i've had the aem cai for two years know and today it happened
it was parked all day not even in a puddle I started it it ran ok pulled out of my spot and thats it I didn't try to restart it pulled the intake off and full of water is there anyway of fixing it without changing the whole motor i checked the oil and no traces of water are visible please help

 

You can try what LordMagnet tried in this thread:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...threadid=130727

 

strike i thank you very much i hope it works

 

No problem. Good luck with your car.

 

I'd like to thank lordmagnet and strike for the advice but the sad news is another broke s2k pulled a compression test and no.1 cly.
is dead must have bent valve or hole in piston hopefully it will be covered ill let you guys know sending it out on monday

 

So I guess it's not running over a puddle or going through flooded area but rain collecting in the filter area from water dripping through hood/headlight opening.

 

don't know how it happened but its fixed worked on it all day sat.
couldn't get it running just kept cranking over checked compression . Nothing in no.1 cyl.so i gave up and said i'd have it towed to the dealer on monday. here it is monday just for shits and giggles I crank it over' it starts and purrs like a kitten.
dont understand.

so if any body has hydrolock get the water out and dont panic there is a chance thanks to everyone for the advice and support

 

No compression in one cylinder, nothing is fixed, then it's purring like a kitten!

What's wrong with this picture?

Is it possible to have a valve not fully close, and then go back to operating properly?

If it was turning over the whole time, it probably started on Monday because the plugs and engine dried out, but the compression loss/return doesn't make sense to me.

Can anyone figure out what happened?

-Pete

 

wet plugs? I don't understand how you can have no compression and then the car runs fine? strange.



EDIT** glad you don't need a new motor BTW

 

I've seen a valve stick open before, but it was on an old Ford pushrod engine in my father's boat. We were able to get it going again, but it was always problematic. That engine was in pretty bad shape, he pulled the head and had new valves within six months. In other words, it didn't magically 'fix' itself just because it unstuck one day. Someting causes the valve to stick (is the valve slightly bent/dinged?) and this may not be the last you see of it.