Re: deloreans do float...

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

Most of the damage caused by deep water won't be noticed for a while.
You should remove all of the carpets and dry completly to eliminate
any mildew. You should regrease EVERYTHING under the car. Inspect the
C/V joints or better yet regrease them too. Make sure no water is
trapped inside the frame like inside the crumple tubes and the engine
mounts. Clean all of the grounding points. Expect things to go bad
like the horns, cooling fan motors, and starter. This won't happen
soon so you won't connect the flooding with the failures but it will
happen. Change the engine oil and trans fluid too. Any wiring plugs
that where low enough to get wet should be opened, cleaned and
reseated. Ditto for any bulbs like the front parking lights and
directionals and side markers. You might want to consider making an
insurance claim for this if you have the coverage (in that case call
the broker for an adjuster before doing ANYTHING). The sooner you get
to it the less damage and corrosion there will be. Treat this as
seriously as you can as this will cause a lot of damage. It could also
cause the wheel bearings to die prematurely because the grease got
washed out. Flooding can do a lot of damage but it is invisible and
doesn't happen quickly like a fire.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Darkstar" <darkstarmedia@xxxx> wrote:
> well I thought that I would relate a story. a few weeks ago in
calif. we had
> a big rain storm. on my way back to work I hit some slow moving
cars and
> was rather pissed cause I was late. well I noticed the small puddle was
> getting deeper and deeper and soon found the reason for traffic... a
river
> had formed running across the road. cause it was too late to stop and I