Drove Through Flood Waters And Now Car Wont Start?  

NOS440

well it could be that the electrics are wet and they wont spark. check the distributer, the leads and plugs first. dry them out and it could be all good..but...if water got into the motor you could be up for an interesting time. my first guess is try the dizzy and the likes first.

chopper87

forgot to mention. it dosnt even wind over. Just makes a click sound when u turn the key. ??

Rancher

Probably stuffed starter, or stuffed dizzy. Failing that. Could have sucked in a shit ton of water. Take plugs out, and see if it'll wind then.

iNfLuEnCe

i lol'ed...she has an excel and decided to go through flood waters wtf...ok how high did the water come up, it could be millions of different things hence why when a car is flood damaged it cannot be re registered because of all electrical components.....check the dizzy and plugs, also check no water got in through the intake...if water came as high as where the ecu is that might be fried, your best bet would be go to a mechanic cause no doubt something is beyond you flexibility to fix

HYN21

can of wd-40 is ur best friend, spray ur distributor, all leads and connections and give it a crack

12NVI

if you do get it started you wanna hope no water was sucked into the engine otherwise you could end up with some bent conrods... if you have insurance - use it!

zorak

my money is on the cylinders being full of water.

pull the plus out and turn it over a few times see if any water drains out. Then drop the oil and put new oil and filter in it. Clean the plugs and before put the plugs in turn it over to get oil up. spray a bit of wd in the plug holes and put plugs back in. give the plug leads a spray and make sure the air filter is dry.

fire it up and let it run for 5-10mins before driving.....

Give it a day and change the oil again and if it still runs fine happy days

Whitz

liam ... everyones problem solver !

iNfLuEnCe

2bad i cant sort out my own problems :S lol

Andrew Krahenbring

Don't you people in the cities know anything. Driving through flooded waters is not using your brain. I think you will find your car is stuffed. Probably water through the gearbox, electronics, alternator, etc etc etc and sparkplugs. I always knew country drivers were smarter

iNfLuEnCe

dont think its mainly city drivers jus females driving excels

PiratePete

hmm if its like anything like the copper aurion that ive been workin on at work id say it prob have bent rods and or valves.

cops must of thought it was a boat and yeah hydro locked

so its costing the tax payer bout 8g to get rebuilt by me

HYN21

how deep did it go, it sounds to me like it just needs a very good hit with wd40 my pajero did the same thing, take of battery teminals and clean them also

the_random_hero

Starter motor, almost 100% sure (providing the water wasn't ridiculously deep).

666ALX

Yeah mate, im going with the starter motor solinoid

SnaZZie 1

when my dads starter motor went in the van one one of the leads from starter motor to battery kept clicking so might just have water or sumthin stuck in your starter motor and wont turn?

bloodzkull

and this is why i love diesel 4wd's

Maddog256

Check the points and all connections. Also try disconnecting the battery and thumping the starter motor a few times.

I once drove through a puddle and a few days later it wouldn't start but just clicked. Tried hitting it a bit and voila! it started.

Also, tell your mum she is an idiot for driving through water. There is a reason an excel is registered as a car and not as a boat.

mikeambler

Chances are, water was sucked by the engine or the spark plug was ruined because of the flood water. Your best bet would be to have a professional take a look at it. Don't waste any more time, just get on the phone and call the repair guy. He knows best.

09ONE

Whats the bet that when the car started dying she fucking floored it??? Most of the stupid bitches do so i will run with this.
The engine has more than likely sucked in a whole lot of water and is now hydro-locked with water in the cylinders. If the clicking is coming from the starter motor itself and not the solenoid then it is trying to turn over but can't because it can't compress the water.

Best case is that it's just the connections full of water from starter solenoid or starter motor but I doubt it.

chopper87

i just opened the air filter box and the airfilter was soaked! and this was about 5 days ago that she did it...

EUniqe

read dude. people tend to skimp on that.

he said his fucking MUM drove.


Christ.

crkid

I would just be getting it looked at by a pro now, that is not a good sign at all I hate to say.

Phat 33

C'mon guys ease up a little with the bagging of his Mum, everyone in Brisbane saw how fast the water came up, took a lot of people by surprise. While I don't advise anyone to drive through flood waters, many people were heading back to houses to protect possessions or pets etc. Sometimes this clouds peoples judgments, and we take risks we shouldn't, we don't need half of boost reminding them - after all the last perfect person was crucified.

chopper87: Can you give a little more info on things like the depth and the speed the water was hit at? Guessing if its in the airbox behind the headlight it was either way too deep for an excel, or it made a huge bow wave. Excels don't have dizzys, look at the coil packs with the spark plug leads coming out and spray it all with WD40. If you not too sure what your doing maybe get someone who does to inspect and lay out as much as possible from the electrics / ignition systems in the sun and inspect it. Did water find its way inside the car? If it is hydro-locked, which could be strong possibility, it might be cheaper to consider getting another engine from the wreckers. Seems to be heaps of Excels at the wreckers, at a guess I'd say motors are around $400-500 tops. Ultimately, if you have insurance - this is what it is for, quite often in severely flood damaged cars you get problems over and over again, so if you can wash your hands of it so be it.

For future reference, If you do find your self in a situation where you need to cross trough flood waters, don't be the first one to try. If only trucks and 4WD are crossing and you're in an Excel, don't try. If it is swift water or moving with a fair rate, don't even try unless you know what your doing and know the road. It's not worth the risk to yourself or the people who have to come in and collect you if get stuck.

Best of luck, hope it all gets sorted out!

Cheers
Craig

EUniqe

and lets not forget all the breather tubes for the diffs, fuel tank, and all that stuff that would have been likely to get water in it.

bmody81

Mate pull out starter, dry it out. pull plugs and check for water ingestion. wind over without plugs in.

R31 Passage GT

push the clutch in.........dont excels have a start switch on the clutch?? just a chance.

boostd_civic

and if u dont have insurance....get it!!!
because its a hyundai your going to need it sooner or later
i say it would be distributor, leads, plugs

EUniqe

lol dont hyundais have like 50 year warranties? so definetly something should be covered

WattsyLX

Since when has insurance covered mechanical failures?
I always thought it only covered damage caused by an accident..... and i dont think they would class this as an accident.

EUniqe

natural disaster?

WattsyLX

Yeah, you could try to say that the car was parked in the carpark and got flooded when the water came up i suppose. If you told them you drove through flood water they'll probably just laugh and tell you to go away.


I was listening to flood updates on ABC local radio on Sunday arvo and some lady got on whinging about how her car got flooded, and that the government should buy her a new one because she didnt have comprehensive insurance! Same goes with the derro's living in a caravan park in Lismore who didnt evacuate when told.... they want the government to pay for their vans to be fixed! Why does everybody expect the government to bail them out because of their own stupidity?

EUniqe

lol what c*nts

BAF6

i heard on the news the other some guy had a maserati replaced twiced after flood damage on 2 seperate occasions $400,000 each i think they said