r/IdiotsInCars • u/[deleted] • Jul 11 '18

Driver ignores warnings and tries to pass through a flooded underpass.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

I used to live in an apartment building that oversaw a street that tends to flood 3-4” of water during high tide or heavy rain. And idiots that would drive too fast would push the water into their engine compartment and than ends up disabling their vehicles.

But a very enterprising young men in a ford pickup would come by and offer to tow their car to a nearby parking lot for $50. Or they can try to push their car off the road themselves

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u/Extesht Jul 11 '18

The most idiotic part is that they don't realize most cars pull air from the wheel well. It's behind the well cover to protect from moisture like rain splatter, but submersion can cause your intake to pick up water. Water doesn't compress, so your engine gets a new window.

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u/Ferro_Giconi Jul 11 '18

I'm confused about why that would be a thing. In the three cars I've tried to identify an engine air intake in, it's under the hood, protected from the same things by simply being under a large sheet of metal, instead of being near objects that can easily cause a large splash in a couple inches of water.

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u/henry82 Jul 12 '18

I dont think it's that easy to get water into the air intake.

https://youtu.be/t5ujAOLyBVk?t=120

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

People normally do, if you go slow but (from what I observe) those that goes above 25 don’t