Hi folks first post and it's a biggie! :-(
The story goes...
Driving home at night, round blind corner around 50 mph, spot 'flood' sign in large puddle 10 feet in front of me, panic, splash, splutter, splutter, coast to layby, stall, the end!
After later inspection found the puddle to be about a foot deep!
Anyway got car home, stripped and dried the induction system, dried off the electrics, removed the plugs and switched off the fuel and crancked the engine over to expell water from the cylinders and then put everything back together with new plugs and air filter. The car started and runs well now. There is a small amount of water in the oil which I will change out tonight, I think it got sucked in through a breather pipe.
Two questions...
1. How do I make sure all of the water is out of the engine when I change the oil
2. Is there likely to be any lasting damage
The car is a 52 plate 1.7 puma, no mods, 20,100 miles, serviced every 3000 miles and is totally mint so I really hope it will be OK.
Cheers
Greg
The story goes...
Driving home at night, round blind corner around 50 mph, spot 'flood' sign in large puddle 10 feet in front of me, panic, splash, splutter, splutter, coast to layby, stall, the end!
After later inspection found the puddle to be about a foot deep!
Anyway got car home, stripped and dried the induction system, dried off the electrics, removed the plugs and switched off the fuel and crancked the engine over to expell water from the cylinders and then put everything back together with new plugs and air filter. The car started and runs well now. There is a small amount of water in the oil which I will change out tonight, I think it got sucked in through a breather pipe.
Two questions...
1. How do I make sure all of the water is out of the engine when I change the oil
2. Is there likely to be any lasting damage
The car is a 52 plate 1.7 puma, no mods, 20,100 miles, serviced every 3000 miles and is totally mint so I really hope it will be OK.
Cheers
Greg