If it starts,it isn't hydro-locked,but it's clearly damaged,and needs attention immediately...don't drive it further,as you may only make things worse.....get it to a decent garage immediately and get it looked at.Hi drove through flood water last week, didn't realise how deep it was . Car starts fine but water has mixed with the oil. Possibly hydo-locked and ideas? Cheers
cold water can shatter the hot contents of your CAT.
Point is,irrespctive of how the water got in there,it shouldn't be there,and whether it's something as simple as water ingress without any engine damge,you don't know how it's got in there,and if the water level went high enough to end up on the filler cap,then it went pretty high.....it needs someone to give it a decent look over.The car cut out just out of the water, I think the water went to the intake level. There is water eveident in the filler cap area and filler neck. Also on the dipstick. Just wondered how the water could be evident in the oil without bending anything? ps there was no water in the oil prior to the flood water damage.
Point is,irrespctive of how the water got in there,it shouldn't be there,and whether it's something as simple as water ingress without any engine damge,you don't know how it's got in there,and if the water level went high enough to end up on the filler cap,then it went pretty high.....it needs someone to give it a decent look over.
Will do thanks just thought I would get some advice first, as I am unsure how the water would get into a sealed unit. Unless it is coolant caused by the floodwater somehow.
Thanks
It's not sealed though if you sucked it in through the air intake....
The water can get sucked in through the exhaust too, think about the 4 stroke cycle. This will be could why there is some in the engine but its not hydro-locked like you would get if it got sucked in through the intake.