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>Yeah, I've gotten this one too. Apparently, if you drive through very deep
water
>and create a large splash, water can be sucked through the intake snorkel and
>into the engine.
At street rod nationals in Louisville KY 3 years ago or so there was a line
squall that dumped 5 inches in 30 mins. Needless to say, it flooded the low
areas. About 500 or so owners that ran into Freedom Hall to escape the rain
became submarine commanders. We were literally swiming out to push cars back
up onto higher ground. Boyd Coddinton's yellow alumina coupe sunk that day.
They stacked up their $$$$ Coddinton wheel display with 2 wheels under each
tire and put the alumnina on top of them to get it out of the water.
My club was on higher ground and we watched as people would push up in front
of us and try to start their engines. We would tell them "hey! I'd run those
spark plugs out before you turn it over or you'll kink a rod!" but I guess
about 1/2 the people there turned it over anyway. They learned that water is
not appreciably compressible in an internal combustion engine. I guess this
story has something to do with this thread. There might be some advice here
for probe owners that suck a lot of water into their snorkle <g>.
k.p.
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