hydrolocked - i think, what are my options Options

[bman]

Ok so anyone who lives on or near long island knows we got some extreme rain last night. Driving home from work my block was flooded as usual and I never had a problem. I have a CAI but it is situated where I never had a problem with the water.

Last night was different.

Upon fording the river my car stalled out and in fear of hydro lock I didn't bother trying to start it. Instead I took off my work shoes, socks, rolled my pants up and simply pushed the car into the front of the house where the water wasn't so deep (2 inches)

I tried to start the car but all i heard was clicking. I can't go into details beyond what I say because it was cold and dark and the amount of troubleshooting i was able to do was limited.

I'm pretty savvy with mechanical things, so I pushed the car into the driveway and pulled the spark plugs thinking if would give the water some place to go. I tried to crank it and I still heard click click click as i turned the key to start it. I inspected the spark plugs and they weren't even wet! It was always my assumption that a hydro locked motor was waterlogged and you'd have, at the least, web spark plugs. Hell, they were still hot when I pulled them. It was too dark to see inside the cylinder(s) to look for water.

I had the g/f drive me to work, and with Valentines day today and work again on Friday I won't be able to sink any time into repairing it until Saturday.

In thinking about it, I'm thinking i may have just stalled the car out, and water-logged the starter. I may be mechanically inclined but I lack experience.

So... what do you guys think?

In addition, here are my specs
94 Celica 1.8 manual w/ CAI
147K (used to) run mint.

Thanks for your time everyone!!

[bman]

Update:

It was hydrolocked. I had some friends give me a rolling start and i'd pop the clutch to force the engine to move. I did this because I (thought) I didnt see any water in the combustion chambers.

After the first push, I looked under the hood and noticed some water came out!! We repeated the process a few more times getting more and more water out and the engine eventually was able to turn over. I cranked it and watched a beautiful water show as the pistons pushed out the water.

At this point I was satisfied so I put the plugs/wires back in and cranked it. Something was wrong, I had absolutely no compression...

I'm leaning towards my hypothesis that the timing belt slipped a bit and screwed up the timing.

In the next day or two I'll rent a towing dolly and use my friends truck to tow my car to the shop to get it checked out. Its a shame I only have 15K on this timing belt/water pump! doh!

Assuming this is the problem, I think I was lucky. I'll keep this thread updated, and thanks again for the help/advice!