Reverse through a flood? Better, shirley?

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Given that the most serious consequences of driving through a flooded section of road include a hydrolocked engine as the bow wave finds its way into the intake, would it be better to reverse through any water whose depth is enough to cause pucker?*

Note: I'm talking about floods maybe 12 inches deep, not ones obviously up to the bonnet.

• This may be a stupid question.

[Benbay001]

What if youre in a 911?

[sandman77]

Wouldn't water find its way up the exhaust?

[Axionknight]

[mrmr96]

sandman77 said:

Wouldn't water find its way up the exhaust?

Not far, no.

[heebeegeetee]

It all depends on where the air inlet is.

[GTIR]

No. Because the water would vortex around and under the front (back) of the car.

The reason you want a bough wave is it reduces the amount of water directly under the engine compartment/front qtr of the car.

Possibly.

[Alucidnation]

Axionknight said:

[HumbleJim]

GTIR said:

No. Because the water would vortex around and under the front (back) of the car.

The reason you want a bough wave is it reduces the amount of water directly under the engine compartment/front qtr of the car.

Possibly.

I didn't know a bow wave was an advantage.

[A900ss]

If it's 12 inches deep, I'm finding another route.

[Axionknight]

Alucidnation said:

[Zyp]

I went a little deeper than 12" (stop it at the back) and survived

(I was pushing it though - the air intake is behind where it says Animal)

[Previous]

Never really understood what people were getting at about re Bow waves before and driving through floods.

This describes it well (with pictures)

http://www.drivingfast.net/off-road/obstacles/deep...

[Zyp]

Just don't let anyone tow you backwards through deep water -

(A couple of lads I once knew in this video)

Stick with it - quite funny at the end, and I think a first off road excursion with his new girlfriend

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rZQAGAxq8lc&deskt...

[SV8Predator]

HumbleJim said:

GTIR said:

No. Because the water would vortex around and under the front (back) of the car.

The reason you want a bough wave is it reduces the amount of water directly under the engine compartment/front qtr of the car.

Possibly.

I didn't know a bow wave was an advantage.

No, he said bough wave, that makes all the difference.

[HumbleJim]

There was a bloke who recommeded driving a RWD car backwards up a snowy slope because then it was a FWD car. Same principle I guess.

[MGZTV8]

Who's Shirley?

[johnS2000]

Why you asking Shirley ?

Who is this Shirley that crops up on various threads on a regular basis .

[MGZTV8]

johnS2000 said:

Why you asking Shirley ?

Who is this Shirley that crops up on various threads on a regular basis .

wonder if she's a fittie...

[Alucidnation]

johnS2000 said:

Why you asking Shirley ?

Who is this Shirley that crops up on various threads on a regular basis .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5t5_O8hdA

Edited by Alucidnation on Sunday 2nd February 17:42