hey everyone.
i was driving my 90 CRX si with a gsr swap home from a weekend at my relatives when it started to literally piss rain. Didnt think much of it but drove through a pretty deep puddle. My engine sucked water(filter was relocated to wheel-well) and when i brought it in to get it checked out, aparantly the pistons in 1 or 2 of the cylinders broke. havent brought it anywhere to actually open it but thats what the tech at the dealership said seemed to be the only explanation since the electrical system was also not working(blew the main fuse in the process). so now im trying to figure the cheapest way to get my engine back up and running. Should there be damage to the cylinder walls and valves should i bore out to a 2.0 and try to scrounge a new head? would this be cheaper than maybe just finding a b16 in decent shape? anyways im pretty new to cars so i dont really know how to buiild an engine but im good with my hands and determined to get this thing up and running again.if anyone has some advice it would be greatly appreciated. if the costs are going to be too high it will have to just sit for 5 years till im done university. plans for the future were to eventually turbo it.. nothing crazy so maybe if i can kill two birds with one stone without it costing me much more that would help. It was my daily driver for the 3 weeks i had it... yes only 3 weeks(depressing much?)
P.s. yes i know i am an idiot for driving in the rain... you dont need to remind me
i was driving my 90 CRX si with a gsr swap home from a weekend at my relatives when it started to literally piss rain. Didnt think much of it but drove through a pretty deep puddle. My engine sucked water(filter was relocated to wheel-well) and when i brought it in to get it checked out, aparantly the pistons in 1 or 2 of the cylinders broke. havent brought it anywhere to actually open it but thats what the tech at the dealership said seemed to be the only explanation since the electrical system was also not working(blew the main fuse in the process). so now im trying to figure the cheapest way to get my engine back up and running. Should there be damage to the cylinder walls and valves should i bore out to a 2.0 and try to scrounge a new head? would this be cheaper than maybe just finding a b16 in decent shape? anyways im pretty new to cars so i dont really know how to buiild an engine but im good with my hands and determined to get this thing up and running again.if anyone has some advice it would be greatly appreciated. if the costs are going to be too high it will have to just sit for 5 years till im done university. plans for the future were to eventually turbo it.. nothing crazy so maybe if i can kill two birds with one stone without it costing me much more that would help. It was my daily driver for the 3 weeks i had it... yes only 3 weeks(depressing much?)
P.s. yes i know i am an idiot for driving in the rain... you dont need to remind me
