driving through floods
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steady speed so you push a small bow wave in front of you which helps maintain a gap between water and under the bonnet
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I always go through on bit as the saxo air intake it just above the radiator.
Whats the best way of getting through one then? low gear high revs?
Whats the best way of getting through one then? low gear high revs?
Not necessarily! That's what can be considered fresh water (even though it's a bit murky), which doesn't always muck cars up. They'll be written off almost certainly, I grant you, but it doesn't mean they're not rescuable. Now salt (or sea) water - that really does do damage!Tom|Nbk said:
i killed the work van driving through a flood 
ive done it loads of times before i just went in to fast and the water got into the intake 
, i managed to move it on the starter in first gear lol untill a landy helped us out.
it did start after some serious pumping of the go pedal, and it smoked like a trooper, the boss took it home but in the morning it was seized lol. 2.5k it cost the insurance.
ive done it loads of times before i just went in to fast and the water got into the intake , i managed to move it on the starter in first gear lol untill a landy helped us out. it did start after some serious pumping of the go pedal, and it smoked like a trooper, the boss took it home but in the morning it was seized lol. 2.5k it cost the insurance.
So glad we aint got more of what we got up north a few weeks ago on that monday, 25 min journey home took 8 hours.
When i finally did get home the power was out which lasted 22 Hours, and when i got up the next morning for work i discovered 3 nearby villages had been evacuated in the middle of the night as a local Dam was at risk of collapsing and the police wouldn't let me out of the village through 2 of the 3 routes as both were in evacuated areas with one being under 7 feet of water.
Only other option was through sheffield & that was chaos
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When i finally did get home the power was out which lasted 22 Hours, and when i got up the next morning for work i discovered 3 nearby villages had been evacuated in the middle of the night as a local Dam was at risk of collapsing and the police wouldn't let me out of the village through 2 of the 3 routes as both were in evacuated areas with one being under 7 feet of water.
Only other option was through sheffield & that was chaos
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Mr_White said:
Doing the bow wave trick in a normal car is even more deadly, it works in a 4x4 because the air intake is at the back of the engine, in the False low.
I don't know about you, but my air intake is behind my off-side headlamp, in the crest of any bow wave. There is no way on this earth I'm going to recommend anyone try that one.
Just put it in 1st and creep through at around 2000RPM. If water still gets into your engine, it was too deep.
zetec452
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Just taken me 4 hours to go 90 miles. TomTom has certainly paid for itself today, it has taken me everywhere. 
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Biggest puddle reached the top of the bonnet. :S
. Biggest puddle reached the top of the bonnet. :S
zetec452 said:Just taken me 4 hours to go 90 miles. TomTom has certainly paid for itself today, it has taken me everywhere.
Biggest puddle reached the top of the bonnet. :S
Surely reaching the top of the bonnet would mean your entire engine bay was submerged
zetec452 said:Just taken me 4 hours to go 90 miles. TomTom has certainly paid for itself today, it has taken me everywhere.
Biggest puddle reached the top of the bonnet. :S
There is no way on earth I would have drove my car into water that deep, I would not drive it in anything deeper than the bottom of the car water could come in through the doors and stuff no no no sir, I would rather leave it and walk.
My dad seems to think he is some kind of submarine in his Volvo (850-T5), he what must have been 4ft of flowing water in the woods, came right up over the bonnet and a little bit over the windscreen, but by some miracle the car was fine,
stunk like hell and rotting mud water under the hood for ages mind you (this was last time there were heavy rains).
What puzzles me is the intake on the volvo is right behind the headlights on his car...
weird.
stunk like hell and rotting mud water under the hood for ages mind you (this was last time there were heavy rains).
What puzzles me is the intake on the volvo is right behind the headlights on his car...
weird.
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Abyss said:Surely reaching the top of the bonnet would mean your entire engine bay was submerged
It only went over briefly. I wasn't going to stop and take a look. :S.
The car did try and slow down a lot. I was in first gear and just kept my foot to the floor.
Going to check the car this morning to see if their is any water damage. Should be ok
manoz said:
you, sir, owe me a new keyboard and monitor - mine are now covered in coffee, which was sprayed all over the place when i read that post.
back on the subject..
why do people even try? I mean with my car i'm scared of 'normal' puddles - so the thought of even attempting to drive through something deeper than a few inches.. no flippin way. I only have approx 2" of ground cleareance on a good day.. so.. no.. no way!
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BigglesPiP said:
thats a fair point actually, I stand corrected