ok so i was dumb and went threw water cause i was trying to make it home before the rain got really bad... but anywho sucked water atleast to the TB and prob further the engine quit runnign for a few had to pull the plug and turn it over blow the water out and it ran just barly good enuff to get back to the house.... here the question what should i do to get it back in shape..

new plugs
change oil
was thinking clean injectors


anything else?? help me out i need it back runnign right how to fix this problem i know im not the only one with a low cobalt that has done this.

 

a new motor man lol, u fucked that thing up bad probably, im amazed that it started again. If water shot up when u tried to start it that usally means hydrolock.

 

water didnt shoot out tho. i think it all endded up comeing out the exhaust it was white smoke for a long time looked more like steam witch i think it was. but then stopped.

 

well id do a compression test man

 

my friend n his balt did the same thing... pretty sure it was the intake that got wet.. dry it out by lettin the engine run.. then u shud b fine in like a day or 2

 

^ X2 billion

 

insurance? tryto get a new engine dropped in

 

wow redline...you went a little crazy with the diag there...

look; i drove thru about a foot of water the day after I lowered my SS and the intake sucked a **** load of water into the motor. I pulled of the intake and dried it out, the air filter, the PCV line, and TB. I went and had the oil changed, ran a bottle of HEET in the gas tank, and had the car towed from my house to the dealer because it kept going into Engine Power Reduced mode. They replaced the TB assembly and the 1st O2 sensor (they explode when they get wet while hot) and the car ran like new afterward.

 

also rev at a low rpm... while u let it run for a while

 

And BTW; I put the stock airbox back on and told them it started acting funny after I took it to an automatic car wash...it was all covered under warranty.

 

fyi u dont need a new engine... my friend did that prb like 6 months ago n has been fine since

 

lo lwell u got very lucky. Down here ive seen a couple ppl first hand suck in water, and elts just say they cried

 

yeah my first car was a factory freak...i put it thru hell and it took it...

if he was able to get the car started and running he should be fine...there just may be a few things he'll need to replace. TB (possibly), O2 sensor...

 

yea thats true. I d do a compression test thoe. IT cant hurt.

 

no it cant hurt.. but dont go crazy thinking u need a new engine..

 

i must of misread thoe, read that he puleld a plug and water shot out, that means hyrdolock lol

 

o **** lol.. ... well then... hes got a prb

 

looks like he pulled the plugs and they were wet....but i didnt see where water SHOT out...

 

thats wut i read lol, thats why i resorted to the new engine thing lol

 

it will be fine.. change the oil and run some lucas injector cleaner through it and it should be ok..

happens all the time on my dirt bikes and atv's, and they suck in muddy water and they are ok after a oil change..

 

i accualy didnt shoot water out the plug holes. took out the fuel pump fuse and turned it over a couple times no water came out the plugs were black and dry like almost burnt. i got it running enuff to get it home. tommrow in ganna pull and clean: injectors, TB, CAI, supercharger, Filter, MAF sensor, Intake mani, and put in NEW plugs these hardly are sparking anything else while im in there? and oil change......sorry for the miss read on the first post was in a hurry....


oh btw the K&N prefilter.... it doesnt help for ****... lol

 

bump...new plugs, clean injectors with carb cleaner, change oil, clean TB, check for water int he intake mani, anything else while in im there?

 

^we could have told you that.
















seriously though, bummer man, hope it's not too bad.

 

ok the balt is fine now it dryed out and running nicely one thing thou wide band isnt working. does that mean it got wet and i need a new one?

 

its not?