CorradoDriver 0 Posted July 19, 2006 Hey YEsterday my friend and i went to white castle and it started to rain so we decieded to leave, while were going we ran in to some flood water. I had no choice but to drive through it. The water was upto half way on my doors and the corrado being so low didnt help. The car started to sputter i was hoping it wasnt gona die on me. I was able to make it through but wasnt sure if i had done any damage. Is there anything i should do to make sure the car is alright. It seems fine but i dont know. All for those white castle burgers. (you guys have white castle there, you must have seen harold and kumar go to white castle)(How about that draw)(Cricket) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted July 19, 2006 You would know if you had hydaulic'd the engine with water almost straight away, sounds like you got away with it mate. If I did that in my car it would definitely write the engine off as the filter is right down in the bumper! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve_16v 0 Posted July 19, 2006 Interesting, the road I usually drive home on occaisonally floods about a foot deep for 30m or so, always wondered if it would make it through. Never dared to try it though, getting stuck halfway through a load of filthy water (run off from fields) never appealed. As for the cricket, a draw was a pretty fair result, might have been a Pakistan win if they could catch the ball. The bowling was pretty bad from both sides though, hopefully Flintoff will make a difference for us in the next test. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Furkz 0 Posted July 19, 2006 pull the spoiler out and hang it on the wall to dry for a few hours Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bojmobile 0 Posted July 19, 2006 pull the spoiler out and hang it on the wall to dry for a few hours :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorradoDriver 0 Posted July 19, 2006 Haha, good one, you come up with that your self lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted July 20, 2006 if it's running OK now it's dried out, then you're almost certainly OK... Odds are you just got water into some of the electrics which caused the spluttering. If the engine had "breathed" in any water, you'd know as it'd pretty much die straight out with one hell of a judder and wouldn't want to run again afterwards... I've seen an engine hydraulic lock before and it's not a pretty sight or sound, and the damage it does is unreal... I've never seen an engine bend all 4 con-rods, crack all the pistons and the block and bend valves while being driven normally on a road before... :crazyeyes: the engine (and subsequently the car) was a write off because of it... (XR3i, so not that much of a loss! :lol: ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigowl 0 Posted July 20, 2006 It's only water - but you try squashing it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites