PnoiBRacin

damn!!! thrash my motor....didnt see a fat puddle on the street and didnt have time to turn for the puddles...tried taking out the spark plugs and cranking it didnt work...I charge up my batteries from my friend car....work but the i hear somthing cranking....towed it to my house now im doing a quick rebuild....

jamesmeister

wow, were you running an air cleaner or no?

PnoiBRacin

running on cold air!!!! shiet sucked hella water.... took it out pured like pint of water....im doing a rebuild on my GSR

bluetwo

Sorry to hear that. I hope you get it all worked out soon.

FooD2000

i hate hearing about hydrolocking... that sucks.

Chizzy

what is hydrolocking? when water splashes into your cold air intake?

Provocateur

Where the engine swallows enough water to cause it to stop working. Water + Fire + Metal = Engine no worky.

TheOtherDave™

Basically yes..when more than about a 1/2 teaspoon of water is ingested by the engine, very bad things will happen. Unlike the trapped air, the water will not compress. It will blow out gaskets & more, but it won't compress.

So when the piston is coming up on the compression stroke, the water will be forced up into the top of the combustion chamber, causing the engine to stumble (at the very least) or stall outright.

If the pistons, conrods and cranks are all robust and the amount of water is very slight, you might luck out and only have to replace the head gasket and get a new set of spark plugs. but more often than not, significant engine damage is the result. Snapped conrods, shattered piston rings, or even structural failure of the piston itself.

So if you choose to run a CAI, IMO it's foolish to not use a bypass valve as well. The best plan of all is to fabricate ducting to supply a short-ram intake with a supply of cold air -- without sealing the intake tract off.

SP00NFed

sorry to hear. Goodluck on the rebuild! :thumbup:

slapmaho

When I first got my car it was completely stock,
I hit a huge puddle and the dang thing stalled
i waited about 15 minutes started it back up
and i was on my way, been working fine ever since.

thats not hydrolock right?
cause I had all stock intake etc. at the time..
what is that?

water in the altinator??

please shed some light on what happend to me
thanks