Okay boys here is the latest news on the car... It is at the local honda dealer for dianogstic test to see whats wrong.. I appreciate everyone that had reply to this thread. The dealer will get back to me in a few days... i spoke to a state farm representative and she said that this incident will not be covered by my insurance... Is that right? I have full coverage and I thought this would be covered? Well if someone knows anything please post it up.. thanks

 

Sorry to hear that. If that's the case, you're looking at $6-8k in repair costs at the dealer. Several HouStooks have had this done during the last 4 years. Some were lucky enough to have it covered by their insurance companies, and some weren't.

 

my fellow s2k owners... the dino results from a local honda dealer has come back. My engine is suffering from water in the engine. I wasnt sure agian where in the engine but the mechanic says he will change the oil a few times (bs).. take off the vavle cover and dry up the inside and change the spark plugs. So the total cost to get my car back on the road and running is $372.58. When I found out boy was I happy.. I was looking at somewhere in the $1000s. With that being said.. some of you guys were right on the dot.. you guys are really good.. I want to thank everyone for their prompt replies. People like you guys are the key success to this forum! Keep it Up!

 

you lucked out! next time, remember not to crank the engine in the water.

also, you do have to flush the engine out with oil change several times. water is heavier than oil thus as you put oil in the engine, water will sink to the bottom. To completely remove water or at least majority, you do need few oil changes.

 

Make sure they do a compression test to verify that there isn't more hidden damage. I would have them provide you with the test results and 'document' it within your service records.

I hope that you are back on the road soon. Congrats on the good news!

 

Ohhh man you are Lucky! heheh

Be sure to Test the Car real good before you leave the Dealer!

Take care!

i'm Happy you are back in the 9,000RPMS Club!

 

yeah i got my car back today and everything seems fine.. but i notice the clutch is a little bit harder.. do you guys think they did something to it? And I always use synthetic mobile 1 oil but the dealer put regular oil in my engine, wouldn't that mess up my car? Can I go back to synthetic later on.. I am gonna park my car for the winter would it help to take off the wheels and leave it on four jacks?

 

You MIGHT be alright, just cross your fingers and knock on wood. My GSR survived a hydrolock and compression tested 246-250 across the board afterwards. Fortunately, my motor was only idling when I coasted through a puddle which my CAI decided to drink from. The last thing you should have done is try to start it, that is putting nasty stress on it's already nasty condition.

First, drain your oil asap
Next remove your spark plugs and fuel injection relay.
Put in new oil and crank the motor a few times to get the rest of the water out.
If you hear any noises then you are probably screwed, if not keep going.
Next let it air out for a few hours.
Now put in new oil just so there is no more water in there for sure.
Now do a compression test to see if you have any bent rods or valves
If it looks ok throw in new plugs and reconnect the FI relay and fire it up

It took my GSR about 5-10 minutes of attempting to start it before it fired up. Your exhaust will be white smoke from all of the water in the exhaust system. The engine was totally fine and hitting vtec daily until it was stolen about 7 months later. Hopefully the motor will shit on the new owner.

 

He prob. adjusted the slack on your clutch, reg. oil won't kill you for one cycle, yes you can go back to Mobile 1, I would just drive the car for about a mile every other weekend to avoid putting it on stands, if you put it on stands no need to remove the wheels.

 

Statefarm didn't cover that? Bullshit! They covered my flooded car when I drove it through a flood. You had better get a different agent!

Also, if you're going to be doing a few oil changes, you'll probably wanna stick with the dino oil until you get the water out. Unless you like wasting money.