Cobalt is not a boat....
09-02-2008, 10:36 PM
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Cobalt is not a boat....
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.
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.
09-02-2008, 10:40 PM
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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.
09-02-2008, 10:41 PM
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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.
09-02-2008, 10:45 PM
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09-02-2008, 10:50 PM
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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.
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.
09-02-2008, 10:52 PM
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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.
09-02-2008, 10:54 PM
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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.
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.
09-02-2008, 10:56 PM
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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...
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...
09-02-2008, 10:58 PM
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yea thats true. I d do a compression test thoe. IT cant hurt.
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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.
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.
09-02-2008, 11:13 PM
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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..
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..
09-03-2008, 03:11 AM
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oh btw the K&N prefilter.... it doesnt help for ****... lol
