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allenjames
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Car Destroyed by flood ?
« on: Jul 20th, 2007, 8:14pm » |
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Well, Henley in Arden today - hydraulic'd the engine and it filled with water to the seats.
Im am so gutted. 
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Matt
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #1 on: Jul 20th, 2007, 8:15pm » |
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what do you mean by 'hydraulic'd the engine' 
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allenjames
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #2 on: Jul 20th, 2007, 8:22pm » |
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sucked water in through air filter - engine cant compress water
i guess bent con rods at least
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #3 on: Jul 20th, 2007, 8:33pm » |
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ah
bent con rods, blown headgaskes/cracked head, even know them to blow the sparkplugs out
how did you managed to do that? flood waters?
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allenjames
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #4 on: Jul 20th, 2007, 9:00pm » |
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yup, all was going well until the thingy 4 cars in front stopped.
then bow wave from lorry coming the other way just took us out.
i guess the 2.0 16v will take water in through airbox ? (seems high up to me - or am i just wasting my prayers)
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #5 on: Jul 20th, 2007, 9:43pm » |
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No did the same thing a few years ago new engine insurance paid due to flood and new elecs worth talking to them before ditching
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #6 on: Jul 20th, 2007, 9:51pm » |
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how much would engine and elecs be ? the car can only be valued at 1500 max ?
surely engine alone would swallow that
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #7 on: Jul 20th, 2007, 11:54pm » |
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Hi. 2.0 engine is plentiful in breakers, maybe try a good second hand one? 
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #8 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 12:44am » |
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While the air filter box is high up on the engine , the air trunking opening is at bumper height.
Bad Luck
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #9 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 8:16am » |
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Unlucky mate fancy a lorry driver being inconsiderate...
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #10 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 8:34am » |
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there were some complete a*seholes there too be honest.
one clown in a VW sharan came through so fast, the spray was twice the height of his vehicle - in fact his spray was completely clearing the cars in our lane.
Would a new engine be an option - the footwells have water in and obviously the seat motors are under water etc.
What other electrics are under the carpets / seats
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #11 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 10:18am » |
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I have a good s/h 2ltr if you require one...
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #12 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 4:57pm » |
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Re: Car Destroyed.
« Reply #13 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 5:50pm » |
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well got to the car today.
removed the plugs and turned it over by hand - stops halfway.
tried a quick turn of the key, clank, bang, clatter.
All electrics are working though.
Towed it back to parents house and waiting insurance assesor.
Do I let them write it off or try for second hand engine ?
What sort of prices are second hand engines ?
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Re: Car Destroyed by flood ?
« Reply #14 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 6:29pm » |
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Personally I would let them write it off. Plenty of cheap Scorpios about nowadays. Trying to repair a flooded car would take so much time and effort IMHO
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Re: Car Destroyed by flood ?
« Reply #15 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 7:04pm » |
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Insurance companies will always write off anything water damaged because of the endless list of problem that come up once the work gets underway, they want the cheapest option possible.
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Re: Car Destroyed by flood ?
« Reply #16 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 7:39pm » |
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Bad luck, sorry to hear of that. Reckon a lot of people have lost their pride and joys
Engines can be replaced, how bad or otherwise the inside is would decide it for me I think.
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Re: Car Destroyed by flood ?
« Reply #17 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 8:07pm » |
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cheers baz - probably the option i will take.
as for inside - its only carpets really
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Re: Car Destroyed by flood ?
« Reply #18 on: Jul 22nd, 2007, 1:01am » |
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If you can wheedle as much as a Grand out of your Insurance Co. it can still buy you a decent ( low mileage even ) Scorp.
However, if you mention the original Andy Warhol poster that you had in the boot that's now just a lump of Papier- Mache , they might give you a bit more ( worth a try ) 
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Re: Car Destroyed by flood ?
« Reply #19 on: Jul 22nd, 2007, 7:32pm » |
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You may think it is only carpets but the water will have gotten into places that it would not have reached under normal conditions... inside the box sections and such like. That would just have created problems for the future with rust coming from the inside out! Happened to an old Renault 16 I had years ago, the body was immaculate but the floors rusted from the inside out (double skinned floors) it turned out that the car had been submerged for a night when it was only 6 months old and then repaired!
If you do repair it, take care!
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