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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: failure on August 04, 2010, 05:30:00 am

Title: hit a "road lake" during a heavy rain fall
Post by: failure on August 04, 2010, 05:30:00 am: 1997 1.9td

Like title says, hit a huge puddle (road lake) during a heavy rain fall

Motor sucked up a bunch of water whole engine bay got drenched..! stalled right in the middle of the road lake..

can a injector pump short out? There seems to be a audible ticking noise coming from either the injectors or the pump itself.. and alot of smoke coming out of the tailpipe!

any ideas?
Title: Re: hit a "road lake" during a heavy rain fall
Post by: burn_your_money on August 04, 2010, 08:22:42 am: You can short out the stop solenoid on the pump.

I would inspect the timing and then do a compression test. Is the air filter wet?
Title: Re: hit a "road lake" during a heavy rain fall
Post by: failure on August 04, 2010, 08:46:36 am: the filter was soaked
Title: Re: hit a "road lake" during a heavy rain fall
Post by: burn_your_money on August 04, 2010, 08:48:41 am: What color smoke do you have?
Title: Re: hit a "road lake" during a heavy rain fall
Post by: failure on August 04, 2010, 08:53:10 am: blue-ish
Title: Re: hit a "road lake" during a heavy rain fall
Post by: Vincent Waldon on August 04, 2010, 09:02:54 am: Yeah, it only takes a few cc of water to hydralock the engine and bend one or more rods... compression test will tell the tale.
Title: Re: hit a "road lake" during a heavy rain fall
Post by: smutts on August 05, 2010, 11:14:32 am: You won't be the last either, several manufacturers love putting their intakes at the bottom of the engine bay. My Renault lost this battle of compressing the incompressible by tossing it's guts through the crankcase. :)