hydrolocked - i think, what are my options Options

[bman]

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!!

[DEATH]

This why I have always said CAI is not worth it. The 2 HP gain [maybe if the extra piping/bends doesn't kill that] isn't worth this.
But oh no - the CAI guys wanna argue this point all the time
SRI>CAI anyday.
Very sorry to hear about you loss bro - It happened to me once too. I just immediately shot as much of the water out as poss and then did two full flushes of oil [road side] and then changed the oil [roadside] and she started up first try and no problems since [last 6gc - not this one]. Change the oil again a few days leter to - just for good measure. Motor ran like a champ for 75K longer all the way up to some a$$hole totalling it.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Feb 19, 2008 - 4:11 PM

[bman]

This why I have always said CAI is not worth it. The 2 HP gain [maybe if the extra piping/bends doesn't kill that] isn't worth this.
But oh no - the CAI guys wanna argue this point all the time

Believe it or not it wasn't by choice... the car was in an accident once upon a time and the air intake box was smashed. It was cheaper to buy a cold air intake than buy a new box. (the car has since fixed and repainted)