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Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by stolenstone: 6:07pm On Jul 17, 2021 |
If your vehicle is in that flood and you havent started your engine. Don’t start it!!!!!!! Even if the vehicle is submerged and the water goes down. It’s likely water has made its way into the engine. The first thing to do is open your engine air filter and check for moisture. If it’s moist or damp, DO NOT CRANK THAT VEHICLE!!! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO START IT. . Allow the water go down, tow it away if possible. Get your mechanic to drain the engine oil immediately. Also drain the transmission fluid. Do not take the risk of trying to drive that vehicle. Let the mechanic disconnect the fuel sending unit ( fuel pump), pull out the spark plugs one after the other and then crank the engine. You want to make sure water in each cylinder is blown out of the engine by the compression / exhaust stroke. Once completed for all the cylinders. Connect the fuel pump ( easiest way is to remove the relay or the fuse ) and start the vehicle. It may idle rough. Leave it. Do not rev it. Allow that vehicle idle for some 30 minutes Once it’s up to operating temperature, ( because you have replaced your transmission fluid ) engage the gears one after the other. From P to R wait 5 seconds R to N wait another 5 seconds N to D wait again. D to N again N to R and R to Park. After this. You can drive. Personally once I get the vehicle going again, I’d replace both fluids after another week or two depending on how milky they look. Be safe everyone. Happy motoring. 7 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by josephubah111(m): 6:12pm On Jul 17, 2021 |
Very informative..thanks. |
Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by EdoFirstBorn(m): 6:58pm On Jul 17, 2021 |
Rising water levels due to indiscriminate sandfilling for the likes of Eko Atlantic City 1 Like |
Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by shopnimini: 7:33pm On Jul 17, 2021 |
Helpful Nice one |
Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by Nobody: 9:52pm On Jul 17, 2021 |
Lalasticlala please move to Frontpage. This is quite informative |
Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by Kreamie(m): 11:53pm On Jul 17, 2021 |
Eko ile Eko akete |
Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by Originalsly: 3:15am On Jul 18, 2021 |
Very informative. Does this apply if it's salt water flooding? What about the computer? |
Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by seyema(m): 3:52am On Jul 18, 2021 |
It's so risky to buy used car from lagos |
Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by Whois(m): 10:25am On Jul 18, 2021 |
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Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by Kelvin30286063(m): 10:41am On Jul 18, 2021 |
It's also advisable not to buy used cars from Lagos right now. A lot of car owners will be looking to sell them off after noticing several faults due to the flood. Finally I'll like to correct the impression that this heavy flooding only happened in Lagos Nigeria. Over 150 people died in Germany due to flood 3 days ago, lots of properties were lost in Arizona 2 days ago due to flood. And all those flood were worse than what we witnessed in Lagos. It happened everywhere! Africa, Europe, America and some parts of Asia. It was like God wanted to destroy the world with water then later changed his mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUzCzrfond8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spI0xAJlP5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpv4Q9IEl7g |
Re: Was Your Car Submerged In The Flood? Hop In Here Immediately!! by fotadmowmend(m): 11:04am On Jul 18, 2021 |
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