Guns are made for a reason...

[teh DIRT]

Tried to start my engine today, lots of smoke, lots of oil in the bay. Not good.

Oil was bubbley, water with it for sure. Pulled the dipstck, more water.

Drain time:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e72/lockenstuff/HPIM1346.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e72/lockenstuff/HPIM1344.jpg

oh look water!

There is no way that I can think of that this much water (I have a drain pan full of it and the engine was so full of it that it was shooting out of the crankcase breather) could have been injested by my car naturally. It was parked two weeks ago in my driveway and hasnt been started until today.

If I find the person who ****ed with my car I gaurantee you will not be recognizable.

[freebmx444]

i hate it when people fuc* with other peoples cars

[Dave]

man pete thats ****ed up, is it running now? i hope that didnt screw the pump

[ScubaSteve]

What the ****? Who would do that? and how did they get into your engine bay?

[teh DIRT]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e72/lockenstuff/HPIM1344-1.jpg

thats a 6 quart, maybe more, pan....all water. the 4.5 quarts of oil havent even began to come out. yay.

[mr_eh]

did your area flood? it did rain for like 4 days straight?

[CHAOS]

jesus dude... thats not cool at all... theres no way that couldve been done without "help" from somewhere... let me know if you need a hand stomping.

[redwrxwagon02]

dude at least you caught it before it turned to milk its ok man i feel you somebody smashed my windows out a few weeks back theyr just jealous of the time and effort that we put into our cars engine wise and in aesthetics iv realised im never gonna find out who did it to my car just remember carma is a bitch and fate can f*ck a person over way more than you ever could im sorry that happened and its bs i wish people would have half a brain maybe that would be enough to stop themselves from doing stupid sh*t like that subie love son

[MuddyREX]

:bigeek:

[teh DIRT]

yes it rained a lot the other day, no it did not flood. And my car was and still is a foot and a half in the air and wouldnt have been affected. The hood was closed during the rain.

im gona go see how much more is in there.

[BradC]

That's ****ed up. I don't know you, but I am down to **** someone up for that if you can prove it. People are worthless.

[CHAOS]

it seriously looks like someone drained the oil and replaced it with water.

[mr_eh]

speechless at this point

[Dave]

pete, while im not in the habit of advocating gun violence in any way. did you happen to know that the .454 casull delivers 2000 lb/ft of energy?

[freebmx444]

thats ALOT of water

[sleepersatty99]

wow man that is really ****ed up !!!!!!!! sorry about that. but your right unless your car was sitting in about 5 foot of water or someone messed with it. lets get the tourches and pich forks out and have ourselfs a good'ol linching.....:bigeek:

[turbo4g63]

that's f'd up...Did you piss anyone off lately?

[teh DIRT]

it seriously looks like someone drained the oil and replaced it with water.


close but no. That drain pan filled up with just water, I think its 5 or 7 quarts.

emptied it.

Filled it with another 5-7 quarts of water/oil mix this time.

That between 10-14 quarts of water/oil in an engine meant to hold 4. awesome.

[mr_eh]

if they went thru all the trouble to put water in the engine, i wonder whats in your gas tank....

[teh DIRT]

if they went thru all the trouble to put water in the engine, i wonder whats in your gas tank....

yeah, I dont think anything will be in there. Its a flat fuel door with a switch on the inside....then again who the **** knows. Anyone have a cheap car for sale?

[XxaltezzaxX]

Thats ****ed up, I'm down to give someone a beat down. I hate it when people mess with other people cars or stuff in general. If you have a problem deal with the person not the things the person owns. Do you have any idea who it could be?

[freebmx444]

......that would suck if it was in your gas tank!

[teh DIRT]

I have a few ideas, but even those are a FAR FAR stretch. I really don't have an enemies that I know of.

[CleanNeon98]

man thats REALLY ****ed up, as if your car doesnt have enough problems as it is. some people have no respect for anyone else. they will get whats coming to them

[RyanG]

dude.... what the hell. I just hope the bearings arent wasted :(

[tjf]

how the hell could they have done that, even if they got under your hood it would have taken alot of time and no one saw them doing it in your driveway?

[mr_eh]

how the hell could they have done that, even if they got under your hood it would have taken alot of time and no one saw them doing it in your driveway?

ninjas, duh.

[teh DIRT]

dude.... what the hell. I just hope the bearings arent wasted :(


I really think they are going to be done. I think the water may have been in there for a good amount of time and it was a ton of it. I can be sure that it was up to the crank and in the bearings. oh well. i want an ej22 anyways

[RayArroyo]

dude that looks like someone took a garden hose and left it in the oil fill for a while.

[DC Hunny5]

so now what?

[teh DIRT]

i dont know, gona fill her up with oil and hope for the best. im super broke so im screwed.

[RyanG]

Pete, do yourself a favor.. get some Lucas oil treatment and throw it in there.


I'll look for an EJ18 for you.. someone owes me a favor so I might be able to pull some strings

[teh DIRT]

thanks ryan. I think I might do what I should have done from the beginning and buy a DD. Its coming at a bad time but its needed.

[Snoozie]

There are plenty of bargin lots around where you can find a decent DD for for like $500. Joe got his Sentra from one for $450 and it was in pretty good shape.

[Dave]

when you do go to crank it, pull the ignition and let her roll over a few times on the starter, its not as good as priming it with a drill but it beats the hell out of jumping straight to 900 rpm dry

[Intercooled T]

was the car sitting like it is in your avatar?

[S4toSTI]

Pete do you think someone you know did it?

[Renegade_]

Jesus christ, if I found that happened to my car I wouldn't think twice about rearranging their face. I have little to no temper at all either, but that's just some **** you don't **** with...

[teh DIRT]

I really cant think of anyone. Fact remains that I live in northeast philly and the neighborhood has gotten worse and worse over the years.

heres the last of it. chocolate goodness :

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e72/lockenstuff/HPIM1345-2.jpg

[S4toSTI]

I really cant think of anyone. Fact remains that I live in northeast philly and the neighborhood has gotten worse and worse over the years.

heres the last of it. chocolate goodness :

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e72/lockenstuff/HPIM1345-2.jpg

20 bucks if you drink it... i keed i keed.

Well hopefully it was no one you know.

[Renegade_]

quick question... how the hell did they get that much water in there without popping the hood?

[teh DIRT]

they must have popped the hood obviously.

[teh DIRT]

gona go get oil stabilizer and try to start it. fingers crossed.

[mr_eh]

can we have video plz

[Buster]

dude, that seriously looks like someone put a garden hose in it and let it go. You find out anything Pete, im your man.

[S4toSTI]

Yeah i doubt you will find out who it is but i am up for helping if you do.

[teh DIRT]

the engine gods were watching over me today.


3.5 quarts of 10W-40 and one quart of Lucas Oil Stabilizer did the trick. It runs, smokes a good amount but it runs. The smoke is becoming less and less as the car runs so hopefully it will stop altogether.

[RyanG]

ding ding :)

[Loserkidwac]

Stupid question...did you check your coolant?


I'll keep an eye out for a cheap daily beater for you I always seem to find some good deal...

I also hope you primed it a little before you tried to start it!

[Dave]

swap the oil again and run a magnet through it, if your bearings wore at all the shavings will collect on the mag

[ozthunder]

Holy **** dude! At least it's running. Find who it is, and well, go Dirty Harry on their ass..

[9 Ball]

dude that looks like someone took a garden hose and left it in the oil fill for a while.

Definitely looks like a garden hose. Sucks ass, big time!!:mad:

[teh DIRT]

I will change the oil again on sunday.

Yes I checked the coolant, it was perfectly full and perfectly clear. No milk there. This was definitly an act done by someone.

BTW my drain plug is metallic and will show any shavings :).

[sisforsurfing]

I didn't want to respond till you found out what it was, but I'm really glad to hear it runs. That would've been the worst luck ever... well I guess it still is, but at least it runs now.

Good luck.

[mr_eh]

well in light of things working, im gonna go for a super obscure reference here...

i think it was the wet bandits....

[MuddyREX]

Like I said Pete.

You need anything, ANYTHING, let me know. Except for money, cause I'm broke too....

[D Money]

im curious how someone could do that, not to mention why they would do that. Who knows, people are retarted.

[CleanNeon98]

good to hear that its coming back to life

[Loserkidwac]

Well Pete if you don't think its gonna last I'll do you a solid and let snag the EJ18 out of my new Impreza as long as you help me swap in the EJ22

[teh DIRT]

it seems to be holding up. I am going to adjust the valves and re-seal that valve cover gaskets tomorow. It doesn't anymore.

[Honest_Bob]

WTF :mad:

Some people's kids....

[ozthunder]

No more smoking?

[teh DIRT]

yeah no more smoke.

[freebmx444]

thats good^

[Raven18940]

Wow, shocking that someone would do that to you, and amazing that you seem to have gotten away with it. I'd change the oil now, use cheap oil and then go for a good, loooooooooooooooooooong drive. This is to boil and evaporate any water that remains in the engine.

[teh DIRT]

I ripped on it tonight and it didnt miss a beat...got away with this one...

[ozthunder]

Lucky man. Good to see things turn out. Will you be at Temple at all the next couple weeks? I'd love to meet up before classes are finally done.

[ScubaSteve]

Next couple weeks? Finals are done the 9th as far as I know. I still think we need to have a Temple meet.

Back on topic. Glad to hear that you lucked out. I still don't see why anyone would do something so stupid. If it wasn't someone you know I'd expect them to steal **** or just smash it up rather than taking the time to get under the hood and fill it up. Where'd they get all that water from?

[ozthunder]

We certainly do; and don't mind my lack of schedule knowledge. I'm going to town on 4 papers as we speak.

As per the topic. This really got me thinking. Like..how the HELL would anyone deliberately go about doing this? Why the hell would they want to **** with you that bad? Like..did you piss of a neighbor one time or something? Oi.

*looks around*

[teh DIRT]

na my neighbors are mad cool, def not them. And temple and me are no more, Im starting tech school in july.

[ScubaSteve]

na my neighbors are mad cool, def not them. And temple and me are no more, Im starting tech school in july.

I thought about leaving for tech school many times before I just never had enough of a plan to make it work.

[teh DIRT]

Me has a plan, muahaha. yeah I think its best for me, lying to myself about wanting to goto college only works for so long.

[joe tom]

lying to myself about wanting to goto college only works for so long.
so true!!! glad to see your cars running, i can't believe someone would have done that. it's really f-ed up, but if you are still looing for a real cheap DD, there is a donation lot on lincoln hwy past pep boys. they sell stuff really cheap, and most of the cars run semi okay. i just sold my sentra, but that puppy past state inspection/emissions w/out a problem, and i only spent 450!

[markley02]

How could someone do that to your car? Wouldn't you see them? Is this whole thing a joke? Any marks from them breaking into your car to pop the hood?

[Dave]

well in light of things working, im gonna go for a super obscure reference here...

i think it was the wet bandits....

Home alone.


Glad to hear shes workin for ya pete, mag oil plug is a really great idea

[MuddyREX]

Just a thought.

If this was a few weeks ago, your block would have been frozen solid.

[Blkmax]

glad to see that everything worked out for you man. sucks that it happened, but atleast you didnt lose out on anything. good luck with it!

[turbo4g63]

well i'm glad you got your car back up and running, hopefully nothing like that happens again....alarm system ftw

[OMGz Turbo]

Wow pete...i definitely missed this whole entire topic bro. But im glad that she is all well and running. If you find anything out about this ****..ill pm you my new number, There are ways to handle this stuff.

[ozthunder]

Any luck in finding out what happened?

[teh DIRT]

nope, havent heard any talk about who did it. I guess they were smart enough not to run their mouth.

[dancemf666]

Wow just saw this thread.You really think someone filled your car with water?Thats pretty FKED up.Sorry to hear.

[ketchup!]

sorry to hear about this pete, ****ing people. I found a crack on my windshield last week and have no idea who did it :(

[twistedlanes]

Ain't that some sh** I didn't open this thread at first cuz I thought it was actually sbout guns. Oh well good luck with the car mang,