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    Accord Euro 2006 - hit by floods

    My car was hit by the recent flooding and unfortunately I don't have any insurance on it (first time after 10 years of no incidents I decided to cancel it too =\). Anyways engine won't turn over and it appears the water got up to at least the seats. It was parked on a slant so it did manage to get on top of the passenger seat but not the drivers seat.. Not sure where the ECU is but the fuse box definitely got wet. I noticed some water coming out of the exhaust and decided to stop trying to start it. It's Sunday today so won't be able to take it to a mechanic. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

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    Yes,get it to a mechanic ASAP!

    Sorry to hear mate,tough blow.But get it to a mechanic so you can ease your mind.

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    The ecu sits under the headunit . So if fusebox got wet the the ecu definately got water cause they are thr same height
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    Good luck,hope you get the Euro sorted out soon...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fredoops View Post
    The ecu sits under the headunit . So if fusebox got wet the the ecu definately got water cause they are thr same height
    Thanks for the posts guys.

    Looks like it probably would have hit the ECU then... I hadn't touched the car for 5-6 days so hopefully it would have dried out by then?

    I'm getting the car detailed tomorrow and will take it to a mechanic... Funnily enough I actually found footage of my car on facebook (zooms in around 23s and is the black car inbetween the white wagon and the small car):
    https://www.facebook.com/axp02/video...8505902155220/

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    Ok what you wanna do is to open the side. And maybe even take the ecu out to dry..

    https://www.hondata.com/tsx_ecu_removal.html

    Obviously don't touch the steering column but the rest is pretty much the same.

    The ecu plugs. Pull it out and insert a few times in case the connecters had started to rust this way you might be able to scrape the surface rust off.
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    Thanks Fred. Will follow this guide. There were two other things I noticed:

    - the airbag light is on but hasn't been deployed. All the other electronics seem to work including aircon
    - gear shift is locked and the brake pedal is held at the bottom. I released the gear shift (via pressing down small switch next to it) but brake was still locked.

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    Reset the srs light:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-9iQ5rN62tg

    just did it on my mates civic,it works.

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    Thanks for all the help and suggestions guys.

    Just pulled out the ECU, was still wet. Same as the SRS airbag unit. Checked the airfilter and it was still dry so at least nothing got into the engine. Gonna dry out the ECU and airbag unit and check for any damage, was probably shorting with all the water around. Fingers crossed there wasn't any damage otherwise worst case may be to replace it. Haven't checked all the fuses but so far none has blown.

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    Cool as "guy"

    My old ecu sat opened in heavy rain for a week,it was on the scrap pile,then I needed it,connected it and it worked!!

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