Start up issue(HELP ASAP)

[671.CB7]

scenario: yesterday was pouring rain and right in front of my home is a deep water flood. Well the only way to get through was to stay on first all the way through, its possible i might have had some water get in through the exhaust, but my car was fine until i pulled up before my house then it died, kept cranking and after 3 long cranks it started.( next problem was on full throttle it bogged) so i made it home and couldn't check the problem due to pouring rain and next morning it started fine, i made it to my work parking lot and then it died out again. Now it seems to have a hard time starting and when it does i shut it off to start again and it won't start. sorry for the long story but had to explain it for you to understand.

[Leung]

you have to tell us the engine, year of the car, are you lowered or stock, was the rain coming down like hurricane type rain or just a midwest thunderstorm?

Either way, i'd keep the distributor wires attached to the cap but take it off and check to see if there is water/moisture in there.

[671.CB7]

well I drive a 93 accord-F22A6 andI live here on Guam which is an Island and it rains pretty much year round but the rain yesterday was heavy. I haven't checked the wires that go to the distributor yet but I did open the distributor cap and checked the possibility of water getting in and it didn't so (Checking the wires) is on my list. I (checked the coils for spark) and all four are good. Thank you for your help.Anything else I might need to check?

just trying to get as much feedback because i'm here at work with no other transportation.

[Accord problems]

well I drive a 93 accord-F22A6 andI live here on Guam which is an Island and it rains pretty much year round but the rain yesterday was heavy. I haven't checked the wires that go to the distributor yet but I did open the distributor cap and checked the possibility of water getting in and it didn't so (Checking the wires) is on my list. I (checked the coils for spark) and all four are good. Thank you for your help.Anything else I might need to check?

just trying to get as much feedback because i'm here at work with no other transportation.

you wouldent happin to have a could air intake on it would you?

[Leung]

Do you have a stock intake or aftermarket of some sort? How deep was the water you drove through? i'm hoping that somehow you didn't manage to suck water into your engine through the intake.

[671.CB7]

I have the stock intake box but I had removed the tubing that leads down the side of the fender and radiator support

[Leung]

check your air filter to see if it is wet. I'm really thinking you some how managed to suck water into your engine.

[671.CB7]

Lets say I did get water in through the intake, would the outcome be what im experiencing now, which is that the car is still cranking over and gets closeto staring and when it does start, I still have a steady idle and everything sounds good. What is the outcome if it possibly cake through the exhaust?

[Leung]

well i googled the symptoms of a hydrolocked engine and this guy at a celica forum was experiencing the same thing but he had an aftermarket intake.

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=251211

also stop cranking the engine. if there is water still in the engine, by cranking it, you are making matters worse.

[671.CB7]

Well I guess I have two options so far which is check distributor wires and air box filter. If anyone can give me more suggestions or needs me to explain more I would greatly appreciate it.

[671.CB7]

Ok well thanks everybody I guess Im gonna have to take it from here.

[Leung]

if you can, check the spark plugs one at a time to see if there is moisture on them.

You'll have to hang in for a couple of hours because it's almost 2am here so a lot of people are going to be asleep now.

[Accord problems]

if you got water in the engine there is no telling how bad the damige is with out a tare down.