rotormotormean

i own a 2004 rx8 grand touring in manual transmission mostly stock except for catback exhaust and body kit
last night i drove through a couple inches of water and stalled out now the car wont start

symptoms: car sounds like it wants to start but wont. i think im getting compression
battery is still good

what i have tried: hard starting as if it was flooded, drying the intake, took one spark plug out and cranked engine

what else can i do to try to get it to start? best case and worst case scenario? hot fixes? should i flush engine and how? drain oil?
any other help would be appreciated im also learning as i go so again any help will be appreciated i love the **** out of my rx8 and want it back and running asap

is it possible for a wankle engine to hydrolock?

xexok

A couple inches of water will not hurt the car by any stretch of the imagination. How deep was the water? You never said you had an aftermarket intake so the water would have to be crazy deep for it to even begin to go in the intake.

rotormotormean

my rx8 is lowered it was about 7-9 inches if water (pushed the car out bare foot) found traces of water inside of the air filter box
a couple people told me to let the car sit for a couple days to dry out but im not sure about that lol