Driving in flood conditions

[FlyE30Guy]

My brother wrecked his new mkv gti last night because of a puddle , so be careful guys.

[doucy2]

:woowoo: :)

+1 for apple

you shouldn't subject your e30 to those conditions, it sounds like you need a couple hundred dollar ford pickup to get around in.

[europeanplates]

I drove around a bit this morning and went through some big puddles, driving the 318. I do not advise this of course. I will assume the electrical is what would get you or if ypou flood the exhaust pipe but they make snorkles for that!!!

Tyler

[wRek]

QFT. wrek I work in purdy, i can feel your pain out in silverdale.

Highway 16 has 1 foot of standing water at places, fire department closed it down in areas.

There's record high's for flooding in 7 different rivers in washington right now in the history of recording. :(

We should get together some time. Gig Harbor isn't far from here at all. :)

[Rennsport]

i was in south issaquah earlier today, and i hydroplaned for a good 15'. it was sweet, it would of sucked if somthing had gone wrong...

[mikeltang]

makes me thankful for the california sun and hot, dry, windy conditions we have here.

[ddavidv]

Oh boy...anything below bumper height is theoretically safe for the intake, if taken very slowly. Faster speeds will generate a 'wave' that can reach the intake height.
However...I see these fording attempts a couple times a year working as an insurance appraiser. If you suck water into the intake, it only takes a few seconds to suck enough to lunch your engine.
WARNING! SCIENCE CONTENT: Water, unlike air, does not compress. You fill a cylinder with water and the crankshaft turning the piston will make space somewhere. The usual culprit is a bent connecting rod, though I've seen holes in blocks too.
Not worth the risk. One personal experience I had was making a fording attempt in a Honda. Decided (correctly) that the water was too deep and tried to reverse out. However, when your clutch area gets full of water, the clutch doesn't work so well. Several inches of water on the floor by the time I got the thing towed out.

[Kruzen]

We should get together some time. Gig Harbor isn't far from here at all. :)

Definitely, there's a few others in the harbor and even more in tacoma. At least come out to our next meet :)

[browntown]

hydrolock for the win. Don't be an idiot, if it looks like it might be too deep, it probably is.

[bimmerdreamer]

holy isht that puddle on the tacoma side of the narrows bridge gets gnarly. I was driving the Z and the front lip went under the water and forced a fucking tsunami over the whole car. luckily nothing bad came of it. I saw a S2000 off of rustin that got hydrolocked- shittiness

luckily i get my truck back today, so if it get worse.. chevy ridin high boi,

[benDASHDASH]

12" puddle under burnham dr + 30 mph = FUN

[tonytony]

driving back from the mountains everyday is a bitch 1-2inches of standing water for 40miles

[benDASHDASH]

What do you do up there? Its not snowing...

[ivo316]

Just don't leave your car in underground paring lots, things can go wrong and....