As you all know its been raining for a while and the standing water on the roads has risen quite a bit. Well this morning I was driving, I live in The Woodlands and there is not very good drainage here, and I went over a small pool of water. Then all of the sudden my car stalls out and dies. I immediately know what has happened. But anyway long story short I wait for a tow truck for 3 hours(the car was at a stop sign when it died), and later that day I was able to get the water out of the enigine. The moral of this story watch out for high water and be careful on the wet roads. RWD+wet roads=fun+danger.

 

So did you damage the motor, or the car died.

 

My similar story:
I work on the NW side at 290 and BW8, and made it all the way into the office parking lot that has terriable drainage. I went through about 4" of water and sucked up enough of it through my CAI to stall. Luckily, I was able to push it to a parking spot in the lot and leave it all day.
I work in a fabrication shop that builds offshore equipment, so that afternoon me and some of the shop guys pushed the car into the shop so I could work on it. Per the advise of the service tech at the Honda dealership in Katy (thanks a million!), I removed the 4 spark plugs and started turning the engine to see if any water got sucked into the cylinders. Of course, there was quite a bit in all 4 - so it took quite a bit of turning to stop seeing water.
Earlier I had removed the hose that goes into the throttle body to let the piping dry out. With the intake piping removed, I could open the throttle butterfly valve to look into the intake manifold. Not suprisingly, there was about 1/8" of water there. So I used by floor jack and jack stands to raise the rear of the car so the water would run out. Then, I used some paper towels and a long screwdriver to sop up as much water as possible.
Finally, after more turning the engine until I stopped seeing water in al 4 cylinders I reinstalled the plugs, crossed my fingers, said a prayer, rubbed a rabbits foot, and hit the starter button. After about the 5 try she sputtered to life. Ran terriably for about 2 or 3 minutes and smoked terriably, but ran. Eventually, everything lined out and seemed to run fine.
I left the car in the office parking lot overnight, and will reinstall the stock airbox tonight so I can drive home. Then I will change the oil, replace the sparkplugs, then replace the oil again.
I lucked out. I hope that you (H-Twn) are as lucky too. From now on, the CAI will only be installed for AutoX events and track days.

 

Well, I don't think that the motor is damaged because I was only rolling at 5mph when I hit the water, and I got the water out of it. It runs fine now but I am going to do a compression test in the next couple of days as well as change all the fluids.

 

Cool, looks like we both got lucky. I would hate it if you damaged such a beautiful car - if that picture in the first post is yours.

 

I know, we did. I just changed my oil and I am going to change my diff fluid, tranny fluid, and spark plugs. I know its not really all that necessary but it will help me sleep better at night. And yes that S2000 on my signiture is mine.

 

hey, i'm an owner from chicago and happened to see the title on the main forum list. i kinda went through the same thing a few weeks ago, definitely not as bad though. engine died and wouldn't start, but there wasn't really any water in my cylinders and i just replaced my spark plugs (water on them) + changed my oil and everything seems back to normal.

my question...which CAI are you guys running? i've got an AEM V2.

 

I am running V2 also, and LOVE IT!!!

However, it is now relegated to autoX and track duty.

Glad you kept the water out of the cylinders. Getting it out was the worst part.

I have just done the first oil/filter change, and am going to take it to work tomorrow then to the autoparts store for more sparkplugs. THen home to change the oil again, and the sparkplugs

 

I have the AEM V1 and hasnt given me any problems until this. I love it when you can hear it sucking air.

 

ah okay cool looks like everyone got out unscathed! i was also going through a big puddle (more like lake) real slow...so nothing too bad. lesson learned!