water damage HELP!
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Instructor
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From: Clear Lake TX
water damage HELP!
hit some water yesterday and my car flooded out. then went back a couple of hours later and it still wouldn't start, makes a grinding type noise. Any ideas and is this covered under the extended warranty.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Richmond Ca
Re: water damage HELP! (RHINO6)
If it's water damage, it may be covered by your insurance, not the car warrantee,
Could you perhaps provide some more information? like, do you have an after market intake? How deep was the water? How fast where yoiu going? Did it die immediately of slowly sputter?
If you want help, you got to give some info, we are not mind readers. :cheers:
Could you perhaps provide some more information? like, do you have an after market intake? How deep was the water? How fast where yoiu going? Did it die immediately of slowly sputter?
If you want help, you got to give some info, we are not mind readers. :cheers:
Pro
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: South Florida
Re: water damage HELP! (RHINO6)
hit some water yesterday and my car flooded out. then went back a couple of hours later and it still wouldn't start, makes a grinding type noise. Any ideas and is this covered under the extended warranty.
Good Luck...
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Instructor
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From: Clear Lake TX
Re: water damage HELP! (Gardiner)
i do have ram air or should i say i did have ram air. it is currently at the dealer with stock air filter on it. i am not sure what good it will do considering when i pulled off the ram air it was like niagra falls and when i opened the throttle body it was even worse. the water was only about 3-4inches deep but i think i might have caught a wake. it died pretty fast after the wave.
Racer
Joined: May 2003
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From: L. I. NY
Re: water damage HELP! (RHINO6)
Sorry to hear about your misfortune. :( :( Makes me glad I didn't go with the Ram Air b/c I was afraid that would happen being that it's my daily driver and I hit plenty of puddles recently that were deeper than 3-4 in. Hope everything works out for you. :seeya
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2001
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From: Kentucky
Re: water damage HELP! (LS7)
Sorry for your bad luck. Your strory and stories like it is why I decided against ram air and went with a Donaldson Blackwing. Hope it all works
out for you.
Bill :) :)
out for you.
Bill :) :)
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Drifting
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From: Columbia MD
Re: water damage HELP! (MagRedSkull)
What was the purpose of putting on the stock air filter before leaving the car at the dealer once you saw the water inside?
Pro
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From: Bellflower CA
Re: water damage HELP! (bowtiebandit)
Because if the insurance company, whether it be car insurance or extended warranty, sees any way to deny liability they will. And the customer gets to foot the bill. It's a good idea for anyone reading this to do the same, if you question it, so will they if the adjuster is any good.
Drifting
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From: Columbia MD
Re: water damage HELP! (MagRedSkull)
I couldn't agree more to what you said but I have also seen the other side.
I have a 99 w/28k burning oil to the tune of 2 quarts per 1000 miles. Extended warranty wont cover the repair because they say rings and pistons are wearable items and not covered.
I have a 99 w/28k burning oil to the tune of 2 quarts per 1000 miles. Extended warranty wont cover the repair because they say rings and pistons are wearable items and not covered.
