Taking bets on what my stupidity did

[Cooler]

I am a learner, just a slow one. Crossed this flooded creek. Thought u were supposed to go fast to not float away. Uhm, apparently you should go sloooooow. I made it, car stalled out. Couple hours later got it started, and technically went to fast back over creek
...in my defense creek had gone down some.
Started it a few hours later, got it back to house. Was steaming pretty good. Noticed higher sounding hiss that seemed to be on passenger side but not sure if from engine cover area or below.
Lets just say i had water over hood 2 times. First time i had that feeling of "wonder if them duke boys are gonna make it across that creek".
My facebook buddies think it is a turbo that drew in water or a vacuum hose came off. Place your bets! Another guy suggested pulling plugs (i needed to replace anyway). Turn over engine couple times to blow out water. Change oil, replace plugs, run, then change oil again.

Where are ya'll placing your sheckles?

 

[SilverSH0]

If you started it after crossing and it ran like you said, there's no need to pull the plugs and turn by hand. The purpose of doing that is if you sucked up water and it hadn't made it to the cylinders, removing the plugs and turning by hand would prevent hydrolocking the engine. But if you're out of the water and have run the engine, there's no need.

I would check all the intake hosing to make sure it's all drained and water free. Probably put the dipstick in the CAC to see if there's any water in it or if it's clear. Steaming when you got home generally indicates the engine had a bunch of water on it and it's boiling off. The hiss could be water on any of the hot exhaust pieces.

For future reference, if water is flowing across the road it's best to go a different route. Water is heavy and it's easy for it to push your car downstream if it's flowing. If it's just sitting across the road, drive slowly. Know how low your intake is and if the water is getting close to that level, stop and backup. I don't think there's really ever a good time to drive quickly through water.

 

[SHO4Peachie]

Good Luck!!

 

[bpd1151]

That water was flowing so fast, you can see it cresting frame right, as evidenced by the white caps.

**smh**

 

[Cooler]

In my weak defense, there are 3 spots on my "road" i have to cross to get to the highway. Whenever it rains, water crosses over the concrete pads. Since i have 1.5 hr commute in the morning and responsible for running an office i have to get to work. I cant let my location be a reason to miss work.
I have been out here just over a year and the only time i didnt even try to go out is when we had hurricane remnants go by. And my truck was fine so other times i would take that. But truck has issues now and i had missed a week of work two weeks ago per flu, so i didnt want to miss another day. Damn work ethic!
Lesson learned now. Bonus is i get to troubleshoot and learn my car even better- love my car and i have to maintain it as i drive 36k miles a year and cant afford mechanic so this is an opportunity i suppose! I want to retire from corporate style work in 15 years and live off land, so learning how stuff works up close and personal is almost like job training. The real downside is the money i was going to use to buy apple trees and honeybees will have to go pn hold as i fix my vehicles.

 

[krewat]

For future reference, hydrolocking is not warranteeable, but it seems that your car insurance would cover it.

I would certainly check the CAC (intercooler) for water, and check the air cleaner for evidence of water intrusion.

Check your oil too...

 

[SHOdded]

And remember, if your PTU does not have a vent extension, water could have gotten into the PTU fluid as well. Would pull the fill plug and confirm anyway.

Same caution applies to the RDU as it def has no vent extension.

 

[TuxBlackSHO]

For future reference, hydrolocking is not warranteeable, but it seems that your car insurance would cover it.

I would certainly check the CAC (intercooler) for water, and check the air cleaner for evidence of water intrusion.

Check your oil too...

Yep, surprisingly enough, my insurance covered a new Jasper long block in my pickup when I hydrolocked it in a mud hole.

I was drowning my tears when a buddy asked if I had comprehensive on the truck. When I replied yes, he told me they would cover it, and they did. I just embelished the tale of how it happened a wee bit.

 

[Bronco2fan]

IMHO, the SHO is way to nice and expensive to be a learning aid. FWIW, try to find yourself a used older Grand Cherokee or older Bronco, big one, for water excursions. I absolutely refuse to use my SHO in inclement weather, but then I have the luxury of using the appropriate vehicle for whatever mother nature throws my way. And if you plan on living off grid you'll need something like that sooner or later. I really hope the car gods are nice to you and it's not anything that sets you back. Good luck and live and learn.

 

[Cooler]

What is RDU? I know the PTU.
I do have 2001 f150 with problems of its own that is good to learn on. When i got SHO was city living in Nashville. Had to get more HP than my now ex gfs mustang. But she had to go, and while we made good cash on house sale per market at its peak, it meant i couldnt buy. Life gives you lemons (and ex's), so the only way to make lemonade was to move to the country. 2 years of payments left (bought used whilst in tight spot, but paid some off with house sale) means i gotta learn. Wouldnt trade the SHO anyways, i dig driving it. Ya, could get rice burner as i drive 152 miles a day, but the way idiots drive here its nice to have a big heavy safe vehicle and power to get past the idiots watching tv on their cells or doing their makeup.
So, i get to learn on a nice car that i owe 8k on. Would rather spend those 3 hours a day in a good car then my f150...or a bronco
Praying to the car engine gods for sure. Had some water on oil cap so going to do an oil change, bring up to temp, then do another change and then cross my fingers. It will be good. Good vibes accepted here. Thanks all, appreciate the wisdom and advice!

 

[krewat]

RDU = Rear Drive Unit - the rear differential.

I gotta say, it looks good so far, unless you have water in the CAC or air cleaner waiting to get sucked in - MAKE SURE you check those out before you put more miles on it. With water ingestion into the engine, it's usually "I'm screwed" right away

 

[Bronco2fan]

I understand about the whole lemonade thing. I remember nights in the 20 degree weather swapping fuel pumps on my BII , sucks. And I agree with the safety and power of the SHO. Just listen to these folks here and take your time. Really hope it's good news for ya.

Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk

 

[Juicybaka]

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I am a learner, just a slow one. Crossed this flooded creek. Thought u were supposed to go fast to not float away. Uhm, apparently you should go sloooooow. I made it, car stalled out. Couple hours later got it started, and technically went to fast back over creek
...in my defense creek had gone down some.
Started it a few hours later, got it back to house. Was steaming pretty good. Noticed higher sounding hiss that seemed to be on passenger side but not sure if from engine cover area or below.
Lets just say i had water over hood 2 times. First time i had that feeling of "wonder if them duke boys are gonna make it across that creek".
My facebook buddies think it is a turbo that drew in water or a vacuum hose came off. Place your bets! Another guy suggested pulling plugs (i needed to replace anyway). Turn over engine couple times to blow out water. Change oil, replace plugs, run, then change oil again.

Where are ya'll placing your sheckles?

Thank you for this . I needed a good laugh after this week. Too bad you didn’t take video. Is air cleaner dry?

 

[SHOdded]

Hopefully not like this Mercedes

 

[tdnews]

Yikes! I would be shocked if you did not suck in some water to the intake, and water is just not compressible. Bad things happen. I have no idea what happens when water hits turbo vanes, but it can't be good either.

That air snorkel is below the hood line assuming you have the factory intake, so water over the hood is very bad. Driving backwards through the water can make a little wake that keeps the water away from the intake.

If it happens again and you hear the engine hiccup, shut it off immediately, tow it out, pull the plugs, and crank it over. That has me thinking, can you even shut one of these things off when in gear and moving, when you have a push button start? I've never tried....

Hoping for the best for your engine!

 

[Johnbigdog]

I'm going to place my bet that it will cost time and money. Yep, think that's a safe bet.

 

[Magna]

Hydro locking can bend rods and valves .

 

[Jeff2017]

Might want to invest in a high riding jeep for those flood days if you MUST get to work. Just a thought.

 

[6500rpm]

First thing I'd do would be to check the air filter/air box for water and possibly change the oil and let it settle out and look for signs of water from ingestion. Hydro locking does bad shit if it happened. Chances are, if your air filter isn't soaked and there's no standing water in the air box that you didn't suck up water through the induction system. If you find water-change the oil, pull the plugs and look at them and take a compression test on all your cylinders and look for inconsistency. It's possible to bend a rod without breaking a piston since it didn't lock hard and a shorter rod length should in theory reduce compression on the effected cylinder(s). It's possible you stalled the engine in high water for a number of reasons and back filled the exhaust while it was sitting dead in the water. If you can't push exhaust out, you can't take air in which could be your friend.

 

[Cooler]

Thats what my air filter box looked like after sitting a week. Vacuumed up the water and dried with paper towels and air. Replaced filter. Did oil change and let it heat up to almost normal temp. Cooled, changed front 3 plugs. No water in the wells, just a little carbon. Tomorrow will replace back 3 plugs (wish me luck!) and change oil again.
I looked and looked to try to find how to access CAC but couldnt. Saw lots on drilling hole on f150 but nothing on 2011 SHO. Will try to search these forums later. Same with PTU. Saw one vid where guy had a vacuum pump and went in thru wheel well but couldnt see where drain is. From what i have read 2011 doesnt have access on top.
Now it is beer and brat time.
Oh ya, last weekend i replaced bad coil pack and plug on my 2001 f150, so have been taking that puppy on my commute. 250000 this week.
Wish me luck cuz i am going to need it!