F6 under water!

[010 f6 ute]

Last night we had alot of rain i was driving home and the road i turned onto was flooded. I tried to get up a drive way then she died it water ran up to the
bonnet for about 3 secs. I not sure if i sucked in enough water in that time to kill it or its the battery playing up now because i tried to start it and comes up car immobilized. Anyone have any ideas? And yes i now i should be calling a mechanic but i dont have the money for it till pay day

[FALCONXTV8]

mate if the waters gone over the bonnet it would have been sucked into the air intake for sure, best not try to start it again until your able to have a machanic take a look.

[macman]

Water + car = bad news

[Hulsty]

Call the insurance company.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Yep call your insurance company and get ready to order a new ute...

She will be toast.

[010 f6 ute]

Cheers boys ill give them a call.

[ebxr8240]

Take plugs out and turn engine by hand at least two turns..
If manual you can push car while in gear.
Check if air cleaner is wet...

[trbo 6]

I went through something similar to this late last year. Call the insurance company asap and tell them what happened. They will send a tow truck to take it to their local depot to get assessed. The front end of my car was up to the top of the wheel in water due to a backed up drain. Car was written off, as they could not tell what elctrics had been affected and if the car would be any good long term. I had water in the cabin though.

[phillyc]

Originally Posted by 010 f6 ute

Cheers boys ill give them a call.

What colour will the new Ute be?!

[ebxr8240]

Liquidated F6...

[XR6Naranja]

Sorry to hear, sucks that something can so easily ruin an engine.

[Molloy]

Sorry champ but shes gone, insurance will write it off if water goes up to the bonnet

[010 f6 ute]

Took the intake off full of water airfilter is sooked, took of the BOV water ran out. I have never claimed before so im not sure whats gunna happen but looks like its going to be a write off by the sounds of it? Insurance company has sent a tow truck find out in 3 to 5 day what they want to do, going to go test drive a GT this afternoon take my mind off it.

[XR6Naranja]

Originally Posted by 010 f6 ute

Took the intake off full of water airfilter is sooked, took of the BOV water ran out. I have never claimed before so im not sure whats gunna happen but looks like its going to be a write off by the sounds of it? Insurance company has sent a tow truck find out in 3 to 5 day what they want to do, going to go test drive a GT this afternoon take my mind off it.

If something isn't claimed in the insurance, take it and keep it.

But yep, looks like you're out of luck mate, insurance should cover that though.

[Uncle Niceguy]

ask them if you can keep it and sell all the body parts, interior and wheels and there's your deposit on a new car

[GT 160]

Do you know if the street had any road closed signs on it due to flooding ?

[XR6Naranja]

Originally Posted by GT 160

Do you know if the street had any road closed signs on it due to flooding ?

I think that comes under the same rule as pot holes, the council has needed to know for like 2 days before it's actually claimable on that.

OP said it was the night before.

[Windsor342ci]

Originally Posted by 010 f6 ute

Took the intake off full of water airfilter is sooked, took of the BOV water ran out. I have never claimed before so im not sure whats gunna happen but looks like its going to be a write off by the sounds of it? Insurance company has sent a tow truck find out in 3 to 5 day what they want to do, going to go test drive a GT this afternoon take my mind off it.

Ouch! Sorry to hear mate. To every door that closes a new one opens. Now uou can say you owned and F6 and own a Miami.

[prydey]

how can you not notice a road is flooded until water is over the bonnet??

will insurance cover if they know you just drove into the water?

[Brazen]

Originally Posted by prydey

how can you not notice a road is flooded until water is over the bonnet??

will insurance cover if they know you just drove into the water?

Yeah, you start feeling the resistance of the water against the car even when its only an inch deep.

[XR6Naranja]

I can only think of one of two things, road decline that went into water.

Or huge pot hole.

[ebxr8240]

Well ???... Built Ford tuff....

[XR6Naranja]

Originally Posted by ebxr8240

Well ???... Built Ford tuff....

Haha, like most men, doesn't drink water.

[010 f6 ute]

Because it was raining that hard i couldnt see thats why i pulled in that way to wait it out at the servo on my way home, it wasnt straight road i had turned the corner straight into it. Two other cars did the same there still parked up beside mine waiting to be towed. It was flash flooding no signs had been put out 5 minutes after it happen the road was fine just very bad timing and yes its at the bottom of a hill.

[GT 160]

Originally Posted by XR6Naranja

I think that comes under the same rule as pot holes, the council has needed to know for like 2 days before it's actually claimable on that.

OP said it was the night before.

I meant more so if there are road closed signs and he drove through them and drowned the car the insurance company wont cough up a brass razoo.

[XR6Naranja]

Originally Posted by 010 f6 ute

Because it was raining that hard i couldnt see thats why i pulled in that way to wait it out at the servo on my way home, it wasnt straight road i had turned the corner straight into it. Two other cars did the same there still parked up beside mine waiting to be towed. It was flash flooding no signs had been put out 5 minutes after it happen the road was fine just very bad timing and yes its at the bottom of a hill.

Yeah unlucky mate, had rain like that before where it was so heavy I couldn't see 5 meters infront of me, oddly enough one side of town was sunny, was an instant change.

How's the insurance going?

I couldn't think of anything worse then losing my car to water.

@GT

Yeah fair enough

[010 f6 ute]

I hoping for it to be a write off i love it but i dont want it back after that happen it will just keep playing up, the thing is im covered for a $51,500 pay out so does that mean the repairs would have to come close to that before they write it off?

[Windsor342ci]

See now thats what I would think.. But apparently not. You dont even have to be near the covered amount to be deemed as I write off.

I just dont understand it.

If your engine is seazed alone for such a new model engine you'd be looking at not much change if any from 10K. I would be very surprised if they opted to try to repair it.

[dave351cid]

sorry to hear about your ute mate.

certainly was some big rain. a lot of the creeks and rivers around here have reached their highest levels in the memory of life time locals. and it all came in a few hours.