hey guys...as some of you may already know, but for those who don't...the last 2 months has been the worst ever for me and my ride. About two month ago, i hit a rain puddle and the AEM cold air took in some water causing hydrolock. Then, about a month ago, because if that hydrolock, it bent a piston connecting rod. Over that amount of time, stress caused the rod to break and blew 3 holes in my engine block. initially, i had to dish out $$$ to get to fix my engine, flush out the oil and do a compression check. then after my engine blew, i had to drop more $$$ on a new engine. now it runs smoother than ever except for the tranny clicking when i clutch it!?!!?!?! anywho, here are the pics of my painful 2 months....

 

here's a pic of the lower part of the connecting rod coming out of the oil pan hole...

 

here's the third hole. you can see right through the engine block when you line yourself up with the openings.

 

ouch dude, I can't belive water did that. bummed

 

here's a peice of the piston and one of the O-rings stuck onto it.

 

here's one of the other 0-rings...i think this is the one that scrapes the oil off the cylinder walls.

 

you can see straight through the block with this angle.

 

damn thats crazy

 

hey man, glad to hear you're up and running. good luck on the tranny problem and thanks for the rims. i'll be posting up feedback soon. you just have a new regular engine in there right?

 

yeah...just got a replacement 4g94 engine. but a couple days later....i found a 4g63 engine for sale!!! DAMMIT!!!

 

Damn man, how big was that puddle? I'm now thinking of short ramming my intake till it stops raining

 

so tony.....you gonna get another bypass?....dont owrry about the g63...it'd have cost you more headahe in the long run...now lets get you to iport trenz and see soe pics

 

man it took awhile to get back up and running, must have been a major headache. bet your glad its all over.

 

you don't have to short ram your intake, just get a bypass valve.

nexus: yeah, i got the bypass valve. that thing is gonna be on there 24/7/365.

i dunno how big the puddle was but i was enough to flood the freeway underpass. from now on, i don't care if its a sprinkler puddle or a puddle the size of a lake...im gonna drive around it.

yeah, it was a bummer cuz all this happened before my spring break so pretty much i was assed out of a car the whole week.