Rained and Flooded my car
 

Hello, the roads sort of flooded last night and my mother moved it to higher ground when it may have been at it's peak. I have a ram air duct behind my grill so I think it sucked up some water because I just moved it and it slowly stalled out after leaving it on for it too cool off. Stalled in about 30sec. There was white smoke leaving the exhaust pipe.
What should I do :uhh:

sounds like you need a new engine

What if I take out the spark plugs and try to drain it out

If it's the Revi Ram Air, then I doubt that it's the total cause if at all. I mean it would have to nearly cover you entire bumper up to where the hood meets it to get inside the airbox. If it didn't get that high, it would just drain out. If it did get that high, then you may have water in the airbox and should probably look, but then again......if it got that high, then it would also be inside the car! How deep was the water when she went and moved it? My guess is that if she just moved it and shut it off without warm-up, it's the old flooded routine. what year is your car and has it had the 4206F recall done?

I'd first just let it just dry out some.......maybe by mid-morning and give it another try. Maybe look in the airbox if you have one. If you do get it started, go drive it for at least 20 minutes and do some spirited driving to blow any out of there.

the one I have sucks its air from the lower portion of the grill. A big scoop across the whole thing. Is that the one you are referring?

It's a 2004 4at and it's had all recalls done. Didn't get high enough to get into the car, but my intake is really low. I do still have the stock airbox so I will check that.

Thanks for replying, this is really stressin me out :x

the bottom of the duct is ~ 14" off the ground.. were they in 14" of water? i think one would recall that.


beers :beer:

it was nuts. I woke up and went outside and needed a canoe. 2 corvettes were dead within a block along with like 3 other cars. I just tried the flooding procedure and it didn't work. There was no water on the bottom of the airbox. This was the night before last night so i'd guessed it has dried already. Getting close to calling insurance

Measured up to the bottom of my duct and it was about 10-11". Seems about right since I had to swim to work.

i would.... your comprehensive will(should) cover it. if there truly was THAT much water, pray that ins totals it out. it will be better than the possibility of water-damage problems plaguing you in the future

^+1 on that one!

So now you know that's not it. Yes, the Revi ram air is low, but it immediately rises up to just about the height of where the hood meets the bumper, I think Swoope said about 14 inches. Anyway, I see you looked in the airbox and no water, so that's good because if it came up the Ram tube there would still be water in the airbox, water in the car, and at least 2/3 of the engine would've been under water.

Well, heres an update:

I've been dealing with insurance and they've towed it out to a local mechanic since there are no mazda dealers for 160 miles. The mechanic says that he can't find any signs of corrosion or water damage. He mentions he has spark, intake and fuel going into the engine, but can't get it to start. He doesn't have the correct compression test device for this engine. They plan on having it towed to the mazda dealer, hopefully not at my expense. The mechanic is trying to say that my engine is worn out. The engine has been perfect since I bought it, and it currently has 45k miles. Have done oil changes every 3k miles for over 23k miles since I've had it. Not possible. I get the feeling they are trying to jerk me around.