Drove through standing water....
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Drove through standing water....
I have been the unfortunate victim of the unseen standing 'pond' of water on the expressway at about 2 am the other night. I hit the 'pond' at about 60 and the car bogged down. When I stopped to check it out, the entire engine bay was soaked. The hoodliner was even soaking wet. It runs very rough and wants to stall. I have had someone check it out and I know it is running VERY lean. I burnt out the O2 sensors. Other than that, I recieved minimal codes, mainly dealing with the O2 sensors and engine misfire which I think is a result of burning the sensors out. I have driven the car about 25 miles since then taking it to get checked and then to the shop, black soot coming from the exhaust everytime I accelerate. I have a Blackwing, LG headers(turning nice shade of blue)My main question is what else should I look for? Am I out of the dreaded hydrolock phase due to my driving it afterwards? Am I at risk of the Headers cracking at the welds due to the heat and then rapid introduction of water? Thanks in advance 
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Hmmm...if I were you I would pull the Blackwing off and clean it and re-oil....dry out and clean the TB....change your oil and filter maybe run some injector cleaner and of course install new 02 sensors....as for the headers they get wet all the time so no need to worry there.....hope the damage is minimal....if not make sure you keep receipts etc in case this becomes a comprehnsive insurance thing
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If you hydrolocked, the car wouldn't run. Or should I say wouldn't run without making some really ugly sounds due to bent/broken parts. I'd recommend cleaning/drying everything out, and go back to basic troubleshooting. Hopefully you'll get it back to normal with no internal damage.
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Originally Posted by yelloyello
I have been the unfortunate victim of the unseen standing 'pond' of water on the expressway at about 2 am the other night. I hit the 'pond' at about 60 and the car bogged down. When I stopped to check it out, the entire engine bay was soaked. The hoodliner was even soaking wet. It runs very rough and wants to stall. I have had someone check it out and I know it is running VERY lean. I burnt out the O2 sensors. Other than that, I recieved minimal codes, mainly dealing with the O2 sensors and engine misfire which I think is a result of burning the sensors out. I have driven the car about 25 miles since then taking it to get checked and then to the shop, black soot coming from the exhaust everytime I accelerate. I have a Blackwing, LG headers(turning nice shade of blue)My main question is what else should I look for? Am I out of the dreaded hydrolock phase due to my driving it afterwards? Am I at risk of the Headers cracking at the welds due to the heat and then rapid introduction of water? Thanks in advance
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Originally Posted by jessem
Originally Posted by Korreck
Hydrolock is instantaneous. Blackwing saved your butt. WHY?
Hydrolock is instantaneous. Blackwing saved your butt. WHY?
I'm curious also, I would expect the OEM set up with an airbox to be more protective of the intake system?
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