HELP! My Car Died!

GreddyAccord99 · Dec 26, 2006

well i have pretty good news and bad news. first, the engine isnt screwed. the motor isnt hydrolocked and i dont need to get a new one. it turns out when i hit the puddle, water completely surrounded my air filter and i sucked up water. It just got into the cylinders and didnt really damage anything. They just flushed out the water and got it to start normal once (or so they said, i wasnt present the time they were working on the car).

BUT, i turned it on today and it idled really high, like just under 2k. i gave it a lil gas, and then it started idling like a vacuum hose was unplugged. it would rev up to about 1800 rpms then drop to about 1000, and constantly did that.

then, i took it for a lil test around the lot. turns out this thing is still idling high (about 1500 rpms) i didnt have to even touch the gas, the thing felt like i was halfway on the gas as soon as i put it in a gear. the guy told me that i have to get a new idle control or sumthin.

so now i have to wait til tomarrow when he can get us an estimate on the idle control thing and install it hopefully tomarrow.

im so depressed right now. i miss my car more than anything

Black AV6 · Dec 26, 2006

Sounds like your idle air control valve. i just replaced mine ,Dont let him tell you its a dealer part only because its not. I got mine at benette auto parts. I dont know if there is one around you but any parts store should be able to order it for you. should be around $135-150. Its not hard to change you just need to take off your throttle body, Disconnect one vac. hose and one coolant hose. and just two screws later and your done. Comes preset with factory specs. Hope this helps you a bit.

BlkCurrantKord · Dec 26, 2006

So (lol) lemme get this right, this guy is saying water did get into the motor but didn't damage anything? And your only problem now is the idle valve? That just sounds so completely random.

Totalimmortal · Dec 27, 2006

I said this on HAN, you just described hydrolocking a motor to a Tee. You submerged your filter which sucked water into your cylinders, your motor then tried to compress that water as if it was air and could not. You car then instantly shut off.

I'd still bet you bent at least one rod.

retroshark · Dec 27, 2006

if it ran at all, he didnt bend a rod, if he bent a rod, the engine would be siezed. it sounds like you just had some bad luck and two things happened at once. before you get a new IACV, take it off, flush it with carb cleaner and see if that helps. if not, go on ebay, theyre cheap.

GreddyAccord99 · Dec 29, 2006

oh i thought i updated this thread on this forum, guess not. basically the thing goin on wit the IAC, im guessing they didnt replace because they didnt charge me for the part. but in short they told me that they put carbon cleaner in the intake manifold and cleaned it up. now it runs good as new. thx for all the replies guys.