How do you drive through a big puddle?
To avoid damage from driving in puddles, staying out of storms altogether is the best choice. If you have a garage or car port, you should park your car inside there. Your second best option should be to park away from trees that can get blown over and damage your car.
What to do if you drive through a puddle of water?
I was driving home and exited the roadway, and went into a big puddle of water. The car went almost all the way through the puddle, and then it turned off. I had to use the emergency neutral lever so we could push it out of the way. I was able to push the car the few remaining blocks to my house.
Can a puddle of water cause a car to start?
There is a good chance that water got into the sensitive electronics of your vehicle. Having a trained professional inspect your vehicle is the only way to determine the exact cause of your starting problem. The statements expressed above are only for informational purposes and should be independently verified.
What happens when you run your car through a puddle?
You can get “hydrolock” and still have the car run. Usually water only gets in one cyclinder that happens to be on intake stroke. It draws water in, intake valve closes, piston goes up on compression stroke and the water trapped in the cylinder refuses to compress.
Is it safe to drive through a puddle?
Driving through a puddle at a constant speed is probably a lot safer than any sort of swerving into one. A friend from high school was killed doing a swerve around a friend’s car at relatively low speeds. It was enough to briefly lose control and spin into a tree.
I was driving home and exited the roadway, and went into a big puddle of water. The car went almost all the way through the puddle, and then it turned off. I had to use the emergency neutral lever so we could push it out of the way. I was able to push the car the few remaining blocks to my house.
There is a good chance that water got into the sensitive electronics of your vehicle. Having a trained professional inspect your vehicle is the only way to determine the exact cause of your starting problem. The statements expressed above are only for informational purposes and should be independently verified.
You can get “hydrolock” and still have the car run. Usually water only gets in one cyclinder that happens to be on intake stroke. It draws water in, intake valve closes, piston goes up on compression stroke and the water trapped in the cylinder refuses to compress.
Driving through a puddle at a constant speed is probably a lot safer than any sort of swerving into one. A friend from high school was killed doing a swerve around a friend’s car at relatively low speeds. It was enough to briefly lose control and spin into a tree.