IT FINALLY HAPPENED.. I OFFICIALLY BROKE THE Z06 THE DUMBEST WAY POSSIBLE. WE CAN FIX IT THOUGH!

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@VetOnVettes Ай бұрын

*Update* spent all day farting with the O2 sensors (upstream). Got Denso replacements & of course the pig tails were not long enough & different connectors of course (long tube problems) spliced the old connectors to the new and threw them in. Fired right up & idled fine for 30 minutes. Still need to get it off Jack's & do a proper test drive with live data. So far so good. Also, there was no water intrusion in the intake & the ECU PCM under the battery was dry. All of the suggestions were/are much appreciated. Update video coming tomorrow.

@bry2k Ай бұрын

I woulda parked in front of that puddle and started directing traffic. 😅

@troy8940 Ай бұрын

My friend , I thought you was gonna say you wrecked the Corvette . I almost cried for you 🥲 keep us posted on the fix .😎

@lorigilbert3173 Ай бұрын

Oh no! Mark I am so sorry to hear this 😢 But I know you, and you will definitely figure it out👍

@shaark92 Ай бұрын

Mercy. You are spot on about the hydralock susceptibility, though. I have done that .... or had it done to me. Flash flood thunderstorm on a 3 lane interstate ... low level on the right ... traffic is "zippering" on the left shoulder. I was watching very carefully, took my turn behind a Suburban ... but then bubba (and if I weren't in the C5Z, it could have been me) took his lifted truck through the right shoulder and I got "storm surged." Couldn't shutoff quick enough. Maybe one day I'll have another, but the Vettes are not bad weather drivers at all. Easy to hydroplane with the wide tires too. Hope ya got fixed.

@brandonlester8093 Ай бұрын

I live in Surf City in NC. I have the same problems with the rain and the tides and standing water. I drive a 2012 Grand Sport LT 4 ( also Valocity Yellow, btw) as my daily driver. There is always on spot after it rains that holds water about 57 inches deep. I always have to drive through it to get home. The same thing happens to mine. Go through the water, and then it sounds and runs like Chevette, haha. Scanner tells me mi's fire. So the last 2 times it happened, I opened the hood and could not see anything. Bu could hear something off coming from cylinder 6 or 8. I shut the lights off, and there it was. Water has sprayed up into cylinder 8s spark plug well, and it was arching like one of those globes you get from Spencer's gifts. Sprayed some compressed air in there to get the water out and let it dry overnight. The next day was like nothing ever happened. I'm not saying that's what's going on, but that's what keeps happening with mine. I feel your pain and hope you get it fixed soon and cheaply. Lol. God luck.

@jwlee1059 Ай бұрын

I am grateful that I have a truck to drive on bad days. I am a fair weather Vette driver.

@dannpd1955 Ай бұрын

Me too.

@jamescarpenter1700 Ай бұрын

Hey Mark, I have had this happen here in HR also. Pull your air filter and make sure it is dry, check your engine dipstick for water in the oil, if it tucked it in through the intake you should change the oil. There is a possibility you have foul a spark plug or two also. To be on the safe side stop running it until you check everything! My two cents!

@777RP1 Ай бұрын

The other thought is to check the grounds. Maybe you got water in the connectors.

@angelotodaro1475 Ай бұрын

The time between the puddle and the start of the problem may suggest steam (which can infiltrate anywhere) as the culprit, for what that’s worth. Definitely not hydrolock (don’t ask me how I know). Please keep us posted.

@NY-DIYMECH Ай бұрын

Its happened to me before as well. If you have a cold air intake that takes air from the bottom, chanes are the MAF took some water on. Dry off your Mass Air sensor, or replace it. If you can look at live data, chk your MAF readings. I mean anything can happen, o2's could have took water through a connector, or maybe your PCM was damaged. Chk your MAF sensor, trust me. Be safe, Cheers.

@GIZZMOTORSPORTS Ай бұрын

That’s my first thought too. Check MAF and all the ducting for water, before getting on it. Can still hydro lock it if there water in there. If that’s all good check compression and grab a bore scope.

@floodx4947 Ай бұрын

Be careful with the cheap sensors. Or, at least be aware that they are very often bad out of the box, or go bad very quickly. Don't want to have the problems return, and start chasing a Red Herring. The Delco's are pricey (about $75 a pop), but worth it.

@Ranguvar13 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Good to hear and that sounds like a good bit of stress. Hope it eases with results soon as you check sensors and electronics. I drive in the wet all the time with my C5Z, love it too much to always keep it garaged, though I have a great manual Accord too. Continental ECS02 hook great dry and are phenomenal in the rain. Don't think I'd ever chance water like that though unless I was going to lose my job over it. In any other car sure, but not these. Thanks for all the advice and videos thus far! I'm sure you'll be throwing her around again in no time

@doncollins786 Ай бұрын

A couple of days ago, I locked my keys in my pickup, and had an urgent errand to run. I took my 01 ZO6 to run the errand, and it started raining. My 01, with 23K on it has never been driven in the rain, or wet. I felt bad for my car! Glad I didn't get into anything deep! Yours actually sounded almost like it fixed itself, interested to see if the 02 sensors fixes it. Good luck!

@SicilianC5 Ай бұрын

Hey brother so sorry to hear this happened to you! Looks like your handling it pretty well, and I'm sure you'll get it straight pretty quick. I suggest opening the hood, maybe remove the cover to the computer behind the right front wheel, and anything else you can think of to open up. Then place a dehumidifier close to the front of the car and place some plastic sheeting over the car and dehumidifier. Leave a little room for the dehumidifier to breathe and let it run for several hours. That should help pull any moisture out of those things we don't want moisture in. My previous experience at dealerships taught me a lot. I can't tell you how many cars I've seen come back on the hook after the detail guys cleaned the engine lol! Water always finds a way in and engine heat helps it turn to steam making it even worse. Trust me, dehumidifiers are your friends! Soaking wet carpets and seats would be dry by morning after a freshly scrubbed (or windows/top left down in the rain) interior by shutting the doors and windows, putting a dehumidifier in the car and letting it run all night! I'm thinking it'll work for you too with your under hood electronics. The plastic sheeting will concentrate the drying efforts more on your car rather than it trying to dry the entire garage, which should speed the process along for you. Hope this helps!🙂

@craigswanson7478 Ай бұрын

The computer is behind the passenger front wheel and could get wet

@Repomex01 Ай бұрын

I would remove, open up and blow dry it. I doubt its the 02 Sensors

@Ranguvar13 Ай бұрын

@@Repomex01 from a pc/phone guy, agreed about blow dry. better than rice, etc. targeted rubbing alcohol can help remove corrosion too but don't bathe everything glue, etc. in it

@madmikesprops Ай бұрын

I was gonna say that, and also what about the MAF sensor *bottom feeder* bet you sucked up quite a bit of water in the intake duct and smoked the MAF. 😉🤙

@dannpd1955 Ай бұрын

Wish you the best. I’m betting o2 sensors fix it.

@curtisspain8631 Ай бұрын

Hang in there brother

@VetOnVettes Ай бұрын

🤙👍 appreciate it. It's unfortunate, but I will get it sorted.

@jonranper Ай бұрын

Just a couple of thoughts brother. I'm a recently retired tech with about 40 years experiance. Your pcm no doubt made a pile of corrections during your drive. You might disconnect the battery, touch the cables together and restart it with the scanner hooked up. Your fuel trims should reset and you can watch what happens. I also had a Ford truck that had blown head gaskets and my guys replaced them. I ook the truck for a drive in town for a few miles and then hit the freeway. The truck started running poorly and set the ck eng light. I had to tow it back to the shop. It turned out that when I punched the gas getting on the freeway all 4 cats blew apart apparently from all the moisture still in the exhaust. That took me a little while to find out. I actually found it using a vacuum gauge and I saw I had poor vacuum from the cats having collapsed . It actually made a huge difference just loosening the headpipes.

@ericervin4778 Ай бұрын

Love your videos. Got a question. What are the benefits of a scan tool being that the C5 Z06 has an onboard diagnostic feature?

@RTMZ06 Ай бұрын

The exact same thing happened to me with my 04' Z06, I had to change my driver side upstream O2 sensor and that solved it but smart move to just change them all for the price. I suggest you take out your air filter and let it dry out as well as it will be saturated with water (if it is paper just replace it). Good luck! P.S. please stop driving it until you get your new sensors.

@williamtricarico6684 Ай бұрын

Yeah, the first things that get wet when submerged are the air temperature sensor, secondary air injection pump and check valve, the ECM. And the TAC module. The last two are mounted on the frame approximately under and in front of the fender vent on the passenger side just behind the inner wheel well. Theres access panels. I had a similar problem once and as solid state as the ECM is the TAC module is a plastic incased circuit board with lots of space. Mine got completely filled with water, forcing limp mode and all kinds of problems. This is why you should never pressure wash or automatic car wash anywhere near this area underneath or near that fender vent. There is shielding but it's not absolutely water tight, it was only designed to resist mild splashing, not submerging, or forced water under pressure. I had to drain the module split the case open use contact cleaner and vacuum dry the biard and terminals on the connector. Then I put it back together and wrapped everything with the flex seal 1' wide tape to completely protect the ECM, TAC and all associated wiring and connectors before remounting. Its easier to deal with if you remove the passenger fender but can be done underneath from the access panels.

@MorbidThrasher666 Ай бұрын

Wow,sux but i hope it gets sorted by the o2's. Good luck.

@kylerrobichaux Ай бұрын

I’ve driven mine through a foot of water and mine was doing a lot of the same things that yours did and it fixed itself after about an hour of leaving it to dry.

@autogaragelife Ай бұрын

bummer, reckon the C5 was feeling left out of the channel and said "I'm gonna give you some content...."

@VetOnVettes Ай бұрын

Haha. It legit felt like that

@lockonstratos7787 Ай бұрын

Wow the timing, iv had mine since 2020 and its been good except 1 time when the glass top broke the passenger footwell got wet pretty good, well i think the module down there finally took a shit.

@castlegarage6969 Ай бұрын

Everyone has an opinion ..me too but im guessing water intrusion at o2...plug dry them out replug in .more than likely

@cablelag Ай бұрын

Hows the air filter? Wet?

@777RP1 Ай бұрын

I wish we could have had video of you driving home, keeping the car over 4 grand, with the video showing the expression on other motorists faces, thinking, what is this guy on?!?

@VetOnVettes Ай бұрын

Haha

@briancleveland6115 Ай бұрын

My brother drove my 02 Yellow Corvette through some deep water, the carpet got pretty wet but other than that is was Ok..

@rodneypollard3204 Ай бұрын

I had a 04 C5Z same color, I broke mine a dumb way too. Getting on the high way banging gears 1-3 was supposed to go to 4th went to 2nd and exploded my diff

@T_Smooth_ Ай бұрын

You're that much outta content you gotta break the C5 😂 J.K Hope it's just the O2 sensors good luck! ❤

@greenscobie86 Ай бұрын

Just a thought, I once had an ignition coil get ruined by pressure washing the motor. It would only start manifesting itself when the engine warmed up. Maybe get it warm and check for arcing with the lights off/hood open, it will be easy to see if a wire/boot/coil is having an issue.

@VetOnVettes Ай бұрын

That's good advice. All indications so far are a bad O2, but I will definitely look into this if the problem is still there. 🤙🤙

@greenscobie86 Ай бұрын

@@VetOnVettes For sure. Just something else to add to your arsenal in case you need it! Side question: do you have any weatherstripping water leaks in your car? (particularly in the footwell areas)

@NY-DIYMECH Ай бұрын

@@greenscobie86 Check your windshield cowl drain ducts, also know as utters. They could be clogged. When that happens water fills up amd starts to leak into the interior. Also, chk along the plastic trim around the doors. The plastic trim known as rain channels, the adhesive weakens and starts to leak from there as well. Best way to see that is to feel the head linner up above your head. If it's wet there it's those rain channels or trim. It leaks down and settles in the foot well. Hope it helps, Cheers.

@greenscobie86 Ай бұрын

@@NY-DIYMECH thanks for the reply. Checked and cleaned those. Seems like my issue is the weatherstripping between the front and pillar and the door rubber, but not 💯 percent sure

@sniperpronerfmods9811 Ай бұрын

Can you link the file of your vcm scanner log? To see if we have the same issue or if someone realizes your issue

@VetOnVettes Ай бұрын

Yeah, tomorrow night I will run it through a better battery of testing and provide better live scans.

@VettesGalore Ай бұрын

I had to replace some of those!

@briancleveland6115 Ай бұрын

I broke my 2002 Yellow Corvette when I hit a curb really hard.

@C5Zthings 28 күн бұрын

Just incase you didn’t know these cars do have a built in scanner you can access on the dash you know? You don’t need that scanner

@VetOnVettes 28 күн бұрын

I'm very familiar with the built in DIC code scanner. I have my live scanner in my glove box and it's just easier when you are trying to troubleshoot. Plus the DIC does not give live data such as fuel trims and O2 voltage etc (which is what I really needed to see). Good looking out though.

@rustyshacklesIV 8 күн бұрын

Soaked the ECU bro

@VetOnVettes 8 күн бұрын

That was definitely in the running for the culprit. It ended up being the O2 sensor extension harness.They got soaked (shorted) & corroded out. Unpinned them. Cleaned them up & repinned them and it was all set.

@michaelm3381 Ай бұрын

You must be stressed. I've never heard you drop the f bomb in a video.

@VetOnVettes Ай бұрын

Oh definitely, especially with all of the moving parts right now in my personal life trying to sell my house & buying a new one and having a newborn (sleep deprived) etc etc. Was really just mad at myself for giving me another obstacle. But, I will get it sorted out. 🤙👍