Concerned after driving through a large puddle.

[D1STURBED]

Hey guys, last night their was a big rain storm in my town, I was driving home from work and had too drive threw a huge puddle.. almost like a small lake, their was no way too avoid it. My whole front end pretty was was underwater.. I pulled over after I went threw it and popped the hood and the engine and everything was dry, im a little worried about water getting in the Intercooler, its just the stock one on the front of the bumper, Should I be worried or not ? thanks, also what are the signs if water got into the intake?

 

[PrimerPLus]

First your stock intercooler is in the fender well.
Second if it is in your bumper I am pretty sure it is aftermarket.
If you mean your radiator, or your a/c then you're fine.
If you meant your aftermarket intercooler that is in the front bumper I would assume youre fine.
If your car ran fine before running in the puddle then I would be confident in saying that you had no boost leaks and therefor no open areas along the couplers for water to get in there.
I would say you're fine. But if you are paranoid, take off the intercooler, check it out.
But a little water isnt going to hurt you even if you did somehow suck some up.

 

[GSXtra]

You should be fine unless the car died after you drove through the water. Also, it would be very difficult to get water into the intercooler because it would have to pass through the turbo and you would know it if that happened. The best way to check if you really want to is to remove it and check

 

[lancerfwd]

if the car is driving fine after going through the water then nothing to worry about. usually if the engine sucks in water..you'd know right after going through that somethings gone wrong.

 

[yeoldsippage]

Should be fine, everything should be air/water tight only worries should be if it somehow got into the air intake/ turbo inlet

 

[Lopez19d]

Easy way to put it, if it is still running after going through such a puddle, it will probably be alright

 

[lasershark]

Should be fine, everything should be air/water tight only worries should be if it somehow got into the air intake/ turbo inlet

agreed unless you had a massive hole somewhere but at that point you wouldn't be driving anyways you should be fine

the only real danger i would worry about is cracking the exhaust mani or turbo housing if they were really hot

 

[boosting88]

Happened to me the car is fine. You should be ok as well.