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Old 05-15-2014, 03:17 AM   #6
Shiwnath
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My girlfriend's Ecotec Alero had a full cold air intake and went too deep in flood water and hydrolocked it right on the spot. I pushed it out of the water and pulled all plugs, removed the fuel pump relay and the upstream O2. Cranked it quite a bit of times trying to get the water purged out of the system. After about an hour and a half the car was up and running and that same engine still works to this day... The Starter ended up taking off a couple teeth on the flex plate which ended up having to get replaced which meant that the engine had to come out anyways. But god damn those Ecotecs are built to last. I gotta say I was impressed.

Edit: forgot to mention that it was our 7th year anniversary and we were at the Cafe where we had our first date. We watched as other cars get towed away, but not her Alero! Makes for one hell of a story.
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