Please help me!!! white smoke and water!!
10-30-2011, 06:47 PM
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there is a monsoon in south florida right now and i hit an unexpected puddle ( "water" not the type of dog) and my car bogged and then shut off. i came too a complete stop then tryed too start the car and it did not work. i sat there for one min and then tryed again and it started but the idle felt a little rough. the whole way home i did no more the 15 miles/hour. at a couple red lights i saw white smoke and the same when i pulled in my driveway. i think water got sucked im my intake i have the killer bee 2 on an 08 LS3 car.
AM I TOTALY FU*KED???
AM I TOTALY FU*KED???
10-30-2011, 07:43 PM
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there is a monsoon in south florida right now and i hit an unexpected puddle ( "water" not the type of dog) and my car bogged and then shut off. i came too a complete stop then tryed too start the car and it did not work. i sat there for one min and then tryed again and it started but the idle felt a little rough. the whole way home i did no more the 15 miles/hour. at a couple red lights i saw white smoke and the same when i pulled in my driveway. i think water got sucked im my intake i have the killer bee 2 on an 08 LS3 car.
AM I TOTALY FU*KED???
AM I TOTALY FU*KED???
10-30-2011, 08:52 PM
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p.s. as mentioned above OEM air intakes can injest water too. I did it to a Lumina and it bent a rod. It was my company car so fortunately it did not cost me.
10-30-2011, 09:21 PM
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Adding an aftermarket air intake is definately asking for trouble, and adds little if anything significant to performance. Of course, if you drive through standing water at excessive speed you can also damage your car, even if stock. Driving head-long into a large tree at speed will also yield similiar results.
11-02-2011, 12:43 AM
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Compression may not be the best indicator. A shop can place an emissions probe over the neck of the radiator with the cap off and engine running at normal operating temperature.. If hydrocarbons are present, the head gasket is bad.
11-02-2011, 02:46 AM
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If your car is still on the power train warranty take it to a dealer to have it checked. If the problem is due to water ingestion the comprehensive insurance will pay for the repair if it is due to a mechanical defect the warranty will pay for the repair. If the insurance pays for the repair and the dealership does the work you still have warranty coverage on the engine until the power train warranty runs out or the 1 year/12K warranty on the repair runs out.
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11-02-2011, 09:40 AM
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OP's car started & driven so he may be lucky, time'll tell.
Used to hear horror stories of HL occurring in downpours/standing water with certain aftermarket intakes on the bottom breathing C5s from time to time. Devastating. Was the #1 reason I never got one on my '03 AE, '06 or Z06.
