yes insurance will cover it. this is because a new shortblock/longblock as long as your head is good will only cost around 4k max, not sure about mazda's. where as the car costs, what around 25k?

most insurance companies go by a percentage rate to total a car, being that a rate of 70-75% damage to a car is not worth fixing(this is for newer cars). being that you only damage your motor and maybe a few electronical devices you should be fine.

the only problem is your car is gonna be at the mazda dealer for probly about a week or so depending on part availability and shipping of the new motor, then the assembly time will factor in as well.

 

Rod or Valve.

Not a good idea to try to start the motor. Should have taken outt eh plugs and cranked and video taped it, then posted it.

 

also ont forget that you may have fried the Mass air flow sensor if you sucked up a lot of water threw the intake. I no the car shouldnt start if it cant read the amount of air coming in but iv seen it work before and not set off any codes.

 

thanks all, still unsure of what i do now. It runs fine. no CEL, but i don't know if my paranoidness is making me think i hear a tap or what. My car makes noise as it is <FI @~1300psi> but i keep thinking i hear something else.

 

Have a dealership check it out

 

as far as the "ticking" sound...is it at idle and than does it go away as the RPMs climb or does it get louder/faster as the RPMs go up?

 

what kind of joke is that