Driving in floods
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Driving in floods
Is there anything I can do to stop the car sucking water in, I understand the induction system takes air quite low down and I probably have to drive through the floods tonight. Would it be a good idea to detach the induction pipe from the air box?
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Standard air induction is from behind the headlight (classic) or over the rad (newage), assuming you have an Impreza, so you can drive through water over 12" deep with impunity as long as you don't go silly. Not for nothing is it the 'farmers friend'!
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But as above the intake is on slam panel or behind headlight if standard
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The water won't get sucked up, the intake air will take the line of least resistance, why try and suck 2litres of water up the resonator when you can just suck air in the place its meant to be!
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Managed to get the wagon thru water that was upto the hubs, just kept the revs high and took it slow. The bus behind me did'nt attempt it thou
As mentioned, they were "Farmers Cars" !!!
As mentioned, they were "Farmers Cars" !!!
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I got stuck in the flooding on Friday, I went to birmingham to collect a set of wheels, then got stuck in the traffic coming home again, sat for 2 hours and then decided to get off and try and head for Stratford!!!! bad move, very deep flooding but the old girl sailed through without missing a beat. got back on the motorway and sat back in the que for another 2 hours and only passed a couple of junctions, got off and decided to head to Evesham!!!! even worse there, It was a good 9-10 inches deep. again the car had no problems. I got back on the motorway and again sat for another 2 hours near tewksbury only to find what was holding the trafffic up
this was the middle lne
this was the hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2!!!!
in the end we had to drive through about 9 inches of water in the fast lane
Apart from having to dry the brakes off after going through the water the car didn't miss a beat.
this was the middle lne
this was the hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2!!!!
in the end we had to drive through about 9 inches of water in the fast lane
Apart from having to dry the brakes off after going through the water the car didn't miss a beat.
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