XRTank Donating Members 105 Member For: 22y 1m 17d Location: Sydney Posted 27/10/09 10:28 AM Share Posted 27/10/09 10:28 AM With the recent down pour over the weekend in Sydney I found myself driving through a flooded road. Within a few seconds I was seriously worried with the height of the water and the car slowly stalled half way through the flooded road. After pushing it out to the other side, the car would not start... nothing. Having just had a pod CAI fitted it quickly dawned on me what just happened - water sucked into the induction... fark!I had it towed to my local mechanic and he quickly confirmed my worst fears after removing the coils and plugs and spinning the engine - at least it was cranking.After draining various bits, pieces and piping, 2 changes of oil and filters, a set of new spark plugs, a compression test, the engine is firing again.Just a warning for those running pods quite low from the ground - be very careful with water. It's easy to look back on the incident and say I should have been more careful, but seriously, it was a matter of 2-3 seconds before I realised what I was getting myself into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6turboman Donating Members 588 Member For: 16y 8m 22d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand, Palmerston North Posted 27/10/09 10:38 AM Share Posted 27/10/09 10:38 AM Fawk... am just about to fit one of these.. .will have to be very careful Cheers for the heads up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Member 1,627 Member For: 17y 9m 24d Gender: Male Location: Slip Sliding Away Posted 27/10/09 11:31 AM Share Posted 27/10/09 11:31 AM You just need to mount it high on a snorkle if you plan water crossings again similar to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil101 Donating Members 123 Member For: 19y 2m 22d Gender: Male Location: Kurrajong Heights NSW Posted 29/10/09 09:40 AM Share Posted 29/10/09 09:40 AM This is exactly why I'm not a fan of under gaurd pod filters and why I will never fit one to my car better of with a battery relocation and cai where the battery used to be.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 27d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 29/10/09 10:28 AM Share Posted 29/10/09 10:28 AM pff I am in central queensland please explain this rain you speak of haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevs Member 781 Member For: 17y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: balmain Posted 29/10/09 10:47 AM Share Posted 29/10/09 10:47 AM what I want to know is how did the water make it though the turbo without bending a few fins even at low revs it would still be spinning wouldnt it just from the air moving passed itcheers trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 6m 21d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 29/10/09 10:52 AM Share Posted 29/10/09 10:52 AM pff I am in central queensland please explain this rain you speak of haha :angel: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRTank Donating Members 105 Member For: 22y 1m 17d Location: Sydney Posted 02/11/09 12:51 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/09 12:51 AM what I want to know is how did the water make it though the turbo without bending a few fins even at low revs it would still be spinning wouldnt it just from the air moving passed itcheers trevDon't really know, but the turbo appears to have come out unharmed. I was travelling at low speeds.It seems I have some electrical issues as the car was running pretty rough at idle a few days after drying it all out. Should have more info sometime today on the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 3m 7d Gender: Male Posted 02/11/09 01:48 AM Share Posted 02/11/09 01:48 AM my cousin did this with his VLT,, 2 oil changes and filters later it was still running like a pig.. it also flooded the AFM (which xr's dont have). But his car still runs like crap and shows only -2 vacuum on the gauge at all times.. think it wrecked his rings because he has sh*t load of blowby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dule Donating Members 1,180 Member For: 17y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 02/11/09 02:44 AM Share Posted 02/11/09 02:44 AM Compression lock is probably the quickest way to kill an engine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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