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Originally Posted by honda_racing101
Yeah, you might be screwed. That white smoke and loss of power and ticking is pry from water. Did the filter get submerged? For damage just take it to a repair shop and have him look at it. hydrolock can cause the engine to seize but obviously yours didn't. So yeah take it to a mechanic and have him check it out.
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bent valves - broken rod.. something of that nature.. - if you leaked a boatload of oil - chances are you put a rod thru the side of your block or something...
basically what happens - if you don't have a bypass valve - if your air intake sucks huge amounts of water - it disperses it to the cylinders - as it would normally the air - however water does NOT compress the way air does (naturally) so as the piston travels UP on it's compression stroke (when both the exhaust valves/intake valves are closed) - a lot of bad things happen. the water is not compressing...and the water - now has NO WHERE to go/exit. the piston is trying to travel upwards so the connecting rod/piston pin that is moving the piston upwards takes the brunt of the impact force... but obviously anything taking that kinda force is gonna have negative side effects on everything else in the chain.. ie: your crankshaft/bearings/valves.. meh..
i hate to be the bearer of bad news - but you are pretty much shopping for a new engine... consider a jdm h22a.
people with a CAI should consider the AEM bypass valve for this very reason - or just stick with shortram - despite it's 1hp less or whateva the dyno's say. if you live in a totally rainy place - CAI's aren't worth it - in my opinion.
best of luck,.