How can water break my engine block?

Question

i have a 98 eclipse rs i drove it through 1 foot high water this past week. It made it the first time but not the second. The second time it stalled out and steam came out of the hood. I tried to turn it on but nothing. left my car there for a while and tried to turn it on again and sill nothing. It was cranking but it stopped. And now when u try to turn it on you hear some wierd noise. LIke if water is gurgling in there. A mechanic i took it to said i broke my engine block and cracked my oil pan. So now i need to buy a new engine. So just wondering can all this be possible just cause of water?

Answer 1

i did that in 90 gsx you going to eed a new moter food news is that moter is readly avalibl from salvage yards for less than 600$  

Answer 2

Cause the oustide of you engine is some where in the ball park of 450-650 degrees farenheit, and when the water splashes on it the rapid temperature change can cause the metal to get a hairline crack, but enough to cause problems.  It also depends on what type of metal your block was made out of, old cast iron blocks were the worst, more modern cars are aluminum, which is alittle better but still every metal is susceptable

Answer 3

you might have hit something when you went in the water or water splashed in the engine

Answer 4

You cannot crack a block by spraying water on the outside of it, you probably sucked a bunch of water into the intake because you had your foot on the gas and hydro-locked the motor. Broken pistons and cracked pans are common in this scenario. If you must drive through deep water always go slowly with very little throttle, that will keep the water off the ignition and keep the vacuum low on the intake so it won't suck as much water.

Sorry about the bad news, good luck!

Answer 5

what you've done is called "hydraulicing the motor" you filled the air inlet with water by blasting thru the water. inturn the cylinder heads filled with water and forced the rods to bend either breaking them or shooting them into the block or should i say --thru the block.. the water can not be dissplaced in the engine so, you created a force and pressure so great, it has to break or at least bend the h**l out of something inside the motor.. usually resulting in major damage and or non repairable damage.. going thru deep puddle and standing water should be done very slowly or nit at all... its not a submarine and the motor does not like water where there should be only gas and air...  

Answer 6

if you drove through water then water would have gotten into your intake then into your cylinder, when the piston is in the compression stroke it usually compresses air and fuel but when theres water in there it is trying to compress water, water cannot be compressed so its a fight of what will give in first, water or engine and guess what, water isnt goin to give in... this is called hydralock, google hydralock for more info