any motor can crank walk. pull your spark plugs out and see if there is water in the cylinders.

 

did you pull the plugs out when you tried to crank it over to flush the water

 

Put a 1/2 drive on the crank bolt and see if you can turn the motor over by hand.
You can also pull the starter and then give the key a quick turn to see if the starter is still working.

 

Did you even have a intake bypass valve? Its suppose to trap the water from getting to your motor. It doesn't always work the way it should. I mean you can't go over deep water and into a large puddle. Its more for daily driven in the rain. Is your CAI 1 piece or 2 piece... if its 1 piece then you don't have a intake bypass valve. If its 2 piece you would have a filter/sponge inbetween the 2 pieces of pipe. My CAI is 2 piece and is lacking the intake bypass valve. I'm going to getting one as soon as I find one locally if not I'm ordering one. This storm that just passed us I took the lower pipe off the put my filter in the upper pipe to make it a short ram. Good way to stay away from this hydrolock mess. Did the car shut off immediately after the puddle or did it choke up? You might want to drain the oil as well and then pour oil to flush out any excess water. Since you found water in your number #4 cylinder its more likely hydro lock. But with cleaning out the water from the engine there still might be a chance that the engine will run again.

 

that is not considered as crank walk last time I checked. That would be cracked cyl. walls or blown headgasket......

 

i think you read what he said wrong

 

I did pull the plugs when I tried to flush the water.

My CAI didn't have a bypass valve and yes it is a one piece CAI.

And yes there was water in the #4 cylinder.

 

Ouch... yeah I'm trying to be careful with my CAI right now. The one on cherbear's car is a AEM and her's was 1 piece but was later made 2 piece with an intake bypass valve between both pipes.

Time for a rebuild and turbo kit!

 

Okay, so I'm pretty sure it's hydrolock. Anybody know of a good shop in brandon or close by that can fix it? I have to get it towed there so my insurance adjustor can check it out.

 

Really?? I never thought of that!!

Actually I tried that, I keep getting no results could be found.