Can I start this flooded car?

2008 Honda Civic Hydrid in garage. After I came back from vacation, found very wet carpets inside, and water drops in tail pipe, but engine compartment looks completely dry. Engine oil dipstick and transmission fluid dipstick are also free of water. The high water mark in the car may be just above the edge of the passenger compartment (so I suppose water seeps in from there). Can I try starting the engine?

wrote:
> 2008 Honda Civic Hydrid in garage. After I came back from vacation, found very wet
> carpets inside, and water drops in tail pipe, but engine compartment looks completely
> dry. Engine oil dipstick and transmission fluid dipstick are also free of water. The
> high water mark in the car may be just above the edge of the passenger compartment (so
> I suppose water seeps in from there). Can I try starting the engine?

It's a hybrid. Have it towed to a Honda dealer and let them inspect.
If water was inside the car then it probably got into both motors and batteries.

On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 12:05:41 AM UTC-5, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
> wrote:
> > 2008 Honda Civic Hydrid in garage. After I came back from vacation, found very wet
> > carpets inside, and water drops in tail pipe, but engine compartment looks completely
> > dry. Engine oil dipstick and transmission fluid dipstick are also free of water. The
> > high water mark in the car may be just above the edge of the passenger compartment (so
> > I suppose water seeps in from there). Can I try starting the engine?
>
> It's a hybrid. Have it towed to a Honda dealer and let them inspect.
> If water was inside the car then it probably got into both motors and batteries.

Thanks. I can turn on the lights, turn key to ON and open the windows. So the battery works. Everything in the engine compartment looks dry including the battery terminals. If you're talking about the IMA battery, I don't know.

Update. I was able to start the engine. The water was half way on the wheel. I'll remember that mark.

Some articles say weird problem might happen down the road if the car is really flooded. But since I don't have comprehensive insurance, this is all I want to do now.