Car wash flooded my engine???
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Car wash flooded my engine???
So i brought my 99 Cabrio to a car wash over the weekend which I guess had an undercarriage wash and as soon as i pulled out the brake pedal got rock hard and barely worked and the engine started to misfire all over the place and then it stalled and wouldn't start back up for a while. My mechanic told me it got flooded and after a few days in the sun i'd say it's about 90% back to normal, although the brake pedal is sitll a little rigid.
Does this sound familiar to anybody or is there some gaping hole in the bottom of my car i need to take care of? thx
Does this sound familiar to anybody or is there some gaping hole in the bottom of my car i need to take care of? thx
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Originally Posted by gregroselli
So i brought my 99 Cabrio to a car wash over the weekend which I guess had an undercarriage wash and as soon as i pulled out the brake pedal got rock hard and barely worked and the engine started to misfire all over the place and then it stalled and wouldn't start back up for a while. My mechanic told me it got flooded and after a few days in the sun i'd say it's about 90% back to normal, although the brake pedal is sitll a little rigid.
Does this sound familiar to anybody or is there some gaping hole in the bottom of my car i need to take care of? thx
Does this sound familiar to anybody or is there some gaping hole in the bottom of my car i need to take care of? thx
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you need to open the front trunk take off the battery cover and look to the sides of the battery
chances are you will see leaves and possibly water.
it sounds like the drains are clogged and the well filled with water and filled your brake booster with water.
chances are you will see leaves and possibly water.
it sounds like the drains are clogged and the well filled with water and filled your brake booster with water.
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Point taken about the car wash. I'll be arranging a "punch me in the face" booth in Central Park some time soon, I'll post details.
In the meantime, I checked to the left and right of the battery and there is some water there.... what exactly does this tell me and what now?
In the meantime, I checked to the left and right of the battery and there is some water there.... what exactly does this tell me and what now?
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Yes, and they should have told you that at the car wash. Unless you go to the touchless kind, where the equipment moves around the car. So when will the booth be set up?
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Originally Posted by gregroselli
So did I seriously just buy a car that I can't take to a car wash??
Dude - your car cost 60-100k new - thats not the kind of auto you take to a car wash...