howz it going everyone, i'm posting this up for a friend and fellow club member. my friends xb has a two inch drop with a JP kit running 17 with 40 series tires on it so it's pretty low and running a ingen c.a.i . it was raining on april fools night and he hit a nice size puddle. long story short he changed his spark plugs and m.a.f. sensor. a week after that the engine blew. his #1 blew out of the block, our shop manger told him that it hydro locked. my question is does anybody know were we can find a 1nzfe motor??

 

I did a search for you on car part.com and got this:
Hilo Auto Recycling has a couple of Echo engines.
As you may know--the Echo used the same engine......

Good luck........

 

DAMN!
sorry!

 

did you friend have a bypass valve on his cai?

 

From the sound of it when the enigne sucked up the water it bent the connecting rod just enough to throw it off balance till it selfdestruct. CAI r evil. If u get any sort of flooding whatsoever don't even consider running them. By me last summer we had a nasty rain storm n the water level was afew inches above the side walk n I had gotten stuck in it with my last car I've owned. Long story short the entire radiator was covered in grass, leaves, n sticks and I was pullin out handfulls of crap from the pockets inside the bumper.

As stated above u can use the Echo motor as its the same thing. I would just recommend swapping out the bottom only and reuse the top end as there may be suttle differences and other various sensors that the echo model doesn't have. Best bet is to try ebay or a local salvage yard for a decent bottom end that u can do a rebuild n drop it in.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/06-SC...QQcmdZViewItem
Here's a starting point. These motors do pop up every now and then so u just need to dig alil. Best of luck.

 

Sweet! it's been awhile since I looked on that site I'll give them a call in the morning. it sucks cause we have a few car shows coming up and he was almost done with the exterior and now this happens. at least he didn't get into a accident or went suba diving. lol much mahalo for you're help

 

I wish he did but that C.A.I didn't come with one. and usually it doesn't flood here in kahului but at one of shopping centers there flood drain got clogged and made a little pool and he couldn't see the little pool. now when he gets a new motor he'll learn from this and now i'll get a bypass valve for my C.A.i .

 

supa sick you guys are awsome! I was just thinking about the top of the regular echo motor . that's a good point i'll try the hilo salvage yard and some of the local tow yards. much mahalo for you're help everyone.

 

the top end is the same, i gotta echo motor in my xA now, put it in last October, but i just blew it again so i'm gettin a new one

 

Gotcha. Wasn't sure if there were suttle changes between the model years that could easily be overlooked.