I would crank in 7-10 second bursts and get all that crap out of there. That was my experience when I was helping someone........had to wipe stuff of weeping out of the holes about 20 times. Give it a rest in-between bursts and no gas, until all that crap is out of there. When we saw no more weeping and only small puffs of smoke, then we put fresh plugs in and cranked it without the fuel relay in. When it caught, I was standing at the front and put the relay in real quick. Above all...try not to let it stall, it probably won't want to idle on it's own and like Dan says.................watch for the fire dept.
We didn't dis-connect the ESS sensor as we didn't have the plugs in when we were doing it.

 

YESSSS

okay so i kept de-flooding with the old plugs and i finally got it started and yes there was tonsss of white smoke it was pretty bad,
the engine was idling really really rough with the old plugs and was missing a few times i think.
i went ahead and revved for a good 5 min and cut it off and switched to the new plugs and it started right up, idling smooth and everything, no smoke, running better than before with the new plugs.
Ill upload some pics and videos tonight of the crud and how it sounds now, sorry didnt think of recording the first starting but lets just say it was rough, almost no response to the pedal at first and it started to clear up after a min or two.
and now remember this is with a water flooded engine not gasoline, i poured almost a 2-liter out of my airbox and intake hose and when you see the picture of the blanket i used for the engine discharge oh geez,
SO the verdict, deflooding works for gasoline or water, water is a bit more of a pain
dont drive in a hurricane for 3-4 days and then get stuck in a flash flood eh,
Thank you all of you, you all really helped a lot, theres no way i was gonna take it to the dealership and have to sell my legs to pay for it without a fight.

Oh and on a side note - during this whole like 2 day process having a amazing battery charger with the car starting setting works wonders, because that battery seriously sucks.

and for those of you curious to see what came out my engine or what the aftermath sounding of my engine is with the old misfiring plugs and the new plugs, stay tuned

and thanks again all of you.

 

To get 2L of water into your airbox you would have had to have submerged your front bumper in water. That is not 3 or 4" of water. Glad you got it running though. You are going to need to keep a close eye on your fluid levels now. You took a hot engine and dunked it in cold water and it is possible that you cracked it somewhere. Good luck!

 

Success....yippee!
Bet you don't drive through very deep stuff anymore...right?

So, the next time you start the car, go for a good long drive. You don't really have to redline it, but I think I would go for at least a half hour drive watching all your useless gauges like a hawk, and checking all your fluids upon returning. Might even want to consider an oil change very, very soon. I know I would!!!!

 

Agree on all points!

I still don't understand how that much water could've gotten into the airbox?

 

It was a flash flood or w/e that happened as i was driving through water also so it like came and gloooshed the side of my car and after it settled it was like 3-6'inches and then as i was stuck in the water dead, people drove right next to me and like made wakes in the water... -_- but yeah it was pretty bad here, they closed the highway i normally take home so i went down some other road and i work close to the coast so its like flood city.
luckily my engine wasnt too hot, i had just left work less than a mile ago before it happened
and i just took it for a test drive and its nice, no water visible in my oil but ill change if not this weekend then next, and all my other fluids are good but just like my oil ive got my eye on them >.>

 

Pictures are up, videos are still uploading

Heres one side of the towel i used to cover the sparkplug holes when i took em out and tryed to clear the engine, this is after about 4 w/o plugs defloods



Other Side:



Flooded Plug



Old Plugs before,
Notice how the two trailing ones are more mucked and soaked then the leading, hmm



and After



I only spent like 2 minutes cleaning these because i just wanted to use them for the sole purpose of getting it started once so these could take the bare of the stuff going through them instead of my new ones (used starting fluid (didnt have any contact fluid) and a wire brush and papertowels and air dry for 5 min

Videos later tonight

 

Contact cleaner was for your MAF which you should still clean.

 

yeah the maf sensor was drenched, i naturally dryed it out and it was dry as a bone when i put it back in, maybe ill do a followup tomorrow and pick up some contact cleaner at the store

 

You might contact your insurance company. This is likely covered by comprehensive.

Ken

 

why would i contact my insurance company when i already fixed it?

and besides my deductible is like $500 BUT i fixed it with only like $87 (Sparkplugs + Tax)

 

Glad you got 'er running again. Don't bother contacting the insurance company if you paid less than your deductable. General rule of thumb.

 

Yes...and also by contacting your insurance company you would have documented flood damage to your car which would show up in a CarFax report.

 

Flood Damage on a car fax, thats a nightmare for value of a car. eek, but yeah, theres some other things wrong now but easily fixable.

Seems like my battery/starter might need replacing soon, ill prolly get a yellow top and maybe see if i can pawn the worn starter off on the dealership under my gold w/e warranty i got.

and my headlights now have water in them but id planned on getting vleds soon so ill just dry out both the headlights good when i switch the bulbs

and also it seems like a puddle maybe? im not sure but i had a piece of heat wrap from around the middle of my car where my exhaust pipe is was torn and hanging, i cut off the hanging part until i can stop at advance or something and buy some replacement maybe...im not sure...i only cut about 2-3 inches off so it seams good.

Oil change tomorrow and also transmission fluid drain and refill, not whole system but just the normal high and low plug way.

After all this ill be better off than before i think.