Car stalled out in water please help

BigRigLS said:
This LS of yours sure gets around while not running, did you push it there, like you did out of the water? I'm impressed to say the least.




G ~ stop arguing with the know-it-all new-comers, you'll lose every time! They've been at this a while longer then the rest of us, don't you know!
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Lol big rig I was wondering when you was gonna comment
 
Yeah and called your bluff by doing so! You did never get that overheating and radiator issue resolved either as far as I've read/followed.

Ima wondering about you!
 
BigRigLS said:
Yeah and called your bluff by doing so! You did never get that overheating and radiator issue resolved either as far as I've read/followed.

Ima wondering about you!
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I fixed the overheating just ruined the air conditioning but none of that matters because the car won't start
 
joegr said:
There is nothing at all wrong with removing the plugs and "cranking" the engine with the starter. Even if the crankcase is full of water, any additional damage to the bearings will be too minor to ever notice. This is not at all the same as getting it running with the plugs in and ignoring the oil condition, and that's not what anyone here was suggesting!


If the starter won't turn it, then use a socket on the damper bolt and a long handle and see if it turns by hand. If any water comes out of the spark plug holes, the the engine was hydro-locked and some connecting rods are almost certainly bent (engine is toast). Why not try to find this out as soon as possible?
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Joe if it sucked water in the intake, wouldn't the engine have shook and then knocked before shutting off?
 
It would have blown a hole through the side and or bottom!
 
jgscott said:
Joe if it sucked water in the intake, wouldn't the engine have shook and then knocked before shutting off?
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I wouldn't normally expect that. Most of the time, it's pretty much instant shutdown.
 
BigRigLS said:
It would have blown a hole through the side and or bottom!
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This is exactly what happened when my son did this. He tried to restart it anyway (before I was called). It actually started and ran on the remaining five cylinders. Bearing and other damage didn't matter at that point, since there was a hole in the block.
 
Yup, made room for a block heater. (sorta)
 
Hole= engine case or block explosion... and/or piston, rod, component or pressure causing a hole.

common with hydrolocking or seizing an engine
 
Lol you right I think I was probably going to fast or maybe to slow I just know I approached it wrong because some people made it through just fine I should of just stayed home that night
 
mujahid1994 said:
Lol you right I think I was probably going to fast or maybe to slow I just know I approached it wrong because some people made it through just fine I should of just stayed home that night
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Too fast if anything. Remember that different cars have their air intake at different levels. Just because another (different) car makes it, doesn't mean you can. My rule is that if I can't see the road through the water, it's too much water to drive through. You are fortunate that only your car was killed.
 
Id get more nervous with our altrernator placement in higher water than intake concerns....
 
water there could blow your main fuse or worse... your ship will figure that out quick... like I said, much bigger concerns though. Is it at the shop yet?
 
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