[Motorsport_235i]

Originally Posted by aerobod

Easiest check to do at the moment is to see if the air filter is wet, if so, hydro lock is very likely, if not you probably soaked the electrics. If there is no water inside the cabin, wet engine compartment electrics are going to be somewhat easier to deal with. Hopefully everything turns out well for you.

If u look at picture there is water in the intake...but not much
it means hydrolock ? means totaled?

[aerobod]

Originally Posted by Motorsport_235i

If u look at picture there is water in the intake...but not much
it means hydrolock ? means totaled?

50cc of water in a single cylinder is enough to cause damage. As the filter was wet, some water got in (probably from a bow wave splashing above your bumper and into the air intake). The next step will need to be a compression and general health check on the engine, to see if everything is within spec. Compression readings out of spec will indicate a bent connecting rod.

[Motorsport_235i]

the fact that my engine was cranking at least is that a good sign?

[pz619]

Maybe? Engines that can't make compression crank easily too.

[cmplaya]

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[Questofthetune]

Scary since I'm in SFL for now and have been plowing through flooded areas with all the storms we've been having

[pikcachu]

Originally Posted by pz619

Yeah that's not good. A shot glass amount of water can break a connecting rod. It doesn't take much. Doesn't help that the turbo basically acts like a vacuum cleaner sucking the water through intake, push the water past the turbo, the shoot the water through the intercooler into the cylinders.

Best case electronics get wet, no major damage, dry things out and you're ok. You already know worse case. Just have to wait for the dealership to let you know.

water injection ala GTS

[Motorsport_235i]

If its not hydrolock
will the engine be the same after?

[bryan_G01]

sell the car as soon as you can.

[Questofthetune]

Originally Posted by bryan_f22

sell the car as soon as you can.

Help a guy out! Get him a poster pronto.

FOR SALE
M235i Special edition estoril blue-planet.
Low miles, intake and engine JUST had thorough cleaning. Spent thousands in *upgrades*!!! Must see!!!


Potential buyers bring snorkel

[B58togo]

^^

Do people often tell you that you have a corny sense of humor?

[228]

You guys are huge over reactors and not helping this guy out. Just have patience and let the experts tell you what will happen.

[XutvJet]

It takes full submersion of the intake for the engine to suck in a column of water to cause hydrolock. Science - How does it work?

I have a hard time believing the OP hydrolocked this motor unless he went flying into the water and pushed a wave of water to just below the top of the grilles (intake opening is at that height and point). My guess is the filter got saturated and pulled in water droplets, flaking out the MAF, boost sensor, and getting some water in the compression chamber and soaked the plugs, but not enough to hydrolock it. The BMW tech will likely yank the intake snorkel and spark plugs and cycle the motor over to see if water comes out.

Now if the OP went fast through the water and pushed a wave of water high up on the bumper, well then.....dumb. Insurance, at least in the US, covers this kind of stuff.


Note: Look at the bright silver Civic in the photo and see how high the water is up on its bumper. Go fast enough and bad things happen.

[Motorsport_235i]

When the car stopped the first thing that happened was that alarm ignition switching on
Could that be a defense mechanism?

[BEM-S4]

Originally Posted by 228

You guys are huge over reactors and not helping this guy out. Just have patience and let the experts tell you what will happen.

How exactly would you propose helping? OP did something stupid and the pros need to fix it. No like he's asking for help installing something on his car we could actually offer assistance with.

At this point it's a waiting game and OP is looking for someone to blow sunshine up his ass and tell him everything will be ok based on no information other than the fact he made an unsuccessful attempt to ford a river. As you correctly pointed out the only people who can help at this point are mechanics at the dealer.

[Motorsport_235i]

Im just really worried its at the dealer now....
It might take days for them to declare it scrap !!!

[Sportstick]

I wonder what the insurance company position is when the driver decides to drive into standing water versus a car just being caught in a flood situation.

[Sonertial]

You guys are harsh. This does not look any deeper than any one of hundreds of fords that are on public roads in many countries.

Personally I'm watching this thread with great concern because the difference between a puddle and flood can sometime be a matter of minutes. I don't want my car stopping simply because of some rain.

I would have absolutely done the same as the original poster if I was sure that there was no current. That water level should NEVER stop a modern car and indicates something majorly wrong to me.

Of course you don't go LOOKING for these kind of driving conditions but the car should NOT have fucking stopped. Stressing the poor guy out like that is not coming across as particularly cool. Although the shark pic was hilarious

[Motorsport_235i]

like the car was splashed with water i would say for a good 3 to 5 secs then
no water was hitting anywhere near the engine or anything after...
I thought BMW had a system that shut off engine as protection if water gets in...

[BEM-S4]

Originally Posted by Sportstick

I wonder what the insurance company position is when the driver decides to drive into standing water versus a car just being caught in a flood situation.

I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to say it. I could see a difference in $ coming to you for something like an actual flood versus playing u-boat commander by choice as well.

In this case though I think you'd have an argument for extremely poor judgment vs willful destruction.

[bimmerfile]

Originally Posted by Motorsport_235i

Hi

I was driving and it was like full of water on the street and all the cars were passi g like it was nothing
Mine got stuck in the water and wont start again like the water never went higher then the bumper...
It says igniton and tries to start 1 shot and stops right away...
What couls be the issue?
Is my engine finished?

Back in very early 2015, quite a few of us (Canucks) had their ordered BMWs and Minis stuck for months in the Halifax port-of-entry because of an unusual number of severe ice storms which led the vehicles being exposed to excessive standing water and/or salt for an extended period.
All of us eventually took delivery of those cars (mine came in April) and all was good - or so we thought.
Transport Canada (a Fed Gov't agency) issued a recall in late July 2015 stating that there could be potential electrical and other mechanical issues as a result of exposure to water or salt or both (see recall notice url below):
BMW had experts inspect each vehicle during the late summer of 2015. Some were already showing signs of corrosion - and those vehicles were pulled immediately to be scrapped (crushed). Mine didn't show any signs (yet), so I was allowed to continue to drive it until a replacement ordered vehicle could be delivered to me.
Eventually all 2966 affected vehicles were pulled and scrapped. I was told that while it cost BMW a ton of dough, they were concerned that 4 - 6 years down the road, even those which had shown no initial ill effects from standing in water, could potentially have electrical and other issues.

http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/...WT.mc_id=pbe5d

[Sportstick]

Originally Posted by Sonertial

Stressing the poor guy out like that is not coming across as particularly cool. Although the shark pic was hilarious

Originally Posted by Motorsport_235i

like the car was splashed with water i would say for a good 3 to 5 secs then
no water was hitting anywhere near the engine or anything after...
I thought BMW had a system that shut off engine as protection if water gets in...

I think every time he starts another sentence with "like", we get to stress him out in return!