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Help Me! Ran into puddle

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OverBoostinGST

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May 15, 2005
Roselle, Illinois
So I was driving home just now from work and I didnt see a BIG puddle. I ran right over it then two minutes later my battery light and that "crown" (pretty sure its alternator) looking light came on. Then my power steering went out and the car started to overheat not in red but almost there, and my car started to smoke a little. Did I hydrolock my motor? Whats going to happen and how do I fix it? I mean the car was running fine until it started to overheat. If I got water itno my filter what is the worse that can happen?
 
Sounds like the water lubricated a failing harmonic balancer.
OverBoostinGST said:
I ran right over it then two minutes later my battery light and that "crown" (pretty sure its alternator) looking light came on.
No. Tell me you didn't really type that. OMFG.
Then my power steering went out and the car started to overheat not in red but almost there, and my car started to smoke a little. Did I hydrolock my motor?
"Hydrolock" means LOCKED. If it was running, no, you didn't.
Whats going to happen and how do I fix it?
Diagnose it and spend money. Not much we can do without being there and touching it.
I mean the car was running fine until it started to overheat.
So we know the car was overheated. Damage because of or beyond that may not be discovered until tear-down.
If I got water itno my filter what is the worse that can happen?
If it didn't kill the motor, which means it didn't hydrolock, it would steam-clean out some carbon.
 
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