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Amphibian VWs



    As long as your crankshaft oil seal is good you wont get any water in
the engine. be sure you go through the water right after you start it (to
avoid thermal stresses to the exhaust). If you still have the stock exhaust
pre-heat diverter installed there is a possibility that it can suck water
into the intake (very bad), since it takes suction on the lower radiator
support, which can submerge. Your snorkel should work okay to get you by.
    There is no deep water around here, but i did have fun with the rieger
today as it sleeted/snowed and the ground was about 25c.
Allyn

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
xx Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX (presently on drawing board)
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Voss" <curtv@eudoramail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; <vwpickups@neubayern.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:34 PM
Subject: Amphibian VWs


> Okay, don't tell me I shouldn't be abusing my car this bad 'cuz I already
> know that... :) My driveway is approaching its annual flood stage and I'm
> concerned about driving my Scirocco and Rabbit pickup through it. Once I
> stalled the Scirocco in the middle of it when the exhaust pipe submerged,
> so now I stick a flexible pipe into the exhaust pipe and angle it up as a
> sort of reverse snorkel, which gets me through okay. But, I wonder what
> kind of damage I might be doing? The water isn't deep enough to run in
> around the bottom of the door, but I'm sure the bottom of the crankshaft
> pulley is dipping in for about a Scirocco length or so. Anyone have any
> insights, can I get away with this maybe half a dozen times a year?
>
>
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