OMG My car is hydrolock
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OMG My car is hydrolock
Err wt 
f.. i always thought u have to be submerged in water.. da water must have been half a feet high.. and my car just stopped... wat is the symptoms of hydrolock?.. someone told me dat da ignition system or distributor cap could be wet... so imma let it dry over nite.. i hope so..
OMG dis is da most BS thing dat can happen to me.. my car just clicks wen trying to turn? does dat mean its hydrolock? tell me help me!!
f.. i always thought u have to be submerged in water.. da water must have been half a feet high.. and my car just stopped... wat is the symptoms of hydrolock?.. someone told me dat da ignition system or distributor cap could be wet... so imma let it dry over nite.. i hope so..OMG dis is da most BS thing dat can happen to me.. my car just clicks wen trying to turn? does dat mean its hydrolock? tell me help me!!
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Rep Power: 0 Damn man...I think this is like the third story like this I've heard in the past month. What kind of intake was it? AEM? Injen?
It just stopped? Did you try to start it again? Was your bumper submerged 2 inches, or was that how deep the water was?
Sorry to hear man...But it's an excuse to get a K20 if that makes you feel any better :\
It just stopped? Did you try to start it again? Was your bumper submerged 2 inches, or was that how deep the water was?
Sorry to hear man...But it's an excuse to get a K20 if that makes you feel any better :\
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Rep Power: 0 Man.. it was 2 inches or 3 inches from da ground... da car wont even start.. i try to start it.. but it just clicks.. n da lights grow dimmer.. could it be just electrical system being wet?
when the cluster goes crazy and the needle start clicking, it's probably an electrical problem. The few times when my car wouldn't start and the cluster does that when I try to start, my battery was either low or dead.
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Rep Power: 0 i don't think that its hydrolocked. if the water WAS 6" deep, your whole filter wouldn't be submurged completely to start suckin in water. i would say its electrical, try tightening the battery terminals, even a little loose and it'll keep the car from starting, but my money is definately on an electrical problem
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Rep Power: 0 I mean... it wasnt even submerged!! err... but it just stopped rite wen i got thru da puddle... i hope soooo.. i dont wanna pay crap.. cuz i kno da warranty will be voided... i have injen cai.. i did take off the intake i see a lil water in the tube of the intake.. but not enuff to cause it to lock...
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Re: OMG My car is hydrolock
Originally posted by NoToRiOuSxPiNoY
.. someone told me dat da ignition system or distributor cap could be wet... so imma let it dry over nite.. i hope so..
.. someone told me dat da ignition system or distributor cap could be wet... so imma let it dry over nite.. i hope so..
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Rep Power: 399 your engine would completely seize (usually) when it hydro locks. It does NOT sound like that is your problem. and you'd have to get a LOT of water on the intake from a 2" puddle AND BE FLOORING it to have even a remote chance from hydrolocking.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by S2000man01
your engine would completely seize (usually) when it hydro locks. It does NOT sound like that is your problem. and you'd have to get a LOT of water on the intake from a 2" puddle AND BE FLOORING it to have even a remote chance from hydrolocking.
your engine would completely seize (usually) when it hydro locks. It does NOT sound like that is your problem. and you'd have to get a LOT of water on the intake from a 2" puddle AND BE FLOORING it to have even a remote chance from hydrolocking.
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Rep Power: 343 my car recently hydrolocked, hence the k20 swap. If you turn your ignition and nuthing happens, it just clicks, hate to say it you probably did what i did
(all for rods looked like this btw)
I at first thought it was electrical, boy was i wrong. If the motor doesn't even think of cranking, just puts a load on your electrical and the lights go dim, you motor probably isn't able to spin.
(all for rods looked like this btw)
I at first thought it was electrical, boy was i wrong. If the motor doesn't even think of cranking, just puts a load on your electrical and the lights go dim, you motor probably isn't able to spin.
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Rep Power: 0 UPDATE on my car... crap... i was able to start it... but now its just making clicking noise wen im driving... its freakin emberassing.. since i have a new car.. 2 years old wtf.. sigh... man... what am i suppose to do? go to da dealership? what... errr...
Hawk how did u get the money for k20a2 swap? ANyone know of a good deal? mite as well do the swap.. shopping around in va/md for a good type s engine... sighhhh..
Hawk how did u get the money for k20a2 swap? ANyone know of a good deal? mite as well do the swap.. shopping around in va/md for a good type s engine... sighhhh..
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Rep Power: 0 Absolutely, return the car to stock as far as the engine is concerned.
It sounds like you got some water into something and it is slowly drying out. Did you pull each coil to see if any water got in?
It sounds like you got some water into something and it is slowly drying out. Did you pull each coil to see if any water got in?
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Rep Power: 0 i removed the valve cover... saw some traces of water... even in the throttle body.. its.. gone.. its clicking like crazy.. da speedometer reading is kinda slow at reading..
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Rep Power: 0 Put everything back to stock ASAP and take it back to the dealer. I don't see how 2 inches of water could make it hydrolock. It could be some crazy sensor somewhere that went bad. I remember back in 96 when my dad got his dodge stratus it had a few problems at first and everytime we took it to the dealer they "reset the computer and put a new oxygen sensor in it" either way dude your car is under warranty so just put it back stock and act like you never modified anything
