2004 red gto

So as im only a little less then a mile from my house i happen to go thru this puddle that didnt seem that deep but had no other way around it so i went thru it real slow and when i made it out i heard some serious horrible sounds coming from engine, sure enough car stalls out and that was that. Had a mechanic check it out once we got it home and basically i blew the rod or crank thru the block of the engine. So when u add oil to it it just flows out of the engine from the bottom like a water fall. So i changed my K@N intake back to the original so that way the adjuster cant say that is why this happened especially since the K@N intake wouldnt of pulled as much water as the stock one but i didnt wana hear any **** from the insurance company. Also last week i put my new sport corsa exhaust on my car. Rims and tires were goin on within the month. So much for that now, now i gotta get a new engine and it better be a new one not a junkyard engine or one from a totaled gto. My car only hs 35000 miles on it so i dont want an engine that has double that. Any ideas on this shitty situation would be appreciated. TTYS

mikezohsix

piece of advice number 1 -
don't post on a public place that you're changing parts to "fool" your insurance company.

If you don't get a settlement, I have one of those wrecked car motors that you're hoping not to have to use. I'll deliver it to LI if you want it - 40k miles.

mike

johnlv6

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Make sure that you trust this mechanic doing the work. As your car is six years old, expect that they're going to pay for a used replacement engine. If you can get your mechanic to talk with someone that has a low mileage engine (ex. the guy above), go for it.

I was in your position back in 2002. My mistake was taking the car to the dealer (as it was only about five months old). The head mechanic made the asinine decision of rebuilding the engine, rather than simply replacing it with a new one. The result was me having to go to the dealer ~15 times for follow-on repairs before I finally just unloaded the car.

hivoltagedriver

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My thoughts... that's a big fuggin puddle.

dbprecision

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Did you cross the ocean in order to get that much water up the engine? I know my GTO isnt that low to matter through a puddle.

408z28

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Whats the big deal about a used engine...? If someone rear ends a GTO hard enough, its considered a "total loss" because the price of the repairs are more than 50% of the value of the car. That does'nt mean that everything else on the car is junk. The insurance company isn't going to buy you an NEW engine anyway. Its not their fault you drove through a small pond.

Besides....If you went through a puddle deep enough to suck water into the intake of a gto.... You have a flood salvaged vehicle anyway.

Also.....If said puddle was so big....how did you not see it ??

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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id be happy im covered. thats an expensive repair.

johnlv6

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It's a matter of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I was driving up a slight hill during a thunderstorm one afternoon down in GA. What was a slight film of water on the road one minute became what I would describe as a 12"+ wall of water the next. The car went from ~40mph to a standstill without me needing to apply the brakes. It was a one in a million incident that wouldn't have happened had I been at that exact place one minute earlier or later (the water was gone by the time I got out of my car).

06 6.0 GTO

How deep was the puddle?!?!?!

EPP

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If I were you I would immediately delete this thread. Bob

STAGEUP

Link copied and emailed to all insurance companies. lol



J/K

thedak

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Bump

So said insurance company can read this.

06 6.0 GTO

Delete this. and PM me a pic of said puddle. I cant imagne how deep it must have been for a GTO to get hydro locked.

But after you get the settlement keep us updated lol.

johnlv6

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The amusing thing is that he was going to wind up paying for it one way or another (forking over deductible). The insurance company doesn't give two ***** HOW you hydrolocked it...just that you did.

thedak

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I'm willing to bet he has Safe Auto Insurance.

nmcqueen469

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...but not really...

04qsgtoMA

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I can see this easily done with a hardcore intake setup but that k & n sits way up in the engine bay.

06 6.0 GTO

Thats EXACTLY what im thinking

johnlv6

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If by "hardcore"...you mean "filter on a stick"...then yes....that's what usually causes this (i.e. filter situated down in the bumper). The small gains that people see with those things are not worth the potential issues they can cause.

2004 red gto

Actually im covered fully. Wont have to pay anything whatsoever and im getting a brand new engine, plus a new starter, rack a pinion, and whatever else is needed to be changed. Lucky enough i know a lot of people in this industry so i get my parts at cost or sometimes under cost. So yes i made out fantastic in this case. And yes the puddle was the size of a lake. I live on that road where the puddle was but never in my life has it filled up to the point where i blew my engine. It was one of those rare occurances that shouldnt of happened. Of course an hour after i went thru the puddle the town sent a truck there to pump out the water since i wasnt the only car that night to hydrolock an engine. But it turned out great thankfully. It really helps knowing a lot of people in the insurance and automotive industry for sure. And I hope whoever said they were posting this to an insurance company was joking....I actually had my heart stop for a second after reading that. Should have my car back by next week at the latest.