Thread: Rain/Floods etc.

..or, and made the local radio here yesterday, 11 cars damaged in one pothole yesterday morning. Me, I'd have been at walking pace wondering what the 10 cars with 3 wheels parked, were doing..........

I drove through a 2 ft deep pool and myt car runs fine..... Do I have a problem. Or is it running because I kept a low enough speed to prevent forming too much of a bow-wave, while at the same time keeping the revs high, and being aware of where on the car the intake was?

I drove through 2 feet of water, OMG?!?!

I have a golf and wouldn't bat an eye lid at going through a 2 foot flooded road. Keep at a steady pace with revs up and NEVER stop. Love going by people in their jeeps staring in astonishment, while failing to do a three point turn Clip on youtube of a Honda NSX going through about three foot of water, can't find it now though.

One would need to be very aware of where their air intake is before fording, for want of a better word. Hot turbos don't like the thermal shock of cold water hitting them, and we all know what water will do to ECUs. Tread carefully.

/cue seasonal influx of 'one post wonders' with something along the lines of "I drove thru a 2ft deep pool of water and my car wont start, help" Note to people of Ireland: water in engines kills cars. You don't have to be a mechanic, I'm not and know this by reading the amount of sob stories on here the last time we have a bad run of weather. Yet tonight I still see the very same eejits lashing thru...

Dont understand why you would want to keep the revs high. Surley if water is going to get sucked into the engine it would cause more damage if the engine's running at high speed, bent rods etc. I generaly try to coast through deep puddles if I can.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dartz I drove through a 2 ft deep pool and myt car runs fine..... We're talking depth here, not length What kind of car have you got that can go through 60 cm of water?