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6 year old thread. But relevant.
06 civic. Drove through a flood and engine stalled on way out.
Tried to start the engine over the course of 50mins.
On the 7th or 8th go the car started. Very hesitantly.
Felt a bit jumpy whilst accelerating, but seems fine now.
Checked the dip stick, pulled it out and looked a bit milky around the stick, wiped it and checked several times for rest of day, including taking the oil cap off, no sign of milky fluid again.
Oil just looks like oil.
Engine isn't making any noises, so am I good?
Anything else to check?
I wonder if the water went into the exhaust. There was a lot of steam once the engine started.
6 year old thread. But relevant.
06 civic. Drove through a flood and engine stalled on way out.
Tried to start the engine over the course of 50mins.
On the 7th or 8th go the car started. Very hesitantly.
Felt a bit jumpy whilst accelerating, but seems fine now.
Checked the dip stick, pulled it out and looked a bit milky around the stick, wiped it and checked several times for rest of day, including taking the oil cap off, no sign of milky fluid again.
Oil just looks like oil.
Engine isn't making any noises, so am I good?
Anything else to check?
I wonder if the water went into the exhaust. There was a lot of steam once the engine started.
Just gone out with a torch. The air filter is damp, not dripping. With the amount of water around I guess that might be expected?
Not sure depth.... Maybe 12 inches?
I did observe the airfilter is right on top. Surely the intake isn't low down.
I did observe the airfilter is right on top. Surely the intake isn't low down.
How deep did you go because the air intake is near the top of the engine. Half of the car would need to be under for it to flood. The steam was probably water being boiled by the exhaust and cat.
The water would be coming through the doors before it reaches that then.
Are you guessing or do you actually know where the air intake sits?
That's what my dad thought too.Was the car really hot when you went through the water? wonder if it was a case of water cooling part of the block a lot compared to the rest
It seems odd that a cracked block would have taken this long to show, could have been it was enough to take an already weak point and take it just past the point of failure with the shock of the water cooling the block quickly
Well engine block cracked. Just got towed.
Ah well. 2006 civic 60k on the clock.
Don't think it's worth replacing the engine.