coolerking
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Hey guys,
my engine unfortunately is fornicated I think, I was up my mates house giving it a wash, blue sky and sunshine, was driving home evening time, on the motorway all of a sudden there was a lightning storm, I was right in the middle of it, everyone was doing 30mph because of the poor visibility,
I came off my exit, took a left turn after a roundabout, to be greeted with a flood could not see it coming unfortunately, engine completely died on 2 seconds later, smoke pouring out also
, i was the only car there, so I had to get out and push, thankfully 2 guys from a lorry helped as well, looks like I was the car that found out that no-one could go this route, 2 hours later 911 recovery came, tried a number of things but they informed me it was the hydraulics, water in the engine, pistons etc. starter motor was fine, no water mark,
they reckon it was the CAI, and water has got in that way, now I was absolutely devastated, sitting myself waiting 2 hours with my dead teg, was close to tears lol
Now I know these guys sometimes like to paint a bleak picture, I'm not holding out much hope to be honest, But the engine will need to be stripped back to see the extent of the damage,
I was wondering if anyone could give their thoughts on this? is it a complete new engine job?? or whats the case?
the cars recently had a full respray, new wheels, everything is unblemished on the car, recent gearbox rebuild as well and its only 63k on the clock, so im definetely rebuilding it anyway
what do you guys recommend?? try and repair it? or spend some more cash and get a full new engine built to my spec, high comp N/A and get something better than I started with??
all opinions and help is greatly appreciated as always guys
one unhappy dude just now lol
my engine unfortunately is fornicated I think, I was up my mates house giving it a wash, blue sky and sunshine, was driving home evening time, on the motorway all of a sudden there was a lightning storm, I was right in the middle of it, everyone was doing 30mph because of the poor visibility,
I came off my exit, took a left turn after a roundabout, to be greeted with a flood could not see it coming unfortunately, engine completely died on 2 seconds later, smoke pouring out also
, i was the only car there, so I had to get out and push, thankfully 2 guys from a lorry helped as well, looks like I was the car that found out that no-one could go this route, 2 hours later 911 recovery came, tried a number of things but they informed me it was the hydraulics, water in the engine, pistons etc. starter motor was fine, no water mark,they reckon it was the CAI, and water has got in that way, now I was absolutely devastated, sitting myself waiting 2 hours with my dead teg, was close to tears lol
Now I know these guys sometimes like to paint a bleak picture, I'm not holding out much hope to be honest, But the engine will need to be stripped back to see the extent of the damage,
I was wondering if anyone could give their thoughts on this? is it a complete new engine job?? or whats the case?
the cars recently had a full respray, new wheels, everything is unblemished on the car, recent gearbox rebuild as well and its only 63k on the clock, so im definetely rebuilding it anyway
what do you guys recommend?? try and repair it? or spend some more cash and get a full new engine built to my spec, high comp N/A and get something better than I started with??
all opinions and help is greatly appreciated as always guys
one unhappy dude just now lol
