 hydrolocked - i think, what are my options |
 Feb 14, 2008 - 1:49 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined May 14, '07 From Long Island Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Ok so anyone who lives on or near long island knows we got some extreme rain last night. Driving home from work my block was flooded as usual and I never had a problem. I have a CAI but it is situated where I never had a problem with the water.
Last night was different. Upon fording the river my car stalled out and in fear of hydro lock I didn't bother trying to start it. Instead I took off my work shoes, socks, rolled my pants up and simply pushed the car into the front of the house where the water wasn't so deep (2 inches) I tried to start the car but all i heard was clicking. I can't go into details beyond what I say because it was cold and dark and the amount of troubleshooting i was able to do was limited. I'm pretty savvy with mechanical things, so I pushed the car into the driveway and pulled the spark plugs thinking if would give the water some place to go. I tried to crank it and I still heard click click click as i turned the key to start it. I inspected the spark plugs and they weren't even wet! It was always my assumption that a hydro locked motor was waterlogged and you'd have, at the least, web spark plugs. Hell, they were still hot when I pulled them. It was too dark to see inside the cylinder(s) to look for water. I had the g/f drive me to work, and with Valentines day today and work again on Friday I won't be able to sink any time into repairing it until Saturday. In thinking about it, I'm thinking i may have just stalled the car out, and water-logged the starter. I may be mechanically inclined but I lack experience. So... what do you guys think? In addition, here are my specs 94 Celica 1.8 manual w/ CAI 147K (used to) run mint. Thanks for your time everyone!! -------------------- 94 Celica ST - CAI, CarPuter, many interior mods!
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Feb 19, 2008 - 6:10 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 12, '07 From Houston, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
Me and Death live in a place where flooding is a way of life. We don't get earthquakes or blizzards. But 10 feet of water in the house is not an unusual sight for us.
Although a baby grand piano suspended from the ceiling 15 feet in the air does qualify as an unusual sight. This post has been edited by thespacepanda: Feb 19, 2008 - 6:17 PM -------------------- "He won't come out of the bathroom. He keeps telling us we're dark somethings and not his friends."
"Hmm. Ask him if he's the dragon reborn." "What?" "Just do it." ".......He said yes." "Tell him you are not darklings. He should open up." ".......Sweet. Thanks." "No problem." |
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Feb 20, 2008 - 5:19 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 20, '07 From Valkeakoski, Finland Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(thespacepanda @ Feb 19, 2008 - 6:10 PM) [snapback]643354[/snapback] Me and Death live in a place where flooding is a way of life. We don't get earthquakes or blizzards. But 10 feet of water in the house is not an unusual sight for us. Although a baby grand piano suspended from the ceiling 15 feet in the air does qualify as an unusual sight. Man, I wanna live in the states. We dont get tornados, earthquakes nor floods. Damn, Finland is Boring. All we get is snow. -------------------- |
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bman hydrolocked - i think Feb 14, 2008 - 1:49 PM
x_itchy_b_x sounds like a dead battery almost.
or a locked up ... Feb 14, 2008 - 1:56 PM lagos you can try to see if you can turn the crank by ha... Feb 14, 2008 - 2:00 PM bman good ideas so far! fast replies too! the s... Feb 14, 2008 - 2:01 PM 95CelicaST If your fuse box got wet you might have fried the ... Feb 14, 2008 - 2:47 PM rjbibeau touch a scrwdriver from the starter solenoid to th... Feb 14, 2008 - 2:59 PM Bitter starters dont like taking baths, probably pooched ... Feb 14, 2008 - 8:21 PM bman thanks for the advice everyone I'll let you kn... Feb 15, 2008 - 9:41 AM bman Update:
It was hydrolocked. I had some friends gi... Feb 16, 2008 - 12:31 AM 6strngs though you may have gotten a lot of water out, you... Feb 16, 2008 - 12:38 AM lagos Im confused.
1st you said the timing belt went o... Feb 16, 2008 - 12:51 AM
bman QUOTE(lagos @ Feb 16, 2008 - 5:51 AM... Feb 16, 2008 - 12:56 AM lagos I guess I got you confused with whoever was on her... Feb 16, 2008 - 1:18 AM tin_foil yeah...I've got to agree with Lagos on this on... Feb 16, 2008 - 3:04 AM stephen_lee he did take out the plugs when he tried to start.
... Feb 16, 2008 - 10:58 PM 97GTinKC If it sucked water in while running, it probably d... Feb 19, 2008 - 1:22 PM bman Well here is the update -
I rented a tow dolly a... Feb 19, 2008 - 3:51 PM hurley97 QUOTE(bman @ Feb 19, 2008 - 3:51 PM)... Feb 24, 2008 - 9:42 PM DEATH This why I have always said CAI is not worth it. T... Feb 19, 2008 - 4:11 PM Penkka QUOTE(DEATH @ Feb 19, 2008 - 4:11 PM... Feb 19, 2008 - 5:19 PM bman QUOTE(DEATH @ Feb 19, 2008 - 9:11 PM... Feb 20, 2008 - 11:34 AM x_itchy_b_x ^ bypass valve. cai wins. but $1400 for a 5sf... Feb 19, 2008 - 4:18 PM DEATH It was the stock CAI BTW that did it and it has by... Feb 19, 2008 - 5:51 PM DEATH Nah it's totally cool. I tried probable 5-6 in... Feb 20, 2008 - 11:44 AM bman After this mess I'm not keeping it like this..... Feb 20, 2008 - 12:04 PM DEATH QUOTE(bman @ Feb 20, 2008 - 12:04 PM... Feb 20, 2008 - 3:16 PM |
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