[Shop-talk] Flooding Stalled Car]

[Rick Frisicano]

This happened to a friend of mine. He pulled all the plugs and cranked 
the engine over a few times. Water came out of the plug holes. He put 
the plugs back in and the engine started. He then changed the oil that 
same night, changed the air filter, and dried the inside of the air 
intake. The engine ran fine for several years after that. It did 
everything that night so maybe he got lucky.

Wayne wrote:
> Jim Stone wrote:
>   
>> It seems unlikely to me that the water could have gotten into the engine with
>> only a foot of water and I can't believe Volvo would put sensitive electronics
>> where they would have been damaged by only a foot of water.  For now, he is
>>     
>
> Quick check:  have him open the air filter box and see if it's wet.  If 
> it is, well... the engine may be fubar.  Put the compression gauge on it 
> to tell for sure.  Hopefully something less expensive!
>
>    -Wayne
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