My car was flooded last weekend. The water managed to stay away from the interior, so NO damage there but the motor is another story.
Towed to the dealer yesterday(tuesday) and received a call early this morning. The tech said: they've found water in the intake(it was wet), no compression in the #4 cylinder, h20 in the oil-pan, and the car might be hydrolock???. I asked him, what's my options. He said new motor (did I heard him right?). Still waiting for the darn insure people to take a look at it....
Extremely depress right now .
NICK

 

will they sell that motor?

 

what dealer were you at? I might be able to hook you up... I know head service at a dealer

 

Minster:
I think they will sell that motor to a junk-yard....

revhard:
My car is at Jacob Twins Honda...on Grand ave. and Oak Park in Chicago...
Nick

 

I had the same thing happen about two months ago. They ended up giving me the motor for free.
It is interesting that it is the number four piton that doesn't have compression; as that is the cylinder wall that cracked on mine as a result of sucking up water.

 

my #4 cylinder have no compression, #3 is weak compression. Waters in the oil-pan, motor, intake, spark-plugs(??), and the exhaust is spiting out coolant(???). I asked the tech why the #4 cylinder and he doesn't have an answer. I'm waiting for the insure people to take a look at the car...
this is so freaking depressing.......the race is next week and I was planning to runs for trophy...

John David: how long does it take the dealer to do the swap, and is it a brand new motor or a used ones???
Nick

 

Man, there sure have been a lot of hydrolocked motors recently. This is like the 4th or 5th post on this.

Hope everything works out well for you.

 

I'm sorry to hear about your flood damage...

If the water was high enough to get inside the engine, I would insist on totaling the car and get a new one.

I had a flooding experience with my '00 Dodge Intrepid ES. In my case, the water had risen to about 1/3 up the doors and soaked the entire interior with mud. The engine oil did not have water in it and it ran fine.

I still insisted on considering the car a total loss because of the damage that you can't see -- transmission, interior and engine wiring, CV boots, bearings, brakes, exhaust, O2 sensor, wheel sensors, etc. These things are SPLASH resistant, but are not designed for total immersion.

If you'd like copies of the letters that I sent, PM me.

It took about 1 1/2 months to accomplish this task. However, in the end, it worked out best for me and the insurance company. They would be required to send a representative EVERY time a repair was performed and evaluated as to whether or not it was a result of water damage. The insurance company didn't specify a time limitation on this period, either.

I would be careful with what the insurance company will do. My car was only a year old -- $26k new, $16k at the occurrence of the loss (only 1 1/2 years old!). They may very well choke on a $32k replacement.

Gowgom