Well, it has been raining, a lot, here in the Metro East St. Louis area overnight... It was a normal morning for me... woke up at 4:20am, showered, put uniform on, left for work... Then the problems started...
On my way to work, on a dark, desolate stretch of roadway, it happened... I drove directly into about 3-4 feet deep, approximately 100ft wide body of water that was covering the roadway, at 50 mph... It was like hitting a brick wall... Luckily I was able to get myself out of it, but the damage was done.. I thought I was in the clear as I got out of that lake, the car was running fine, lights, radio, etc. were all working. No issues...
That is until I got about 2 miles down the road... I figured if I would have any issues, it would be electrical... Nope... The check engine light begins to continuously flash, and the car starts to stutter... RPMs won't go above 2,000... I manage to "limp" this damaged beast to work about 5 miles away...
I hook up my trusty OBDII reader, and get the following code... P1326, which according to google is the dreaded KSDS Code... I don't know if something got wet inside my engine compartment, or if the impact maybe screwed something up internally.. I parked the Kia in our police department garage and inspected under the hood. It appears that it is mostly dry, which is odd considering the deepness of the water... I left it inside with the hood open. It should sit about 10 hours while I am working...
My question is, could there be a sensor that may have gotten wet that could cause this, and not the actual rod bearings vibrating? I am hoping for the best that it dries out and runs properly, but am expecting the worse... Also is something like this covered by insurance? I can't imagine the warranty covering this...
Thanks in advance for any help or comments. I appreciate it...
Ticked off cop in Illinois
On my way to work, on a dark, desolate stretch of roadway, it happened... I drove directly into about 3-4 feet deep, approximately 100ft wide body of water that was covering the roadway, at 50 mph... It was like hitting a brick wall... Luckily I was able to get myself out of it, but the damage was done.. I thought I was in the clear as I got out of that lake, the car was running fine, lights, radio, etc. were all working. No issues...
That is until I got about 2 miles down the road... I figured if I would have any issues, it would be electrical... Nope... The check engine light begins to continuously flash, and the car starts to stutter... RPMs won't go above 2,000... I manage to "limp" this damaged beast to work about 5 miles away...
I hook up my trusty OBDII reader, and get the following code... P1326, which according to google is the dreaded KSDS Code... I don't know if something got wet inside my engine compartment, or if the impact maybe screwed something up internally.. I parked the Kia in our police department garage and inspected under the hood. It appears that it is mostly dry, which is odd considering the deepness of the water... I left it inside with the hood open. It should sit about 10 hours while I am working...
My question is, could there be a sensor that may have gotten wet that could cause this, and not the actual rod bearings vibrating? I am hoping for the best that it dries out and runs properly, but am expecting the worse... Also is something like this covered by insurance? I can't imagine the warranty covering this...
Thanks in advance for any help or comments. I appreciate it...
Ticked off cop in Illinois