2002 Sonata VE.. Possible Water Damage.

Today was a bad day in quebec rained, freezing rain, snow and such.
I had to cross big pools of water well 7 to be exact about 5-6
meters in circumference. I was going around 10 - 20 KPH through them
hoping I wouldnt stall out in first. Parked the car at work. 7 hours
later on the way home the engines pitch really sounded like it was
struggling at higher rpm's around 3000-3500 and once into 5th a
deeper hum when moderatly accelerating.

I'm leaving it idle right now for 30 minutes hoping to get what
maybe is water in the block well whole system to evaporate.

But I need to know how to tell if there really is water damage or
signs to look for when further driving. It's friday all garages are
closed on the weekend so I cant it done by them.
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How deep was the water? How much did it splash?

Water in the block? Sheesh... you'd sure want to hope not. Not very likely
unless you drove through over a foot of water.

 

I'm sure it was close to a foot. the splash went over the fenders.
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Chances are you'd hear some really bad noises if you got excessive water
in
the intake and block. You might want to pull out the air filter and
check
it. If you did pull in some water, chances are the air filter is wet and
no air wants to go through it now.

 

Thank you guys for advice. First hyundai i've own in awhile that
actually is great.
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Well I looked at it when it was warm enough finnaly. The good news
the filter was dry as a bone, flexed perfectly. Bad news is at the
bottom of the box theirs abit of frozen water.

I looked at the oil dip stick. Oil seemed fine no signs of frozen
water on it.

I'll see if its worth to get it looked at. Just bought it 2 weeks
ago and the garrantee still applies.
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Most warrantees don't cover abuse. Driving at high speed through deep
water is clearly abuse.

Matt

 

The warranty isn't going to cover anything if there's water in the air box.
That would be an owner issue. If you've got ice or water (if it melted) in
the bottom of the box, then remove it. If you're at all concerned that
water got into the oil, then change the oil and filter. No big deal. If
there were enough water in the oil to worry about though, you'd see it on
the dip stick. No bubbles? Nice clean looking oil?

 

10-20 KPH isnt high speed driving at all I took those pools of water
nice and slow. I'll get the water out myself.
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Oil looked nice and cleaned off the dip stick. The water I can get
out myself. I'm just fortunate i was driving through those pools of
water nice and slow. I had an idiot in the next lane that went
through it estimating 60 KPH.

My friend who drives an 90 Acura got his altenator fried on one.

Friday was probably the worst weather we had in awhile. 60 car
pileup near montreal.
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It would lend a *huge* amount of context to your replies if you'd include
the text you're responding to. In this case it was easy enough to figure
out what you're responding to but too often it's not.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong - the car is running right now, isn't it? If so,
then go ahead and clean up any residuals you find from the water and keep on
truckin'.

Don't ya just hate those guys that fly like that?

 

I thought you said it sprayed water above the fenders and the water was
several inches deep. If the water was that deep and went that high,
then you were driving too fast for those conditions.


Matt