Originally Posted by rich8075
The conrods were the start. I bought the car as a repariable writeoff. The damage was done as a result of fast, high rev thru a puddle and the water was ingested via the air intake at bumper level. this is not a one of type event either as other blogs on this site show.
I killed my 156 TS engine by driving too quick through a really big puddle (water was lapping on the bottom of the car big). I've driven like that in many a Japanese car without a problem. I guess the GTA intake, that I had only recently installed, didn't do me any favours, neither I guess lowering it 25mm
Still, lesson learnt, I certainly treat puddles with a lot more respect these days!