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Went through puddle with car...died and won't start

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Old 09-11-2004, 12:11 PM
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Old 03-06-2022, 02:42 PM
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[QUOTE=RS41AB;2097488]How fast did he go through the "puddle" and how deep was it?

Quite a bit of water needs to go through the intake in order to hydrolock it. The stock intake is hood high. Aftermarket who knows, but still... just driving slowly through a puddle wouldn't do it. If water came up over the hood, yes it would.

Also, you may get lucky once and just have the engine die. If you sat there and tried to restart it by cranking the engine again (with water in the cylinders), well then you


I drove through deep water but my car didn't die it ran fine for another 20 minutes then I got home shut it off and now it won't do anything the only thing that works on it is the dome light the door locks and the trunk latch what might my problem be?
Old 03-07-2022, 10:05 AM
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I suggest you start your own thread. Attaching to this 17 year old will keep many from reading it to the very end. Explain your water hazard in more detail as well as how the car ran afterwards for twenty minutes. Then what happens when you put the key in and engage the starter.
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