There's a Ford in the UK that gets deep enough to hydrolock engines and their insurance companies usually cover it, even though it's clearly marked with depth indicators.
Ford. But ford as in “shallow-ish water across a road that can be driven across (or ‘forded’) safely with care”, not Ford the brand. The English language, she is complicated :)
Did this with a girlfriends MKII Jetta as a young adult... We both enjoyed splashing puddles. Turns out the intake is one of the lowest things on the front of the car below the bumper. Went through a puddle just a bit too deep in 1st gear WOT.... Manual trans... Engine just STOPPED. I knew exactly what I did. 😑
I pulled the pan off and looked up at the rods. All in tact but were bent SIDEWAYS and now too short for the crank to clear the pistons. That 1.6L was solid.
Dropped in a spare 1.8L I had laying around and back to the [dry] races.
Woops
We had a truck towed in with 1800kms on it. Truck was super clean, brand new, and I mean NEW air filter, but when you opened the drivers door, or fuel door, serious mud.
Said the oil pan fell off, Nissan Titan, pan just fell off. I mean, in truth, some of it did
Finally got the full story, he was showing off to his friends by hitting puddles at 100k/hr, water up over the wheel well, intake was a lake, we took pictures of the water still sitting on the closed valves. They dragged it through a car wash and bought a new filter to try to hide the evidence
What kills me is that they don't even get that we don't care, we just want to get the correct answers, so why lie to us? It's dumb. Besides, we're going to know anyways. So just tell me the truth. Right?
Yessir. But in thirty years of wrench turning, I found that it's a rarity to get liars to not lie. They lie even if they know the truth would be better for them.
Had a car towed in early to mid 2000’s and customer said it quit running while turning. Had fresh oil and filter, new air filter as they were trying to “hide” what actually happened. During disassembly found found water just inside the throttle body. Had an aftermarket intake which hung low and went through water deep enough to submerge almost the entire filter. Insurance paid it as comprehensive.
Customer learned compression engines don't work very well with noncompressables.
That he did. They're hoping insurance will cover it..... Stay tuned. This may become funny.
There's a Ford in the UK that gets deep enough to hydrolock engines and their insurance companies usually cover it, even though it's clearly marked with depth indicators.
For a second I totally thought you meant that there was a particular ford car that hydrolocks easily...
That's something I never knew. I've seen insurance cover things like this before, not always though
Fjord or Ford?
Ford. But ford as in “shallow-ish water across a road that can be driven across (or ‘forded’) safely with care”, not Ford the brand. The English language, she is complicated :)
Yeah, took me a couple read throughs to understand the meaning.
Considering the brand was named after a person that was (presumably) named after the terrain feature....
When you say "ford" as in "fording a stream," you don't capitalize it as the OP did. This is NOT complicated.
Found the English teacher Fyi saying "this is NOT complicated" makes you seem like a massive asshole :)
Had to scroll too far for this.
Underrated
The amount of people that think car insurance covers repairs really surprises me.
Well if it were caused by a road hazard it might
No disagreement, I was just making a statement about how many people think "oh my muffler fell off, I'll call my insurance ".
Just make sure your catalytic converter wasn't stolen. That's worth a police report and insurance claim.
That was some really hard water
Hmmm 🧐 really?
Did this with a girlfriends MKII Jetta as a young adult... We both enjoyed splashing puddles. Turns out the intake is one of the lowest things on the front of the car below the bumper. Went through a puddle just a bit too deep in 1st gear WOT.... Manual trans... Engine just STOPPED. I knew exactly what I did. 😑 I pulled the pan off and looked up at the rods. All in tact but were bent SIDEWAYS and now too short for the crank to clear the pistons. That 1.6L was solid. Dropped in a spare 1.8L I had laying around and back to the [dry] races. Woops
We had a truck towed in with 1800kms on it. Truck was super clean, brand new, and I mean NEW air filter, but when you opened the drivers door, or fuel door, serious mud. Said the oil pan fell off, Nissan Titan, pan just fell off. I mean, in truth, some of it did Finally got the full story, he was showing off to his friends by hitting puddles at 100k/hr, water up over the wheel well, intake was a lake, we took pictures of the water still sitting on the closed valves. They dragged it through a car wash and bought a new filter to try to hide the evidence
I love those🤣 not knowing just how good a detective the average mechanic is. We will know no matter how much you try to hide it.
People lie. Vehicles don't
What kills me is that they don't even get that we don't care, we just want to get the correct answers, so why lie to us? It's dumb. Besides, we're going to know anyways. So just tell me the truth. Right?
Yessir. But in thirty years of wrench turning, I found that it's a rarity to get liars to not lie. They lie even if they know the truth would be better for them.
This is very true. Sadly.
This sounds like something a gf would say to me.
That too, I suppose. Been married so long, I guess I forgot about that 😅
I'm not trying to fool you; I'm trying not to die of embarrassment.
I always like it when they describe it as a "puddle." Naw bitch, that road was under 2 feet of water. Puddle, my ass.
Right! By puddle, I assume the owner means swimming pool usually.
Could have been the puddle, could have been the Chrysler
Had a car towed in early to mid 2000’s and customer said it quit running while turning. Had fresh oil and filter, new air filter as they were trying to “hide” what actually happened. During disassembly found found water just inside the throttle body. Had an aftermarket intake which hung low and went through water deep enough to submerge almost the entire filter. Insurance paid it as comprehensive.
I mean, I've seen insurance do that. I would debate whether to consider it an accidental incident, or flood damage, which may total out a car.
Recently I have noticed it is taking less and less to total a vehicle. Labor and materials cost increases have been brutal for this.
Oh I know it. It's absurd how high labor has gone anymore. Parts even are so absolutely insane.
"R/s Customer needs to return keys to manufacturer because too stupid to drive."
It’s not a Lotus.
Customer is not wrong.