Water sucked up now engine knocking

[99ILeclipse]

Well it all started a couple days ago when I was driving home in a big rain storm. It was raining so hard I couldnt see and I drove thorough a huge puddle and my car died. It took awhile but I got it started, but a lot of white smoke came from the exhaust. Now that I got it home the engine is knocking really bad. Any ideas what to do?

 

[project_skyline]

So in the off chance water does get into your engine taking out the spark plugs and cranking it will prevent dammaged caused by water getting into the engine?

Usually yes. Your second issue is hoping the rings don't get owned in the process.

After all the water is cleared be sure to spray some oil into the engine and start it up. Run the car at a high idle for a while.

 

[knochgoon24]

Usually yes. Your second issue is hoping the rings don't get owned in the process.

After all the water is cleared be sure to spray some oil into the engine and start it up. Run the car at a high idle for a while.

The engine is usually dead by that point. The starter doesn't bend the rod. You have the whole weight of the car trying to compress the water while it's in gear and moving. Much more force than the starter.

 

[phunny]

You can get away with water in the engine on say a Honda 250 Atv but not a car. Way too much pressure trying to compress water with doesnt happen, IE bet or broken rod.

 

[TurBoneRed]

How can you make you car safe to drive in heavy rain conditions? It seems like when it rains my Talon likes to run on 3 cylenders and die out, I suspect my coil keeps getting wet. How can I keep things running safley in the rain?

 

[Ghost1984]

How can you make you car safe to drive in heavy rain conditions? It seems like when it rains my Talon likes to run on 3 cylenders and die out, I suspect my coil keeps getting wet. How can I keep things running safley in the rain?

The best thing you can do is just try to avoid being out during a heavy rain storm, but if you can't I just drive really slow and try to avoid the right side of lanes and really pay attention to where puddles are. I slow down for all of them, even if they're small because you just dont want to chance hydrolocking your engine.

And like Phunny said, water doesn't compress. So you most likely bent/broke a rod. A rebuild is in order.