Re: 1' deep puddle

[jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>]

water may have also gotten in thru the intake, which is bad, you find
find water in teh combustion chamer.. water in the motor is not a good
thing
jonas

Chris DeLong wrote:
> 
> Don't know about the clutch thing but i would definetely recommend you do a
> compression test cause the only way I can think of water getting into the
> crank case is by forcing it past the pistons which would have entered the
> combustion chamber via the intake valves. GL
> 
> >From: "Chris Cavitt" <boingo420@hotmail.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: 1' deep puddle
> >Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:06:53 PST
> >
> >as oregon was flooding i was driving home and hit a pudle that was a least
> >a
> >foot deep and my rocco stalled out in the middle then wouldnt turn over for
> >a long time, i finnaly got it started it had sumthin to do with the clutch
> >being buggered up, so i drive it for a second and didnt run too well
> >checked
> >oil and it was a creamy color, so water got in the case somehow changed oil
> >and filter and hasnt returned since, kinda weird, but i am still having a
> >lot of problem with clutch, could the water of adjusted out the clutch? the
> >clutch now starts moving car like less then half inch off floor and stays
> >the same until about an inch from the top, and the car lags like clutch is
> >in a little bit?
> >anyone have any ideas?
> >sorry it was so long.....
> >
> >chris
> >portland, or
> >81 scirocco
> >www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pit/8862/rocco.html
> >
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