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Alot9439 · 10-13-2013, 02:54 PM

Hello, everyone something rather unusual happened to me today I was driving and it was raining pretty hard well I drove through a somewhat small body of water ( a lot of cars where driving though it) noway around it. As I drove I got a message saying "oil pump pressure stop engine immediate" as this happened I started hearing weird sounds and I pulled in to the median. will I sat their for like 2 hours waiting on a tow truck. while waiting I could see all types of cars driving though the water. I felt like a fool do I hate my car for doing so ? hell no but I do wonder why every imaginable car drove though

.

I was wondering would the issue just be an oil pump or could I of possibly flooded my engine

. I did try cranking it over it does but it shakes and putters so I just turned it off.

ChrisBlair · 10-13-2013, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Alot9439

Hello, everyone something rather unusual happened to me today I was driving and it was raining pretty hard well I drove through a somewhat small body of water ( a lot of cars where driving though it) noway around it. As I drove I got a message saying "oil pump pressure stop engine immediate" as this happened I started hearing weird sounds and I pulled in to the median. will I sat their for like 2 hours waiting on a tow truck. while waiting I could see all types of cars driving though the water. I felt like a fool do I hate my car for doing so ? hell no but I do wonder why every imaginable car drove though

.

I was wondering would the issue just be an oil pump or could I of possibly flooded my engine

. I did try cranking it over it does but it shakes and putters so I just turned it off.

A few things may have happened. It may just be an electrical issue, a short caused by the water immersion, or it may have started as an electrical issue and this caused an actual mechanical problem.

It also may have had nothing to do with the water and was just coincidence.

I do not know the ins and outs of the Camaro engine, V6 or V8 to be definitive.

However "flooding your engine" has nothing to do with water. It is a term from when cars had chokes and carburetors, and refers to putting too much fuel in the combustion chambers.

If water got into your engine, that means a few things, all bad. It is conceivable that water did go into your air intake and into the engine. How this relates to oil pressure is not clear to me. That would instead be a recipe for "hydro-lock" in which water pressure (usually from a leaky head gasket or cracked head) builds on the piston-face side of the piston and this pressure resists the reciprocating mass forcing it up the cylinder bore. Bad things ensue. if this happens, I'm not sure what the oil pressure sensor would do, but if the reciprocating mass stops, that typically stops oil pressure.

When the DIC says "stop engine", it's wise to stop the engine.

Mobyd · 10-13-2013, 05:02 PM

hardly related to water in my opinion

not · 10-13-2013, 05:09 PM

Were you using GM Dexos approved oil? ....

jd10013 · 10-13-2013, 05:50 PM

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Were you using GM Dexos approved oil? ....

that wouldn't make any difference. the only reason GM requires it or something better is because that's what your OLM is calibrated for.

not · 10-13-2013, 06:54 PM

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that wouldn't make any difference. the only reason GM requires it or something better is because that's what your OLM is calibrated for.

What does the OLM do?

Dknight16 · 10-13-2013, 06:56 PM

Calculates oil life throughout the driving cycle and let's you know when it's time to change it.

not · 10-13-2013, 07:04 PM

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Calculates oil life throughout the driving cycle and let's you know when it's time to change it.

Thanks, wonder if my car came with that. There is a huge book behind a panel that opens and closes by the passenger seat, it is attached to the shelf that holds the radio and stuff. Maybe I can find some information there, but it is nicely sealed in a plastic protective bag and I would hate to ruin that.

Aqua_Blue_SS · 10-13-2013, 07:05 PM

Cai scoop? I don't have one so i don't know if this could happen but is it possible it scooped up some water? Don't know if that would mess with your oil pressure though.

AdamEL · 10-13-2013, 07:09 PM

Man, that sucks... But at least your car was smart enough to tell you to turn it off. That's pretty cool, at least.

Mobyd · 10-13-2013, 07:12 PM

Alot9439 · 10-13-2013, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Mobyd

was not that bad

I can take a joke. I hope its not something major but I assume the water level probably was about less than the front bumper ground clearness. I am hoping it would be something simple I been over thinking but would a slight exhaust leak and water submergence cause this issue?.

REDXIIIDave · 10-14-2013, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by not

Thanks, wonder if my car came with that. There is a huge book behind a panel that opens and closes by the passenger seat, it is attached to the shelf that holds the radio and stuff. Maybe I can find some information there, but it is nicely sealed in a plastic protective bag and I would hate to ruin that.

KJS · 10-14-2013, 11:05 PM

So...what's the verdict?

10-13-2013, 02:54 PM	#1
Alot9439 Drives: 2SS RS Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 195	Oil pump and rain ? Hello, everyone something rather unusual happened to me today I was driving and it was raining pretty hard well I drove through a somewhat small body of water ( a lot of cars where driving though it) noway around it. As I drove I got a message saying "oil pump pressure stop engine immediate" as this happened I started hearing weird sounds and I pulled in to the median. will I sat their for like 2 hours waiting on a tow truck. while waiting I could see all types of cars driving though the water. I felt like a fool do I hate my car for doing so ? hell no but I do wonder why every imaginable car drove though . I was wondering would the issue just be an oil pump or could I of possibly flooded my engine . I did try cranking it over it does but it shakes and putters so I just turned it off.

10-13-2013, 07:12 PM	#11
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KJS Drives: '10 RJT,'95&'14 Vette Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cut Throat, NY Posts: 1,723 View My Garage	So...what's the verdict? __________________ *"As ye sow, so shall ye reap" - Me* Mine at sunset

10-13-2013, 05:02 PM	#3
Mobyd Drives: 2010 White 2SS/RS,01 F150 SuperCrew Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Everett Wa Posts: 206	hardly related to water in my opinion

10-13-2013, 05:09 PM	#4
not Account Suspended Drives: Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 341	Were you using GM Dexos approved oil? ....

10-13-2013, 06:56 PM	#7
Dknight16 Drives: 2014 2SS RS Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 22	Calculates oil life throughout the driving cycle and let's you know when it's time to change it.

10-13-2013, 07:05 PM	#9
Aqua_Blue_SS Drives: 2010 ABM 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 341	Cai scoop? I don't have one so i don't know if this could happen but is it possible it scooped up some water? Don't know if that would mess with your oil pressure though.

10-13-2013, 07:09 PM	#10
AdamEL Adam E. Lucchesi Drives: 2010 1SS/RS LS3 VR Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 1,381 View My Garage	Man, that sucks... But at least your car was smart enough to tell you to turn it off. That's pretty cool, at least.