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Alex

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Car flooded - a cautionary tale
24. Jul 2011 at 18:50

Car parked in the driveway during 3 days of (very) heavy rain. When I came to use it I saw that I had about 3 inches of water sloshing about in the rear nearside footwell. It turned out that the drainage pipe in front of the heater intake in the engine bay was blocked and the intake had about 5 inches of water in it. I know it's not the easiest place to check, but be aware it can happen - although how all the gunge got down there is beyond me,

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vauxsull Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 333 Northop, North Wales Gender: Drives: Facelift 2.6 MV6	Re: Car flooded - a cautionary tale Reply #1 - 24. Jul 2011 at 18:54 Ah haaaa the blocked scuttle drain full of leaf debris then? school boy error not checking that bad boy..
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aaronjb Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3635 Bracknell, Berkshire Gender: Drives: '01 3.2 Elite (was '96 2.5TD CD), '02 MR2 Roadster (plus snail), '92 300ZX 3.0V6 TT	Re: Car flooded - a cautionary tale Reply #2 - 24. Jul 2011 at 18:57 http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1167524083
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Stallion Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1008 Romford Gender: Drives: 2001 --> Irmscher 3.2 Elite <--	Re: Car flooded - a cautionary tale Reply #3 - 25. Jul 2011 at 00:52 although have checked it (not recently) thanks for the reminder
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tango Junior Member Offline Posts: 189 brum Gender: Drives: omega 3.2 mv6 saloon full irmscher kit sports star alloys and custom exhaust	Re: Car flooded - a cautionary tale Reply #4 - 25. Jul 2011 at 00:59 well if you dont know then you dont know
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Re: Car flooded - a cautionary tale
Reply #5 - 25. Jul 2011 at 06:41

I got rid of the slit obstruction at the bottom of the drain pipe by cutting it off and extending the tube a bit and now even the largest of leaves do not obstruct the water draining away. I still check it each time open the bonnet though, especially after heavy rain is forecast cos you never know..... Thumbs Up!

And yep, it was schoolboy error Grin

considering the amount of times this has been brought up before.
Lesson learned I hope. Try using a Shamcloth by JML, they are brill for soaking up water. Thumbs Up!

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Re: Car flooded - a cautionary tale
Reply #6 - 25. Jul 2011 at 08:01

Alex - bad luck, thanks for posting in an attempt to help others avoid the problem.

To those who crowed " haha schoolboy error" etc. did you not notice that this member has only 16 posts to his name? Hardly likely to have seen reference to the dodgy scuttle drain in that time?
Bit of sympathy/courtesy wouldn't go amiss.
Huh

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Re: Car flooded - a cautionary tale
Reply #7 - 25. Jul 2011 at 10:06

Abiton wrote on 25. Jul 2011 at 08:01:

Alex - bad luck, thanks for posting in an attempt to help others avoid the problem.

To those who crowed " haha schoolboy error" etc. did you not notice that this member has only 16 posts to his name? Hardly likely to have seen reference to the dodgy scuttle drain in that time?
Bit of sympathy/courtesy wouldn't go amiss. Huh

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Shackeng Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1640 North Wiltshire Gender: Drives: 2001 3.2 Elite Auto Saloon, 1999 Omega 2.5Td CDX Auto Estate. Trade Card. Halfords TC.	Re: Car flooded - a cautionary tale Reply #8 - 25. Jul 2011 at 10:42 vauxsull wrote on 24. Jul 2011 at 18:54: Ah haaaa the blocked scuttle drain full of leaf debris then? school boy error not checking that bad boy.. Well done that man, never made an error. Thanks very much Alex for reminding us.
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