Engine died on me after driving threw flooded road the other night. garage had her running again the next morning after "blowing out/drying out" electricals and plugs etc. i was ****ting myself that i had sucked in water and seriously damaged engine but mechanic said i was very lucky...

dont think he took off rocker cover for a look see like he said he would which i was surprised at.

I am going to change oil and filter as thought it might be good idea if water did get in and was wondering about something garage guy said..in cases like mine wgere water did get into engine garages would drain oil out and fill engine with diesel and leave for few hours. said it is great way to clean all crud out of petrol engines!

has anyone heard of this before or done it. if its safe thought might be good option but never having heard of it before wasnt sure!?!?

Never heard of that before, could be true or one of those urban myths lol

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Petrol would be better for cleaning than diesel. Sounds like a load of hogwash. Personally I wouldn't try either.

Water getting in the oil from what you've done isn't very likely either. Is there any sludge on the dipstick?

Never heard of that before, could be true or one of those urban myths lol

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my money's on urban myth

Petrol would be better for cleaning than diesel. Sounds like a load of hogwash. Personally I wouldn't try either.

Water getting in the oil from what you've done isn't very likely either. Is there any sludge on the dipstick?

dipstick looked as per usual and didnt notice any gank around cap either.

would water not get sucked in air intake easily enough once it splashed up there??

I did try search with few different key words but couldn't find any other thread along same lines as what happened to me...

If it did get sucked up the intake it wouldn't have got in the oil. But it sure would have run like a bag of nails for a short while if it made it to the manifold.

Petrol would be better for cleaning than diesel. Sounds like a load of hogwash. Personally I wouldn't try either.

Water getting in the oil from what you've done isn't very likely either. Is there any sludge on the dipstick?

Just checked it again after work and there's white creamy looking sludge on the end of dipstick..does that mean water did get in.

Defo never saw that crud before

Possibly. Or it could just mean that you've done short journeys and got condensation in the engine (more likely).

If you're worried about it though, it doesn't take much to change the oil.

Diesel is sometimes used as a dismantling lubricant/penetrating oil on a corroded solid engine. That may be confusing some people.

Also, if you get water into an engine from a flood, it's most likely to go through the intake, and leave you with bent valves, possibly bend conrods and/or crankshaft, and in extreme cases conrods making a bid for freedom through the block! If that's happened, at best the engine will run like a bag of spanners and at worst it just won't run.

You might want an oil change to be safe, but if the engien runs that should be all you need.

Possibly. Or it could just mean that you've done short journeys and got condensation in the engine (more likely).

If you're worried about it though, it doesn't take much to change the oil.

Definitely a change of oil on the cards ASAP

thanks for the help

Diesel is sometimes used as a dismantling lubricant/penetrating oil on a corroded solid engine. That may be confusing some people.

Also, if you get water into an engine from a flood, it's most likely to go through the intake, and leave you with bent valves, possibly bend conrods and/or crankshaft, and in extreme cases conrods making a bid for freedom through the block! If that's happened, at best the engine will run like a bag of spanners and at worst it just won't run.

You might want an oil change to be safe, but if the engien runs that should be all you need.

The conrods making a new ventilation hole in side of the block was the first thing the tow truck guy said. he'd had it happen himself in a mk1 octy! but thankfully it is running ok so think I escaped without any serious damage.

am curious to see what oil looks like when I drop it out

anyway thanks for posting

I hate the position of my cai on the passenger's side, if in doubt I quite often go up the curb whilst driving slowly lol

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I hate the position of my cai on the passenger's side, if in doubt I quite often go up the curb whilst driving slowly lol

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haha I wish!! half the flippin road and path had washed off down the road,think I ended up in deeper..

Best one I did when I was younger was above bumper height in my '84 carlton, everyone was hopping the curb on the other side of the road, due to my age at the time I thought that there's no way a road would of been built at a camber on one side, and that the water would only be a inch or 2 deep, how wrong I was! Found out that due to the curve of the front including the bonnet, the carlton directed the water to go over the bonnet and having the radiator behind the grill with minimal gaps made the car quite water tight and it was able to drive for over 15 meters without any concaquenses. It was something I never tried again and made me more careful with floods lol

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Not done it myself, but I was told to clean an EGR / inlet manifold, a soak in a bucket of diesel for 2 days will remove/loosen all the carbons. I guess its diesel which fights diesel carbons and same for petrol on petrol carbons??

Not done it myself, but I was told to clean an EGR / inlet manifold, a soak in a bucket of diesel for 2 days will remove/loosen all the carbons. I guess its diesel which fights diesel carbons and same for petrol on petrol carbons??

Diesel won't really do that. Petrol maybe, not diesel. It's too oily.

Best one I did when I was younger was above bumper height in my '84 carlton, everyone was hopping the curb on the other side of the road, due to my age at the time I thought that there's no way a road would of been built at a camber on one side, and that the water would only be a inch or 2 deep, how wrong I was! Found out that due to the curve of the front including the bonnet, the carlton directed the water to go over the bonnet and having the radiator behind the grill with minimal gaps made the car quite water tight and it was able to drive for over 15 meters without any concaquenses. It was something I never tried again and made me more careful with floods lol

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I dunno that this will make you feel better, but the best I've ever seen was a Sierra XR4x4 which hit 2" of standing water at 60mph, hoovered that into the intake, and put 3 rods out the block. Ford supplied a new motor under warranty.

I dunno that this will make you feel better, but the best I've ever seen was a Sierra XR4x4 which hit 2" of standing water at 60mph, hoovered that into the intake, and put 3 rods out the block. Ford supplied a new motor under warranty.

Ouch! lol that's what happens when manufacturers put the air intake in the inner wing above the wheel lol

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