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Water water everywhere....
« on: November 10, 2008, 08:16:19 pm »
Dunno if you guys have noticed but there's been some heavy rainfall in the past few days.

Was driving home and there were huge puddles (for lack of a better word) reaching up to kerb height in some regions of the road. I slowed down through these areas where I could see what lay ahead but sometimes things caught me by surprise.

Apart from not engaging the turbos, is there anything else I can do to help my car during current weather conditions?

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2008, 08:18:13 pm »
just slow down a bit i guess, not allot else you can do imo

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2008, 08:19:23 pm »
If you 'HAVE' to go though deep running water, just make sure you keep you foot on the accelerator as if you lift of the car will suck in air and water with it  :sad:

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2008, 08:38:56 pm »
If you 'HAVE' to go though deep running water, just make sure you keep you foot on the accelerator as if you lift of the car will suck in air and water with it  :sad:
Wouldn't it suck in water via the intake if the water is high enough regardless of if your foot is on or off the accelerator?
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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2008, 08:56:42 pm »
If you 'HAVE' to go though deep running water, just make sure you keep you foot on the accelerator as if you lift of the car will suck in air and water with it  :sad:
Wouldn't it suck in water via the intake if the water is high enough regardless of if your foot is on or off the accelerator?

In most of the cases of water damage I've seen it's when they panic and back of to stop!
If it's that high and you still attempt to drive through it you deserve to blow your engine up  :signIWS: :wink:

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2008, 01:40:22 am »
Tell me about it !  the rain was mental on the M1 today ! Seen alot of cars on the hardshoulder ! :surprised:

was on the Mway today M1 , could not see the car in front, the sprays were ridiculous  !!  had a twat in the mirrors about 3 feet away in a 08 a4, right up my arse , prick !

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2008, 10:37:08 am »
...........get a landrover!

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2008, 11:02:06 am »
...........get a landrover!

so i can breakdown on the hard shoulder... !  :P  :signLOL:

not in to 4x4, unless its a defender, Toyotaland cruiser or a 6litre Q7 diesel !

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2008, 05:34:41 pm »
If you 'HAVE' to go though deep running water, just make sure you keep you foot on the accelerator as if you lift of the car will suck in air and water with it  :sad:
Wouldn't it suck in water via the intake if the water is high enough regardless of if your foot is on or off the accelerator?

In most of the cases of water damage I've seen it's when they panic and back of to stop!
If it's that high and you still attempt to drive through it you deserve to blow your engine up  :signIWS: :wink:

I think the logic in not slowing down is that it creates a bow wave and keeps the water away from your intake?
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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2008, 05:36:32 pm »
If you 'HAVE' to go though deep running water, just make sure you keep you foot on the accelerator as if you lift of the car will suck in air and water with it  :sad:
Wouldn't it suck in water via the intake if the water is high enough regardless of if your foot is on or off the accelerator?

In most of the cases of water damage I've seen it's when they panic and back of to stop!
If it's that high and you still attempt to drive through it you deserve to blow your engine up  :signIWS: :wink:

I think the logic in not slowing down is that it creates a bow wave and keeps the water away from your intake?

That makes sense to me welcome to the forumUB7RM  :smiley:

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2008, 06:37:29 pm »
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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2008, 09:10:27 pm »
I remember them harking about bow-waves on TG when they had to cross Africa.

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2008, 09:50:05 pm »
Well I for one would not take my GTI through any water deep enough to make a bow wave  :surprised: :scared:

I'll leave that to my 'off road' days in other peoples cars  :wink:

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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2008, 09:21:42 am »
Had to travel "down south" last Sunday night in quite possibly the worst condition ever.  Couldn't see out of the windscreen very far that much spray and rain.  Happy to have left my car at home and used somebody else's. :)
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Re: Water water everywhere....
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2008, 10:05:16 am »
YEah I was travelling from midlands to down south and the weather was pretty horrendous. Didn't go above 60mph due to traffic or due to weather conditions, apart from a coupla blips of course  :grin:

But when I was travelling back from work, had no idea there were gonna be big puddles until I actually came across them, plus I don't have any other car. I had to drive through the large puddles to get back home. Thankfully they were gone the next day.

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