I SUCKED WATER THROUGH MY AIR FILTER, I HAVE REMOVED THE WATER FROM MY CYLINDERS, CHANGED THE OIL, AND HAVE PUT WATER REMOVER FLUID INTO MY FUEL SYSTEM. THE CAR SEEMS TO RUN FINE, BUT THE EXHAUST SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS WATER IN THE MUFFLER AND WHEN THE CAR IS IN IDLE (PARKED OR JUST A STAND STILL) THE CAR VIBRATES. IS THIS JUST WORKING THE WATER OUT OF THE SYSTEM? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT I SHOULD DO OR SHOULD I JUST TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC BEFORE SOMETHING EXTREMELY SEVERE HAPPENS? I DO NOT BELIEVE I HAVE DONE ANY DAMAGE TO RODS OR ANYTHING. WATER JUST BRIEFLY WENT OVER MY HOOD AND THEN THE CAR DIED IMMEDIANTLY. HELP!!!!!!
2007-03-27 16:00:44 · 10 answers · asked by bigscisson 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
the muffler will blow out what doesnt evaporate and it sounds like you need a tune up,it sounds like it is not idling right
2007-03-27 16:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by chad k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh, dude , poor car ....
check your engine oil, check your transmission fluid if an automatic .
See if any water got into those. If it did you should drain and refill the engine oil and transmission fluid.
make sure your brakes have drained . If they are disk brakes it should be ok.
If there was water in the cylinders you may have some water into the exhaust system , the muffler and catalytic converter might be holding some too.
You can drill a very small hole into the exhaust to let water out , just put a small metal screw into the hole after to seal it .
Hopefully the car died when the electric system got swamped . Water into the cylindres may have bent a connecting rod because the water wont compress like the air does.
I would get a mechanic to have a look if you know a friendly local guy.
If it were an old car I would drop the oil pan and check the bearings and connecting rods , but I dont think you can do that in the newer cars , at least not easily .
Good luck ..
2007-03-27 23:16:33 · answer #2 · answered by mark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you have taken the correct steps so far. The "rough idle" could be caused by water in the distributor, or rotor cap. What happens is that water will "short circuit" or be a conductor and fire the wrong cylinders at the wrong time. The hard thing is that it may do this randomly. Sometimes it could run fine and other times run rough.
Solution: Use some electronic spray cleaner, at your local auto parts store. This will evaporate the water and not leave some film or alternative conductive path.
As for the "water sound" in the muffler, you may have suck up enough water in the intake that water was able to get clear down to the muffler. This should fairly shortly evaporate or blow out. I would NOT drill a hole in the muffler, though!
2007-03-27 23:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by JAR 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any damage that could be done is done already, so no need to run off to a mechanic. I wish I knew whether your car was efi,tbi, carb, etc but I would say as long as you have changed your air filter and pcv there's not much else you can do. Just let the engine get hot and run it hot for a while and if it doesn't clear up you may have an electrical problem.
2007-03-27 23:18:05 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your compression. Check to see if any cylinders don't fire at all. If it accelerates fine, once the engine speed is up there may be compression leakage between two cylinders. If two cylinders next to each other have lower compression than the others, it may just need a head gasket change.
It depends on the toss of a coin, as to whether you have serious damage to your engine (cracked cylinder, or head, broken piston, or a bent connecting rod), or something as minor as moisture inside your distributor (if you have one). You SHOULD have disassembled it and checked everything out before even trying to crank it at all.
2007-03-27 23:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by Big Bruce 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it sucked water, it went into the cylinders, which tried to compress it but instead
blew a gasket or cracked a head or cylinder.
Cylinder walls really aren't that thick.
Do a compression test and be sure to watch your oil to see if it gets water in it.
Had it happen on a friends car years ago.
2007-03-27 23:09:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when water gets in there,it also get's into carb&intake manifold.that could do some dammage &rusting problems.as fr the "muffler" ,I would have that taken care of first an foremost .u don't need exahust problems.If water is going through carb & intake the un "burned "water will not turn into steam & rot ur muffler & the garage will rack u up a good bill.
2007-03-27 23:11:22 · answer #7 · answered by lisa c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do the compression test and leak down test to see if your head gasket 's ok . fluids does not compress so some thing have to give usualy head gasket or rod bent.
2007-03-27 23:28:26 · answer #8 · answered by vichayccimport 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read this article about hydrolocked engines.
http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/2006/November/07.html
2007-03-28 13:42:58 · answer #9 · answered by rwings8215 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you consider your ignition system?.........check your distributor cap,rotor,ignition wire,s,etc.........or coil,s....if you have coil ignition..........water has a way getting into everything....good luck.
2007-03-27 23:17:05 · answer #10 · answered by slipstream 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋