stillenfl

need advise aem sucked water into the motor.any1 know what honda is going to do . i called my insurance company and they are going out on monday. is the motor done or what
josh

brantshali

Did the water kill the engine or how do you know that the intake sucked in water? You didn't try and start the motor after it stalled out, did you? You can pull the plugs and crank the motor. This will purge any water that got in the motor.

Good luck.

stillenfl

yea tried to start it wouldnt but hond was so fast to jump the gun and say it was blown or locked

pjkwong

i guess u didn't buy that separtors thing for aem
to let excess water flow out

stillenfl

no never heard of it?

brantshali

If water got in and killed the motor and you tried to restart it, it is highly likely that you hydrolocked the motor. I'm assuming you probably would have heard some bad noises if you hydrolocked, though, so you MIGHT be okay. You could still try pulling the plugs and cranking the motor...might still be able to purge water and maybe...just maybe...nothing else is damaged...

Let us know what the insurance company and Honda say...

stillenfl

yea thanks just worried that the insurance company will give me crap about the aem

shingles

the you drive into a puddle or just in the rain?

I've driving cars with AEM cold air in some pretty bad rain and haven't had problems...

just curious.


-S

stillenfl

it was flooded but i tried to and back out but it was to late. the car just shut off

SECRET AP1

for future protection of your future motors, if your car shuts off due to water injestion, don't attempt to restart. tow it home first.

-pull off the intake arm and clear the intake and filter and allow it to dry.
-remove the spark plugs
-manually crank the motor in attempt to push all the water out of the cylinders.
-put everything back together
-cross your fingers and start her up

also, if your car was in a flooded area, even with a AEM Bypass Valve, there is still a risk of injesting water. you're best chance would have been to push the car to a place where the filter is not submerged.

i would put back on the stock intake. flood the OEM intake with water and then let it sit. try to duplicate what you believe the conditions of the stock intake would be had you started it up with the stock intake (probably wouldn't have sucked water though).

hope everything works out.