idiot got stuck in water needs advice

RichGK · 2007-07-20T23:15:21+00:00

On my way home after a 5 hour park on the M5 (Worcs) I decided it would bea great idea to drive through a river that had broke over a road. It wasn'ta fast moving river but unfortunately it was deep enough and I drove toofast and the car stalled.So I got a push out by the good bloke who was pushing all the people outwho had done the same thing. Hint - when you see lots of cars parked nearone of these situations, well they aren't parked, they've broken down. Idon't know why that didn't occur to me. Oh yes, it's because I'm an idiot.So is this a case of the electrics got wet (the splash was quite high), orhave I damaged something bad?It's a Rover Coupe (yes, it's also lower than some other cars, yes I know,idiot).Thanks,Rich.

Jul 20, 2007 27 Replies

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ThePunisher 19 years ago

That would be the one with the intake nearly 3 feet off the ground.

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Tum Te Tum 19 years ago

Bit late for that

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John Kenyon 18 years ago

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Looks more like 2'6" to me, and a couple of inches higher than the inlet on a Pug306 1.9TD, (which gets let down by the fact that it goes DOWN into a "pot" which holds the air filter.)

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Clive George 18 years ago

Just under 70hp IIRC. It's a diesel without a turbo - what do you expect? OTOH it will get to sensible cruising speeds, so if you've got the patience/ability to not need to rely on fast acceleration, it'll be fine.

cheers, clive

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RichGK 18 years ago

Update.

I got the RAC out and he did the procedure someone mentioned here and got the engine running. Driving it back it seems exactly the same as before.

Needs a new air filter though :)

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Steve Walker 18 years ago

lucky chap.... :o)

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Colin Wilson 18 years ago

Congrats :-)

...think i'd be happy enough to replace that, given the other potential outcome :-)

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Ian Dalziel 18 years ago

ITYM water filter. ;-)

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