drove into a puddle, got water in the motor

[89LincolnTWNcar]

It was really raining here in Raleigh today and I didn't see that the road was flooded over and I ended up driving through about 5-7 inches of water and it splashed up and got on my CAI filter and got sucked into the motor. She cut off soon after, but I was able to get her running to a gas station. I looked inside the throttle body and could see a puddle of water in there....... She still starts and runs, but all choppy, like shes missing a cylinder. Any ideas to help it dry out and run again?? thanks guys

[Lincolnmania]

take the plugs out and blow em off

[85crownHPP]

make sure the distributor is dried out too

[87_crown_vic]

i was watching a tv show where the truck was completely flooded and they pulled all the plugs out and hit the starter to blow the water out. i dont know your severety, but that truck was under water for a couple hours. they got it to run again and even set it on fire on purpose. the truck still started up and ran. i dont if any of you have seen that show. it was a 1980s type toyota pickup. it was kinda cool when they had the plugs out and hit the starter. it had all the water spitting out of where the plugs go. sorry for going on about this, but i would also change the oil. if the water got in the engine and got plugs wet, it could have seeped past the rings and mixed in your oil.

[gadget73]

If the motor still runs, its not hydrolocked, so cranking it with no plugs shouldn't be really neccesary. You can if you'd like but if the engine has run at all since it got wet, any substantial amount of water in there will have blown the water out of the cylinders through the exhaust. Usually just running it for a bit will blow the plugs clean too but if there is enough water collected around the plug itself to keep them from firing completely, you'll need to remove them and blow the water off.

[mrltd]

5-7"? LMAO...

I've gone through almost 2 feet of water without issues...

I'd pull the plugs and see if anything is messed up.

[Blaze86Vic]

Reason #1 to not use an open element filter....

As long as you didn't hydro lock, change the oil, run the engine for a second, change it again. Get new plugs just for GP, and as gadget said, make sure the dizzy is nice and dry.

[89LincolnTWNcar]

started her up today after drying the motor out and she idled just fine.

[88Vic]

The water had to have been higher than that. I've driven the Civic through 9-10" water going about 40mph with no problems.

[Archangel]

I've hit still water at over 55mph, last time I even made splash that was higher than the Excursion next to me, but I never had water in my intake. Running open element filter is just fine, as long as it's covered with something from the bottom and water can't get to it - mine is above the air compressor, no way in hell I get water that high by just flying through a puddle.

[89LincolnTWNcar]

hmmm, all I could see was tons of water flying out of the wheel well and straight up in the air.

[87_crown_vic]

i would still change the oil if it got in the intake and worked into the engine.

[85crownHPP]

Driving fast through standing water is incredibly stupid... water deeper than your tread is all you need to hydroplane over a certain speed... be safe and let off the gas for them puddles

[Archangel]

be safe and let off the gas for them puddles

if you have the time to, or even see the damn water!

[89LincolnTWNcar]

I was fixing to pull over because I couldnt even SEE the rain was coming down so hard, and thats when I hit the puddle, I was afraid I was going to get swept away with the current