Hydrolocked..broken rod..Now Fixed.update!

Mat00ES · Post by **Mat00ES** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:58 am

Throw the stock box back in there and give them a call

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:15 am

Neon4Life wrote:when i say cheap i guess i mean anything below $5k and i think im game.. anyone know anything..let me know..

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/1424571054.html
http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/ctd/1435558496.html
http://limaohio.craigslist.org/cto/1432129441.html (rebuilt title)
http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/ctd/1428746154.html

Yeah, I know... craigslist ads FTL but it's what I could find on the quick to keep you in a Neon.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:38 am

i hear what you guys are saying on putting my stock intake box back on..but if i do that then he is gonna ask how did water get into it..because you guys know that the box is fully sealed and the filter sits inside the box ontop of the engine. im just gonna go in tomorrow and tell him what happened and see if he can do anything..if not then screw it.the car is gonna sit till like summer.

thanks gramps on the links..

your the second one to send me some links.lol.

im gonna go check out this one car place i remember seeing a few good neons a while back and see if he has them still. ill let you guys know what i find.

ummm look what i found on ebay...

http://tinyurl.com/yz6xu9o

can someone with a carfax thing look this up for me.. he says it has a salvaged title and all that was done was a rear bumper replacement. so i wanna know what all was done to it.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:45 am

Not for nothing but they don't total cars that just need rear bumpers....that's sketchy as hell.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:07 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Not for nothing but they don't total cars that just need rear bumpers....that's sketchy as hell.

yeah i know.

thats why i wanted someone to check the carfax to see if it says anything else.

edited at 4.53pm today.

i messaged the guy and heres what i said.

i was wondering if you could provide me with detailed information on why this car has a salvaged title ? or just a carfax history report.? i know for a fact what a car needs to be in order to be considered salvaged. i know all about neons and im sure i can fix the problem u are experiencing with it. and i might also be more interested if you could answer my first question. if you would like me to call you at the number listed on the listing let me know. i live far away but am willing to drive all the way there to pick it up if the this is a true sale that $5k price.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:04 pm

well i found a broken ROD.. thats it. everything else seems ok. and spoke to insurance today and it seems like they can posibly take care of me. ill find out tomorrow for sure.

heres a picture of the rod.. its the best one i could get.

it basically snapped in half the other part is with the piston at the top of the cylinder.

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:10 pm

Dang!

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:22 pm

Depending on how high the water was the car isn't waterproof with stock airbox. Also depends on how long you were in it.

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:58 pm

^Very true. when I got hydrolocked and it went over my hood, there were about 4 other stock cars that got it at the same intersection.

fill the airbox up with water lol.

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:43 pm

Hey. If you can. Take pictures of your engine if here is any water residue, If there is any possible way to get pictures of the water you drove through then do it. I have GEICO and they were a complete pain in my ass and dragged my claim on forever. I ended up getting in a verbal argument with my adjuster face to face. You can try these things..

1) Pull the oil pan and look for awkward mixture
2) Let the filter sit a little bit and see if rust comes up to prove it
3) You could put the stock air box in and put a slight amount of water in it yourself to be like "oh look heres some excess water"

I regret not taking pictures or a video when I hydrolocked my ACR on the way back from Carlisle. I was in shock and did not think straight. I ended up putting a new motor, new timing belt, and new water pump in. It runs good now but I'm still slightly unsatisfied. Write down the dates of all occurrences with your insurance and don't be afraid to stick up for yourself. A wise man once told me "the squeeky wheel gets the grease". Hopefully you will have better luck than me. I just got annoyed and impatient and said the hell with it. I probably should have threatened them legally because its always cheaper for a company to keep a customer than to try to gain a new one.

I hydrolocked and got codes. Did u get any codes? The next day when I tried to drive I sent a rod right through the engine block.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:24 pm

yeah i know you had it bad with your insurance.. but actually i already drained the oil and it was milky looking..like if someone stuff a milkway in there and it milted.lol. and i dont have my intake on there on the account that i was trying to get the water out of the manifold.. but i think im already having better luck than you. my insurance guy earlier said ok give me the details and the street so i did and he said ok we are going to file the claim and someone should be calling you to come look at the car.. now idk what they are gonna look at.. but if they ask where my air box is ill just pull it outta the shed..cause thats where my stock one is.. so i guess now all i gotta do is sit and wait for the claim people to call and make an appointment to come see my car.

im going to leave the oil pan unbolted and show him the little bit of oil i got left and idk if ill tell him i found a snapped rod or not but ill just see what all they gonna check when they come by.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:26 pm

Milky looking oil means it is contaminated with water. Make sure that oil stays in there! lol. Save the other quarts of oil if you still have it too...

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:20 pm

darthroush wrote:Milky looking oil means it is contaminated with water. Make sure that oil stays in there! lol. Save the other quarts of oil if you still have it too...

well crap should i pour the oil back in there then..cause i already drained the engine from its oil..but i still got the old one i think.

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:09 pm

keep the car exactly as it was when it drove in. (accept the CAI, ide switch that out), and have the claim adjuster look at it. keep the old oil in it.

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:31 pm

any news on the insurance??

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:39 pm

oh well the car is sitting at a shop rite now. i didnt take it to one of the insurance preffered shops but my own shop i found in town. im waiting on him to write down my price quote. and he said everything else looks good. he took off the broken rod to see if it would start good and everything and it did. so we are probably just looking at replacing one rod and maybe piston. and im sure all i gotta do is turn that quote into claims and ill get my money and then pay the guy at the shop. im gonna tell him to start working on it tomorrow and ill deffinately have the money when he gets done. should be a week or less. but yeah thats about it. they are gonna write it down as " water Damage " so its all good. ill be taken care of. my insurance guy is nice.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:52 pm

WIN!!!

Thats awesome!!

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:21 pm

Haganracing wrote:WIN!!!

Thats awesome!!

yeah it is. this is the longest ive ever gone without driving the neon.. im suffering from neon blues..

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:56 pm

Should replace all four pistons and rods with upgrades yo.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:34 am

i was planning to replace them with je pistons and eagle rods..but thats in another thread already..and i decided screw it.. i need my car rite now and not in 3 weeks when i get the parts delivered and on the car..so im just going with 4 new oem pistons and rods. im going with the srt-4 swap in june so no point in upgrading rite now.

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:37 am

Ah, I fully understand that.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:44 am

neonslg09 wrote:Ah, I fully understand that.

yep yep.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:42 pm

update..

guy at the shop finally got to my car over the weekend and the engine is out of it. nothing major is broken..just the rod. we are going to put 4 brand new oem pistons and rods in it as well as new water pump..timing belt.. and a few other things. i told him to order the parts and he should start putting it back together tomorrow because the shop thats attached to it rite next door sells the pistons wich is awesome.lol.

so i should have it all back and on the road by saturday if not friday.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:51 pm

So insurance is covering it all? Deductable not that bad?

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:03 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:So insurance is covering it all? Deductable not that bad?

yeah they are... and the deductable on our insurance is like $250 only i think..

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:26 pm

wow this makes me wanna go back and file a complaint against my insurance

what insurance provider do you have??

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:49 am

i pm'd you.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:22 pm

woohoo i get the car back in a little bit if not tomorrow afternoon when i get into town.. i went by the shop he turned it on and dayum did it feel good to hear my exhaust again.. sounded even meaner. i got the old pistons with me and ill take pics of the old ones in a few and saturday when i got the car back together some new shots and a video of it running for exhaust wise perposes.lol. peace im out.

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:40 pm

Congrats on getting your car back up and running again.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:53 am

awesome glad to hear a success story around here for a change!

May it run for many years now