ziccoit:

Did you actually write this or copy and paste stuff? If you did, I'm humbled.

CHIMCO: Is it proper to drive faster at that period to aviod been stoped by unseen objects like stone or drive as slow as possible?

cornel1900: I actually drove thru a bonet-high flood and after like 40 seconds after swimming tru ds flood, my jalopee just went babanas!
Horn blaring non stop, every single thing came on their own (hazard/dash board light etc).
If are u face any fload, pls, do a u turn.
You cannot spend more than 4 hours taking another flood free route. Else, you spend a min of 5 hours at the rewire's shop + some coins + some unresolved mental issues 4 d car...

DECOtech: With this my kind of car ...you guys are speaking ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Godson201333:

That car must be Kia or Hyundai= CHINKO

megastu: I have read your comments. I am still wondering why nothing happened to my car that was submerged in a pool of water, up to window level, for about 10minutes because all this elegushi boys set a trap for me and i fell (2011). Till date i still wonder.

ziccoit:

Did you actually write this or copy and paste stuff? If you did, I'm humbled.

question: what will happen if water enters the exhaust pipe?

19naia: SALT WATER IS TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL REASONABLE COST... ...

19naia: SALT WATER IS TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL REASONABLE COST... ...

viperman: A lot of you experts can be funny at times. You guys somehow failed to state that every car has its water tolerance level and by implying that all new car models hydro-lock when you drive through floods with it is plain generalization.
For many of us living in Lagos -Nigeria and especially during the rainy season(right now), we have been swimming through floods with our cars(some new models and some old) and none has hydro-locked(except in rare case....none i've heard of).

From my years of experience, i can tell you all cars have their individual water tolerance levels. Some cars can be drowned in water and still come out and be drivable; others will malfunction even if rain touches their body paint.

For the three most popular japanese/Asia makes here, let me breakdown their flood handling tolerance:

1. TOYOTA:- I can tell you that 98% of toyota cars will go through floods and still work after that. Depending on the level of flood(below running boards, above fenders, total flood cover) and how fast you ran through the water.
For Most toyotas, if the water level is anywhere below the car tyre level, the car will still drive through the flood. All you need do is switch-off your Air conditioning system, drive extremely slowly and you're good to go. Get home and open down the car for at least 24hrs for the flood to drain out. get a mechanic to change your oils and you'ré on your way again(my experience with a 2011 toyota camry). If the flood is above tyre level upto the fender level; then it's advisable not to risk it. However, if the car wasn't being driven/switched-on when the flood happened...even if it covered the car whole....just call an expert mechanic, upholstery and electrical technician to help you naked the car and let it dry out at least 48hrs and apply anti-rust sprays at the appropriate areas and you are back on. Experienced this first-hand MANY TIMES over years....so this is not Google-talk.

2. HONDA:- Unlike toyota's the newer Honda's(2003-2012) have lower water tolerance level mainly due to the positioning and material used for protection of its fuse boxes...which are mainly at the pedal levels. This makes any flood above the running-board level(panel below the doors) a potential risk to drive through. However, it will still drive through it but with some after-consequences e.g dashboard lights will start switching on-off on their own, radio/audio sounds might go mute, and if you drove through it with the Air conditioner on....be sure to ready to buy a new compressor
If these and/or more begin to happen after the flood-swimming and your car still kick-starts(which it should); change the fuse-box/panel(es) mainly located at the passenger side just below the glovebox area. Note that this is not always the case as not often does water sip-into the car if it's a low-level flood(mid-tyre level for example)...except the cars door rubbers are bad or its been previously accident-ed.
Now, If you happen to encounter a flood above/upto fender level....please respect yourself and like the Nigeria-police will tell you -PARK WELL and wait it out. Except you have absolutely no choice but to move at that point in time and you're ready to shell-out some good cash to change the brain-box later on adhere to the former instruction.

3. HYUNDAI/KIA: not used them through floods, but heard they're not that water tolerant electrically(I might be wrong) so be extra careful and reverse out of the flood if you notice that the water is gaining access into the car. However, they do drive through lagos floods. I see the Accents, Ceratos, Sonanta everydaay(just today even). Never seen one broken down in the various floods on lagos roads.

The trick is ALWAYS SWITCH-OFF THE AIR CONDITIONER when approaching the flood and drive VEEERY slowly all through the flood.


As for the GERMAN MACHINES...I stick to one basic rule:

IF the flood level is above the running board(panel just below the passenger door ), please park your car. If it's below or just about that panel, drive slowly through the water pool and switch-off your air conditioner. SIMPLE.

My two cents.

Okija_juju:

I own Two hyundais.. (One Santa Fe & Sonata..) I have put these cars through very deep waters (In one case, the headlight of my Sonata was well covered) and they both came out of it fine. I live in a reclaimed swamp area that floods everytime it rains.

My wife also drives a Honda City and that car can go full submarine in my books and survive.. Pretty rugged.

Siena:

They survived because the intakes are above the water line of the Fords your drove through. No engine, regardless of how "rugged" will survive water ingress in the combustion chambers. I advice drivers NOT to drive through a Ford because there's no way I can tell where every vehicle's air intake is positioned.

So rather than assume they're all positioned higher that the average Ford, it's safer to assume they're not, and ARE vulnerable to water ingress. I can't advice some to drive through deep water, and advice another lot NOT to.

Advice well taken...

Thanks..

_{**Calls Estate agent, I need a house on the mainland where there is no flooding.. My Audi A8 is on its way..}

Okija_juju:

I'm sorry, but WTF?! HTF am I supposed to knw ETF EFI FMs.. Get it?!

Whats EFI, ECU, VCR, e.t.c.. Can you rewrite this in plain english Mr. Mod who banned me unjustly..

I should ban you for posting in shorthand..

Ikenna351: I would be ashamed of myself if I didn't know what EFI means in this era, and yet own an Fuel injected car.

Ikenna.

Electronic fuel injection — that’s the “EFI”, monitors airflow and density, among other conditions, and more precisely controls the fuel supply over a range of temperatures and engine states.

Siena:

That's a very unfair statement, Ikenna. Not everyone who drives (and owns) an automobile knows the various terminology, indeed some don't really care. If someone doesn't know what a certain term means, then simply break it down, so they learn.

No one has a monopoly when it comes to knowledge.

My dad drove for many years, yet didn't know what OHV or a pushrod was. My older brother has a fleet of cars and trucks in Abuja, yet doesn't know what a PTO is. They shouldn't be ashamed of themselves, when I converse with my brother, I break things down, and give simplified versions of technical issues.

When you say someone should be ashamed of themselves because they lack knowledge, it makes you come across as smug, arrogant and egotistical. Share your knowledge, and be all the better for imparting what you know, it's that simple.

Ikenna351:

Is like somebody missed road here. Or could be that someone couldn't tell the difference between Car Talk and Romance sections? You don't have to embarrass yourself in a section for serious minded ones, you know.

I would be ashamed of myself if I didn't know what EFI means in this era, and yet own an Fuel injected car.

Ikenna.

Haaaaa!!

No wonder you banned me in the past..

Anywyas, my apologies if you felt insulted by my post.. Was simply a light hearted jab at you (Afterall, you indeed banned me in the past).


Well.. I aint a mechanic and i'm sure many Nigerians who own and drive mordern cars with all those many abbreviations you put in your post dont knw them either. I guess I will make a mental note to be ashamed of myself from here on out and also inform my other friends and associates who also dont know the meaning of these abbreviations yet own high tech cars..

On a side note, you need to lighten up.. All that insult you hurled at me was really unnecessary.. I'm still shocked how you could even have possibly taken offence at that post..



_{**Walks into a corner with my head hung low in shame**}