water in the engine

[snake109]

its flooding in houston, on my way to school this morning i had to drive through some deep water, looked about a foot deep, till i got in it and it was about 2 feet deep, i took it slow but i didnt realise how low our intake inlets are and it sucked up water and killed it, my brother pushed me out in his truck (now i have scratches all in the back bumper ) and i bought a new airfilter before heading back and when i started it, it ran really bad for about 20 seconds then got better, but now i think its running a lot more rich and hesitates/ sputers sometimes and blows white smoke, i took my intake all apart and there was no sensor in the MAF sensor, only a metal grid shouldnt there be something in there? also my oil pressure is lower than usual, but not in the red. do you think its ok to continue driving? im afraid i might have damaged some internals.

 

[Dr_EluSivE]

change your oil, ps fluid, brake fluid, ETC. Then if it runs ok, you should be fine, if it doesnt, then you likely damaged some electronics. Water is a Very desructive thing in a Car. Get those Fluids changed Asap

Dr.

 

[Stinger]

You killed the 02 sensor most likely. The white smoke may go away as the water in the exhaust and such evaporates away.

Most certainly change your oil though...it's got water in it right now.

 

[Distortion 5.0]

I got water in mine and it clogged the catalytic converters. If other stuff doesn't help that's a good next step. (probably only happen if it's old and mostly clogged anyway. The water breaks loose soot and other gunk and it clogs the honey combs)

 

[snake109]

i changed the oil the day it happend and there was a good amount of water in it, there was also water in the rear-end so i changed that too.
is there any way water could have gotten into the tranny?
but the car seems to be running ok now, but my gas millage has decreased significantly, i filled up today and calculated 23.x when i usually get 26.x if the o2 sensors went bad would it through a code, or is there a way i can check them with a multi-meter?
thanks

 

[Stinger]

Yes, there is a vent in the transmission.

02 sensor should throw a code...

 

[rd]

Yamaha says to flush with fresh water (if you sank in salt water) and start immediatly, so the same would apply here, I guess.

Didn't mean to flush it, really, but the idea seems to be to get them running asap, so the heat will help drive the water out.

The best thing is to get it warmed up by running for awhile. Then check codes.