Flood Victim
 

Hey Guys,

Need a little advice. First and foremost my family is safe. We are temporarily setup at my Sister's house. Spent first 24 hours getting my wife and 3 girls(19mos, 6&8 yrs) situated. Got about 12' in the house and 18 or so in the garage. We found out Tuesday around 3:00am in the morning when wife woke up to a frying computer. It was about 6" at the time. Quickly got all girls into our bed and went outside to shut of main breaker. I'm still a little shocked and running on empty. I had just overcame a battle with food poisoning over the weekend.

Anyway, I got water into the beast around floor board area. I got a pic on my cell somewhere. Water in garage subsided around 9am. What issues should I be concerned with? I plan on having it towed to Indy. Adjuster is scheduled to come Wednesday or so...

Tia,

Does that have a ECU under the passenger seat?

Glad you and the family are safe, cars/homes can be rebuilt.

Sorry to hear about the flooding. Hopefully insurance will help get things fixed.
The electronics under the driver seat is for the lambda emissions system. 80's CIS fuel injection is all mechanical other than the fuel pumps and they should handle getting wet.
The carpeting and sound absorbtion material under it is probably soaked though so it should be removed as soon as possible.
Good luck with it all.

As long as the family is healthy and safe all other things will fall into place.

All the best to you and your family!

Your beast will be fine. Just pull the carpets and dry out the car.

Edwin

Sorry to hear about your trouble.
Dealers, Independent shops and insurance cos are overwhelmed after a disaster like this. I have seen cars sit at shops for weeks before they can get to them and pull the interior so it can dry out. Anything you can do to make this happen is to your advantage. If you have agreed value insurance this my ease the pressure knowing that you could be made whole in a worst case scenario.

Thank God the family is OK, you're lucky after all.

About the car, open it up - everything even the glove compartment, remove all carpets, lower visors, seats, trunk carpets... and everything that can be removed AND put FANS (commercial fans, probably hard to find after the flood 'cause everybody is looking for those...) one from each door, + trunk and + engine bay and let them blow in there for days... check every so often... Even the electrical stuff might survive. Don't try to crank it yet. Let it sit few days - sun light/heat obviously helps too. It worked for me years back. Good luck!

I'd do some leg work on your own if possible to get ahead of the curve. Pull the seats, then wet/dry shop vac as much water out of the interior as possible, then use the Houston sun to your advantage: crack the windows a half inch and let the sun dry your car. I'd also rent an ozone generator to run in the car, which will abate the mildewy smells. For the motor, I'd pull the spark plugs, exhaust and turbo, change the oil, then cold crank the motor to blow any water out.

:eek:

I think you mean 12 inches (12") otherwise the whole car would have been underwater :eek:

Glad you and family are safe. I think you have good recommendations here and some basic steps to help it dry out quickly may be all that is needed. With max 18" depth, I'm not sure if any water would have actually gotten into the engine at all.

I feel your pain. Floods absolutely suck. We had over 60" (5ft) because of Hurricane Sandy. Salt water too. Thank goodness I moved my car to higher ground beforehand. It would have been completely submerged in sea water - total write off. We've recently purchased a new house only a few miles away, but its 200ft above sea level...I never want to go through the flooding crap again.

Best of luck.

Be careful...
From this nationwide radar loop it looks like you're getting a bunch more rain right now.
NWS - National Mosaic Enhanced Radar Image: Full Resolution Loop

Thank God you are all safe. I would use a few of these as well..it will help to dry things out DampRid, 64 oz. Fragrance Free High Capacity Moisture Absorber, FG50T at The Home Depot - Tablet

Glad you are safe. Lots of flooding up here in Austin. I am thankful I live at the top of a hill but realize not everyone is in the same situation.

Do as Kenik says. pull the plugs, change oil and rotate motor to makes sure no water remains in the engine. At a minimum pull floor carpet and seats and dry out the car. Do not let it sit while wet. Mold is nasty

Other than a good cleaning you should not need anything else.

I'm in Houston and happy to help. Let me know. I had some water damage to my detached garage but the cars are OK. Did you get 12' or 12" in the house? I am assuming inches. Glad the family is fine that's the most important thing, there are some families that lost everything and my heart goes out to them.

Inches... Met with adjuster this evening about house. It is basically gutted out wall to wall except sheetrock 4ft. Contractor will finish tomorrow. I got fans running on her but doors won't open. Inside or out. I plan on towing to Eurocar-Werks. Not set in stone.

Thanks for all the support and suggestions...

I recommend Mike Callas at Rennsport in Sealy. That's the only place I would trust my 930, Mike and his wife always take care of me.
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How about using key to unlock door Dumb*&$$...running on 6hrs sleep....

Funny �� although don't be so hard on yourself.

srsly

you're goin thru a major stressor... a bit of mush headedness is expected

good luck, sounds like you should be set to get it sorted quickly and successfully

does your auto ins cover water damage?

Tia,
Glad everyone is safe. Lots of caring people with great suggestions on this site.
Continue to stay safe and hope all works out for you, Family 1st, property 2nd.
Bud

I will call Mike Calas Monday to keep options open. I did speak with Eric at Eurocar-Werks over the phone. Told me based on my descriptions it shouldn't be bad. Just the usual stuff and maybe a chance to get rear wheel bearings done.

Since I couldn't open 930 doors;^), my first act after taking care of family and some personal belongings was to yank seats(manual) out of M3 and vacuum out water. Job was pretty straight forward and pulled up carpet but not out due to time constraint so fan could help air out. I could only vacuum out the 540. The electric seats are stuck and a pain in the ass to get to bolts. Got her airing out. Passenger door wouldn't open(no key hole by the way).

My nephew came by to help so I was able to jump on the 914. Seats came out quickly. Yanked most carpet out and airing out. Those seats were perfect under the sheepskins. PO always garaged her and she is truly rust free but we will see...

I am probably rambling now but I did get 5 solid hrs or sleep. Almost feel like a new man. My wife's car has full coverage so I put the Rav4 and MDX on the back burner. My dd got water up to the steering wheel. She's been with me over 20 years.

All that is really trivial compared to your family. We had 2ft water on the exterior of the house and 12" in the house. Once I cut the power(3am) and in darkness with only 2 candles it was a different world. Those 3 hours of waiting for sunlight seem like an eternity. Kids on the bed with my baby Olivia trying to jump into the water with excitement. I could only scout around for so long but it was if we were put in a middle of a lake. Thank God water level didn't get higher!

Anyway, I will follow up with pics. My Nokia has worn out buttons that are frustrating the me. Wife was kind enough to remind me that she saved her 4s for me when she upgraded to iphone-6 4 mos ago. All our computers are water logged so I came into office this morning and found I have over 100 emails.

Thanks again for everyone's kind words!

clean it, dry it, drive it.

Powertech of Rockaway, NJ flooded my car during hurricane Irene storm in 2011……..I still drive MY 930 because it was more than just $$$