water in my turbo intake pipe = BOOM

[boricua52385]

6.5 hours into a 7 hour road trip, my two died... when I was taking the engine out for the rebuild, I noticed water in the intake pipe. It had been driven in rain but that's about it; I didn't try to cross any rivers if that's what you're thinking. Any ideas on how to prevent this from happening again and blowin up my rebuilt motor? I noticed I don't have some of the splash guards that go under the motor, will that solve the problem, or do I need to enclose the filter and extend a pipe down to the side scoop. Thanx

[NoSirItsAToyota]

Thats odd. How much water? Unless it was a lot, it shouldn't harm the motor at all. If it was in fact bad then why would we buy water injection kits?

[JekylandHyde]

Water in the intake pipe does not equal blown up engine.
What kind of MR2 do you have?
Usually Turbo MR2s blow up from detonation.

[boricua52385]

quite a good amount, it was a stock 5sfe with the Burien Toyota turbo kit. the official cause of the blown motor was spinning a bearing. There were plenty of other things wrong with it too. I just figured a pipe full of water was bad news.

[JekylandHyde]

The 5SFE is a weak engine and 99% of the owners I have seen that have tried to turbo it (which is a lot) have blown it up.
It's not the greatest engine to base a forced inducted car on.

How much water was in there? ... that is the question.
Regardless, if water wasthe problem then your engine would have been hydro-locked ... not a spun bearing.
I am guessing the engine was either: overrevved, too little oil or just was too weak to handle the power the turbo added.

[2k4CamThrilla]

engine swap.

[MR-355-5sfTe]

were the internals (i.e. - pistons,rods...) stock for the 5sfe?