soo i was drivin today and i ran into a big ___ puddle, wait not even a puddle, you mine as well call it a pool. well anyways water went into my cold air intake, and my car turned off. im screwed! any suggestions? tips? advice? anything!!! make me feel better! my car wont turn on at all.

 

id start takin stuff apart but thats just me....nothin neg. toward u but whats with everyone sinkin their cars in water...its not 4x4 lol if ya want a 4x4 i have one for sale

 

i didnt wanna go in the water. the whole road was flooded. only two lanes. it was either go thru the puddle or chop a tree and go off road.

 

ur screwed man...sounds like u hydrolocked ur engine! should have watched where u were driving or just pushed ur car through the puddle.

 

That sucks dude. Next time just turn around and take a different route.

 

CAI + Southern Florida - Bypass Valve=

Your best bet would be to find a low mileage 2AZ-FE at a junk yard.

 

Yowsah!
that sucks(literly) ,that pool had to be deep man, that filter sits about 1.5 foot of the ground.

Ok i guess that ebay CAI is going in to my Garage heap, and that WR SRI is staying on...

 

What will taking parts off do for the hydrolocked engine?

 

How deep was this water? I mean, I assume you could SEE that there was water there and the other people around you were going really slow and it looked deep? You could have stopped and turned around maybe?

Or did you just not see at all how much water might be there?

 

sorry im the type of person who doesnt start with the worst possible situation...iv had 4 diff cars and all had cai....iv been through some crazy storms and never had this problem...wish the best of luck to ya dontfwitme

 

if nothin is bent some time you can save it. after you pull the head off, sometimes pull the plugs out and see if you can turn it by hand with a ratchet and socket...your screwed either way, so try to get the water out, and see if she will start...

 

Will it even crank over? Pull the plugs and crank the engine over. This will push water out of the cylinders.

Replace the plugs and fire it up. There is a chance you didnt damage anything (I have seen it before). You will know quickly if you did.

If it is damaged, dont go taking parts off and trying to get it warrantied like many will tell you. That is just ripping off Toyota. Now, I know some will say "the dealers rip people off".. and many do. But that doesnt make me feel any better for ripping them off. In this case, if it did hydrolock and damage the engine, it isnt due to faulty manufacturing.

Just my feelings on it. But again, test it out first.

 

ouch. hydrolocking can be one of the worst things. I hope you have a low deductible on your insurance (if they cover it). Let this be a lesson: Either invest the $50 in a bypass valve or AT LEAST the $20 in an injen hydroshield if you have an aftermarket intake. What's done is done though. I doubt your insurance company will cover anything though since you have on a K&N. Same with basic warranty on the car. Maybe try throwing back on the stock intake and claim it was on the whole time?? lol

 

^ alot of people are on here talking about how its screwing over toyota and this and that but this kid is 19 and I seriously doubt that he can afford another engine for his brand new car.

For future though when your going in a what seems to be deep puddle get a little bit of speed and put the clutch in or put it in neutral and turn off the engine and roll through the puddle like that.

 

Well... he put on a CAI... he drove into a huge puddle, so it is 100% his fault. 19 or not toyota should not have to pay for it. It makes it no more ethical just because he cant afford it.

And even without the aftermarket intake, driving into a puddle and hydrolocking is not covered under warranty, that is chalked up to user error and is not toyotas responsibility. So he will not get warranty coverage unless the dealer just wants to do him a huge favor and replace his engine.

I notice that some get a little upset if I mention ethics in the conversation about warranty, yet I bet those that send me $800 worth of thier dash components to customize are expecting me to be ethical and honest and are very happy that I am. And those that send me an HVAC unit that someone has broken are trusting that I dont fix it in 5 minutes and claim they needed $100 worth of parts. So people are much more appreciative of ethics when it is their money and parts on the line. So why shouldnt they be the same way towards warranty? Unless Toyota has ripped them off and this is thier only way out I dont see them having the right to be that way.

 

^^^and don't restart or rev the engine for a few minutes to allow some water to drip out of the filter end

 

Yep.. I would pull the intake off completely, let it dry out, put it on, pull the plugs and crank it over.

 

my insurance cover my motor when i did the same thing with my lancer, i didnt have a bypass valve on my cold air but yeah insurance paid for a new motor and all i did was pay $100, then a few weeks later traded it in for the tc

 

Insurance may vary. It would be worth a try. And going that route is perfectly fine as far as being honest. Accidents are what insurance is for. And for what you pay for it, you may as well use it if you are covered

 

Most people dont have the money just laying around for a new engine but that doesnt make it right to try and screw someone else for his mistake. People that do this are the reason why its so hard to get legit problems covered under warranty.

You know the risks involved in driving a car through deep water. I know sometimes its unavoidable when you see it too late in the dark or something but most times its not. I also had a K&N and that filter is pretty high up and inside the fender. Ive been through water maybe 6 inches deep with it at a reasonable barely moving speed. If you flooded it you were going too fast or went through some pretty deep water that you shouldnt be driving through anyways.