I literally yelled outloud NO! Why did he stop! Why touch the brakes?
The wake may have been high enough to get in the intake, the engine could hydrolock sure, but he coulda made it through.
Then on the other side he coulda pulled the spark plugs, run the starter to get the water out and drove to the shop.
Or most importantly, he could've put the car in reverse and not gone through the most famous river fording in the UK. There are THREE signs warning of a flooded crossing for a kilometer BEFORE the fording. JFC what a moron.
We'd see it sometimes when I would work as an auto tech. Most of the times the rods wouldn't get bent and you could purge the engine by pulling the spark plugs and running the starter to pump out the cylinders. We'd change the plugs, the oil, and the air filter and they'd run just fine.
The ones with bent rods usually get that way because they tried to restart their hydrolocked engine.
20 Comments
blueamigafan@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 34d
Put it in a bag if rice
Thassodar@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 34d
Slap some Bondo on it, problem fixed.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 34d
Ahem, no ego was damaged while filming this.
newton@feddit.online · 3 pts · 34d
Ty ,best one today
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social · 13 pts · 34d
I literally yelled outloud NO! Why did he stop! Why touch the brakes?
The wake may have been high enough to get in the intake, the engine could hydrolock sure, but he coulda made it through.
Then on the other side he coulda pulled the spark plugs, run the starter to get the water out and drove to the shop.
Or most importantly, he could've put the car in reverse and not gone through the most famous river fording in the UK. There are THREE signs warning of a flooded crossing for a kilometer BEFORE the fording. JFC what a moron.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · -7 pts · 34d
Not a word, my dude.
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social · 7 pts · 34d
Cool, I'll leave it. Were you driving the car perchance?
schnokobaer@feddit.org · 11 pts · 34d
The oddest bit to me is that he seems to still be going at least somewhat when he decides to brake, in the middle of the flooding, to come to a halt.
Dagnet@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 34d
Yep, if you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO drive through a flooded area, never take your foot of the gas
toofpic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d
He would also have higher chances if he went slower - the wave he created was high enough to get into intakes
Dagnet@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 34d
My comment is not about speed, use gear 1 if you need but the moment you take your foot off the gas water will get into your engine
zout@fedia.io · 1 pts · 34d
Looks like the car started to drift to the side, and he braked because he might hit the railing.
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 10 pts · 34d
What was he looking for when he opened the hood?
DrWorm@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 34d
Gremlins
zergtoshi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 34d
Good riddance to the motor if water got into the air intake.
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 34d
We'd see it sometimes when I would work as an auto tech. Most of the times the rods wouldn't get bent and you could purge the engine by pulling the spark plugs and running the starter to pump out the cylinders. We'd change the plugs, the oil, and the air filter and they'd run just fine.
The ones with bent rods usually get that way because they tried to restart their hydrolocked engine.
zergtoshi@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 34d
Interesting.
Thanks for letting us know!
remon@ani.social · 8 pts · 34d
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 34d
Shoulda gotten a Lotus Espirit for that.
newton@feddit.online · 3 pts · 34d
Yep a vantage car, not a avantage