Just thought id vent, well i live in miami and well its gets flooded on th streets, so i was driving my poor car over some water, apparently water got in the exhaust, into the intake and then my engine is gone. No compression apparently. Repair guys say its not repairable, cheaper to get a new engine.... damn funny when simple things like water cost you 10k.....enough rant....

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yeah, what happens is if water gets into your cylinders, unlike the gas/air mixture in there, water does NOT compress hehe, so the piston comes slamming down and busts itself blow rings, shoots out rods, that kind of thing. THat sucks man, I dont even know what do to do about that

yeah something happened to the valves, so im basically lookin at 3k to get a new engine..... nah.... ill just get a new car

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Dude...that sucks. I know like 15 people who lost their cars in the last week due to water (i.e. Isabelle)....and another 5 who f-ed up their cars driving through the flooded streets just like you did. I never realized that you can ruin you whole engine like that. I'll think twice before flying down my flooded street (which seems to flood every week because of rain) Sorry to hear bout your luck tho.

Yeah that sucks but I cant help thinking how in 2003 a waterproof car is yet to be invented...

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Originally posted by Scorchio Yeah that sucks but I cant help thinking how in 2003 a waterproof car is yet to be invented...

It has.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/...hibious.car.ap/

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Hmm...exhaust is in the back...intake is in the front. If you were driving I doubt that the water came through the exhaust since the car would have been running and blowing exhaust out. What most likely happened was your intake sucked up the water into the cylinders and from there all hell broke loose. Very nasty way for the engine to go. What kind of car do you drive?

I got an Acura Integra and my cold air intake I installed is only about 7 inches off the groud...anytime I see a puddle across the road, I turn around and go another way. No way in hell I'm risking blowing my engine.

Sorry to hear about your loss, but look at it as a learning experience.

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Your engine got HYDROLOCK, the prob is when the engine sucks water on the intake not the exahust (SP?) if the exhaust gets cloged the car won't run, but if it sucks water (water doesn't compress) so it breaks parts (cilinders, combustion chamber, etc....)

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yeah came back from the auto shop, the car sucked in water from the intake, damn those aem cold intakes...... only few inches from the ground..... yeah ohh well shoudnve known better....

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Originally posted by chupunstick yeah came back from the auto shop, the car sucked in water from the intake, damn those aem cold intakes...... only few inches from the ground..... yeah ohh well shoudnve known better....

Hmm...what kinda car do you got? I was thinking you might not know much about cars from how you explained it...but I see you had an AEM CAI on it.

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it was my 97 civic rice car..... i got another quick question, the guy in the auto shop told me he would gimme 600 bucks for my car..... should i accept this or try to ebay it for more? im also planning to get a new car, prob from 20-33k, any recommendations?

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