puddle to get to where i was going. Well some water got sucked into my engine and my engine died. After about 20 minutes the engine started knocking. It was not too little oil because i got my oil change that day and the shit was still knocking. So i was told it was the lifters by one person who was full of shit. Next i talk to a mechanic who told me that the problem sounded like either the bearings or mabe a bent rod.

This is was he told me he would have to do in order to possibly fix the problem.


Remove oil pan
plastigage bearings and replace them.
have to tear down ID bearings and order.

*he said no guarantee cause the engine might have further damage.*

this is a private job cause this guy works at a dealership and told me he could cut me a deal.

250.00 private
350.00 dealership.

I dont know if i have the experience to do the work myself and all my other friends who can help me are too busy.

What do you guys think? The problem is there is a knocking noise that is coming from in between the valve cover and the throttle body on the bottom of the car. Its a 1995 civic DX engine.

Any help is really appeciated. Thanks.

 

Hydro lock? sounds like your engine is dead.

 

Engine might probably definitely need a rebuild. Bunch of my friends bent a rod or 2 and definitely shot the bearing doing some deep ass water traversing while Jeepin'. I know he after-effects of traversing deep water, did it many times.

 

i know that sound, it means drive it for about 30 miles to have 2 rods come out the side.....

 

Change your oil and plugs first. You probably have water in the crank case if you sucked water in it. That will make you knock, and can foul plugs very quickly. Sucks you just had it done...

If it persists, your bearings are hosed, and $250 isn't that bad of a deal. I'd be surprised if the plastigage would be accurate without removing the motor, disassembling it, and running it through a parts washer. You need to do a dry assembly for plastigage to be accurate. You might want to pay the extra $100 to go through a dealer so there would be some matter of liability on their part.

If anyone ever has this happen, the first thing you should do is quickly pull the plugs and the MPI fuse (fuel injectors), and crank the engine for 30 seconds. You'll eject the water out the plug holes and exhaust without putting any pressure on your internals. If you don't pull the MPI fuse, you cold start a fire because fuel vapor will spray everywhere.