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Water in my intake

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by TmecTaco79, Feb 20, 2011.

  1. Feb 20, 2011 at 2:04 AM
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    TmecTaco79

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    So at about 9:45 tonight I went to get some food. There happened to be a water puddle and I drove through it. When I reached the other side my truck stalled out and died. Got it towed home and pulled the intake off and found water. Pulled the spark plugs out and found water on three spark plugs.

    So bumbed right now:( I'm not sure what to do. I have a warranty still. I was thinking about cleaning the cylinders out and taking it to the dealership.

    Anyone have any thoughts?
     
  2. Feb 20, 2011 at 2:17 AM
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    You engine could be hydrolocked, I think I remember seeing a solution where you could take off all the spark plugs and rotate the engine using the starter and the water would come out of the engine.
    But that's just what I have read online. Hopefully someone else chimes in with some better info.
     
  3. Feb 20, 2011 at 3:00 AM
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    how deep was the water?
    i'm not quite sure what happened ive had my truck in pretty deep without stalling.
    was the water in you intake past the filter or before it? hydro-lock is a posibility and the solution is as mentioned above.
     
  4. Feb 20, 2011 at 3:07 AM
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    hydrolocked engine, bent, damaged, or broken push rods, warranty won't cover it, if you fight the warranty claim you can claim poor engineering with the air intake mounted too low and its also designed as an off road truck and should be designed to take that type of abuse, Toyota will come back and claim the size of the water puddle was excessive, and or they don't know how deep the water puddle is and there is no set limit and stuff like that, and Toyota will also find some type of write up in the operators manual about driving thru water.
    you can make a claim with your insurance co and ask them to investagate why the deep water was there and maybe they can file a claim against the government road maintenance claiming their screw up caused that water puddle, or you can get an attorney, but he will cost you big money and with the money you give him can maybe pay for a used engine.
    good luck, its going to take a lot of work and rejections on your end to make it happen.
     
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    hopefully is just wet...had a BMW motorcycle and the coil case cracked, leaving me stuck in mist one day:)

    Pull the plugs, turn the engine over and see what happens.

    Howard
     
  6. Feb 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM
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    pull the plugs, give it a day or two to dry. Turn the engine over
     
  7. Feb 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM
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    The puddle was like 8" deep and the water wast past the intake:( I took out the plugs and found water in three cylinders. Would you recommend cranking the engine over by hand or with the starter?
     
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    Cranked the engine over by hand with all the plugs out and it get stuck in one spot. I'm thinking I bent a pushrod:(:(
     
  9. Feb 20, 2011 at 10:11 AM
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    take all the plugs out(if you haven't already) and turn it over with the starter. at first just for a second and listen for any horrible noises coming from the engine. if no horrible noises, crank it over for maybe 3-4 seconds then leave it alone for an hour. put the plugs back in and try it out...if it still doesn't start try spraying some maf sensor cleaner on the maf sensor let it sit for a minute and try again...if you do hear horrible noises when you first crank it, there is serious internal damage.
     
  11. Feb 20, 2011 at 10:12 AM
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    I will thank myself for buying a Filter wrap on my AEM brute force!
     
  12. Feb 20, 2011 at 10:14 AM
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    Another thing too, I have the TRD CAI. But I still have my stock intake. Should I swap out the CAI and then take it to the dealership? Or just leave on the CAI and say I was just driving around town and it stalled on me?
     
  13. Feb 20, 2011 at 10:16 AM
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    shit you wrote this while i was responding....well unfortunately you may have bent a connecting rod(not pushrod) time to take it to a mechanic....all conecting rods will have to be checked and hopefully you didn't hurt the cylinder wall..
    just a question for ya, were you running a stock intake?
     
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    That's what I meant instead of pushrod lol. Kinda hard to focus on things right now.
     
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    damn you keep answering my questions befor i get done asking....
     
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    No I have the TRD CAI. but I have the stock one in my garage.
     
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    Do you think I should leave the TRD CAI on and take it too the dealership or put the stock one back on since it's still under warranty?
     
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    Probably like 6 to 8 inches. And it was in a parking lot lol. Late night cravings get you into trouble.
     
  19. Feb 20, 2011 at 10:25 AM
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    i guess im just lucky or the stock intake saved my ass:

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    Ya that's what I was thinking:( worst part is I'm getting laid off this coming up Wednesday. F my life right now.
     

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