vinson_rx8

i was driving my car in the rain and go though in water right after it turned the engine off . i tow to the shop they said ( the engine it looked up ) so they need i have to get new or use engine pl help guys thanks

Razz1

Ha ha what liers!

Very hard to get water in the engine. If you did it wasn't that much....ah... You didn't drive through 3 ft. of water did you?

Do you have an after market intake?

Usually when this happens it's the electrical connections.

Something electrical is wet. Could be MAF, Coils plug wire all sorts of things.

Back in the old days it was under the distributor caps.

Remember that water on a hot engine creates alot of steam. The steam produces condensation and shorts.

Go TO: your forum thread for the section of the country you live in. Ask the club members for help and ask them for a rotary specialist in your area.

Huey52

iTrader: (2)

Going thru standing water doesn't flood your engine in the context of excess fuel flooding. There is a [fuel] deflooding procedure and unless you also have very low compression you don't need a new engine.

Thanks to the rotor-housing dissimilar metal construction of our rotary engine it's impossible to seize the engine, so again replacement for that water-flooding reason alone is unnecessary.

It always helps to cite specifics like model year, mileage, typical maintenance performed, etc.

edit: you also get more help not cluttering up the board with multiple posts on the same issue.

edit2: looks like I wasted my time on this one. "The 10% will be with us, always."

jmc23200

IBTL! Someone made this exact same post. I vote for the BAN HAMMER to rain down on these trolls

jmc23200

Wait, its the same kid with two threads named differently.... I get it

link to other thread: https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/any-one-can-help-me-flooded-engine-190058/

Gr8Bullet

iTrader: (5)

he is also selling exhaust and rims.....

jmc23200

I wouldnt buy them... he is the first person to hydro lock a rotary. I dont want to know what he accomplished to do to the rims and exhaust

Gr8Bullet

iTrader: (5)

linky... for rims and exhaust lol

https://www.rx8club.com/west-sale-wanted-145/sale-my-greddy-exhaust-189992/

Mazurfer

And for a totally different take on this flooding/vapor lock...see this thread!

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=190058

Yes...........I is an @ss!

vinson_rx8

i mod the cool air intake that y it got flooded

Mazurfer

Try to explain what you did here, as I'm sure most of us don't really still understand how it could have gotten that much water into the engine unless you thought you'd play 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or something. How deep was the water you tried to go through? Was it this deep?




How much worse was it than this? Draw a line on here and let's see!


Simply put.......even if you had a non-boxed up intake filter on it, rain itself wouldn't really do it.......and I still think the dealer is wrong about a new engine. Probably need to dry everything out as a first step!

jmc23200

You could have pvc from your throttle body into a ******* pool and you would not hydro lock the engine.

Jesus, please bless this kid with the English language and literacy. Please, please Jesus, I beg thee.

Mazurfer

MODs need to lock this thread. There is another exact thread amd more people helping over in that one!

Please..............for the sake of all humanity?

671rx8

mine was just below the door. took out the stock intake and had water in the filter need help with how to fix my car now?