slight misshap

[gary200]

little story for u lot on here

had a fiesta st500 b4 my 200,and about 3000miles into ownership i stuck a k&n typhoon on it along with various other mods

after a work night out was taking my m8 home and hit a puddle (river) about 2ft deep about 10ft across,bent somrthing managed to drive to 40odd miles home then this happened in the driveway

sum pics

 

[Alastair.]

and then

 

[luke2607]

Ouch.

Wont be doing that again any time soon will we?

 

[gary200]

lol no well hope not,the filter sat right infront of the passenger wheel which didnt help matters

it split the block from sump to head nearly

 

[Ian_182]

ouch indeed...

 

[MaLicE]

so u drove through a puddle and split the block??

 

[Ant1]

Oooooouch!!!

Warranty any good?

 

[henryp]

hydrolock ?

 

[Bux]

so u drove through a puddle and split the block??

It was probably very hot, and when you cool a metal quickly...i.e. dunking it into a river, it can cause cracks and break

 

[henryp]

definitely hydro-fucked. lol. after seeing you've said the airfilter is right by the wheel arch. engine sucked a load of water. water can't be compressed. cracked ze block.

 

[.GAZ.]

Water in the cylinders, water doesnt compress!

 

[MaLicE]

i know about hydrolocking (the engine wouldnt crack from change in temp that badly) i would of expected rods to bend or snap or blow out the side rather than it just crack like that!

 

[Christopher]

Metal filler FTW.

 

[Bluebeard]

Just put some thicker oil in it, it'll be fine.

 

[seb]

i reckon that is broken.

 

[Bluebeard]

Just put some thicker oil in it, it'll be fine.

i reckon that is broken.

Do you think our mechanically minded skills are missed in the Engine section Sebastian?

 

[gary200]

i know about hydrolocking (the engine wouldnt crack from change in temp that badly) i would of expected rods to bend or snap or blow out the side rather than it just crack like that!

hydrolocked,bent or cracked a conrod and held up for a bit then it gave way and split the block. ford sorted it under warranty

 

[.GAZ.]

Did you refit the standard airbox before it went to Ford?

 

[gary200]

the typhoon is on in the 2nd pic and went from there to the deck basially

 

[.GAZ.]

I mean, after the engine went pete tong, did you put the standard airbox on before it went to be repaired?

 

[gary200]

yeah but according to k&n i didnt have too as their stuff dont void manufacturers warranty

 

[lee131]

Just put some thicker oil in it, it'll be fine.

and for extra measure a few handfulls of sawdust

 

[.GAZ.]

yeah but according to k&n i didnt have too as their stuff dont void manufacturers warranty

RLY? Must'v cost Ford a few £££ to repair that!

 

[gary200]

so k&n said i just changed it to be safe

it got a whole new engine, bout £2800 thru ford i think

 

[.GAZ.]

FLOL, £2.8k thats good goin son!

 

[gary200]

the car was only a few months old so it should of been ok lol

 

[MaLicE]

hang on u hydro locked, bent the rod or what ever and still drove on it??

 

[gary200]

thats wat ford said had happened?

i still needed to get home so just drove it,thought being a ford it might just sort itself lol

 

[rory182]

lol good effort they didn't need to replace that under warranty either

 

[gary200]

yeah i didnt think they would of since it was water damage but they just went on and did it anyway lol

 

[rory182]

nice one, bit of a result!

Water is dodgy as fcuk, I'll never settle for tyres that are crap in the wet

 

[gary200]

we get plenty of it up here too m8 lol

 

[rory182]

exactly, I aquaplaned off the road near Newton Stewart at maybe 30mph when I hit standing water in my 182, sh4tpank!

 

[gary200]

f**k that scary stuff lot to be said for a good tyre m8

 

[Djw Dave]

Wow thats some crack!

 

[Tom@JMS]

lol good effort they didn't need to replace that under warranty either

Renault certainly wouldn't. They barely do the things that fall under warranty, let alone any extra-circular work!

 

[gary200]

Wow thats some crack!

why thank you lol

 

[gary200]

Renault certainly wouldn't. They barely do the things that fall under warranty, let alone any extra-circular work!

to be honest renault done everything i asked of them when i had my 197

including replacing lamda probe in the exhaust 3 times,because the car was lowered the car scared its arse going in and my drive,in turn fraying the wires going to the lamda probe so it didnt work lol

 

[Greeny.]

slight?

 

[Timmay]

puddles ftl!