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06-22-2013, 01:12 AM | #1 |
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possible hydrolock
Tonight it rained really hard where I live. After work while heading to grab a bite to eat before heading home I stupidly misjudged the depth of the water on the road and before i knew I was to deep to stop and attempt to back out. Causing my car to stall in foot and half deep water. I got the car out of the water and on to dry land and pulled the air filter, it was soaked, and now and just letting it sit until morning.
My question is what me should i do in the morning to prevent further damage. I plan on changing the oil and pulling spark plugs and seeing if there is any water in there. Is there more i should check? |
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Might be worth checking with your insurance company to see if it would be covered.
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will do. thanks
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Some insurance companies will cover hydrolock. Good luck.
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Alright, after a few hours a bagging, cursing and making promises to my car I got the spark plugs removed. I let the water drain out for a half hour while i vacuumed the interior. But when i attempted to turn it over to expel all the water the engine would not crank. There is the click of the starter beginning to engage but no cranking.
Any suggestions? Are there any other thing that an amateur mechanic can try, or is it time to call a professional. |
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Your battery might be low in charge, try charging it.
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I'd try and turn the engine over by hand with a breaker bar and socket on the main pulley.. If it doesn't budge then it's most likely broken something and jammed up.. How high where the RPM's???
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put a jump box on it and try again, it'll probably turn over unless something electrical got jacked up. in that case you can check all the fuses and use a multimeter to see if the starter motor is getting juice with the key turned. if it's got juice, the motor's probably jacked. if not, it's an open probably from a connector or wire melting or something.
i'm not sure what the chances of damage are with an engine like this, but i've swamped and restarted about a bazillion dirtbikes in my life with hardly any issues. |
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Battery. That's something i hadn't considered. It's always the obvious things I over look. Thanks i will check that out.
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Just a click would indicate the battery charge is really low. Might have been another effect of getting things soaked, some wires might have been shorted by the water and caused a parasitic drain that killed it.
You could also pull the fuse for the fuel pump(s) when you turn the engine over with the plugs out. This would prevent the ECU from dumping fuel into the cylinders without spark, further flooding it. |
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