A "flawed" Ford Escape (from Ray Butch Gamboa, SPMJ)[merged]

[IMm29]

That's the article? It's not much better than a blind item. Tsk! Tsk!

[afrasay]

So guys, if you have to cross a flooded area, any helpful tip on how to do it safely.

If possible use the lowest gear. Do not step on the clutch. Do not rev too much, keep it between1,000-1,300 rpm, drive slow and as long as you are moving forward you're ok. High reving, especially on an engine mounted fan, would just scoop water into the engine bay spraying water into your distributor, coils and sparkplugs. An indication that that water is more than half a tire deep is the absence of a "thug, thug" sound in your flooring. It means the water has reached the underside of your car. Best to let a car pass and see how deep the water is. If in doubt, don't. My truck can ford waist deep water but unless it is really necessary I would think twice, coz taking out the carpet could be a real pain in the back.

taken from this thread Baha-knee Deep

[mazdamazda]

Eto bagay ata sa kanila...

[Horsepower]

Ok pala sa UST, di lang academics matutunan, water fording din. heheehehe.

sa UP Diliman di pa ata nagbaha kahit minsan. (Well, AFAIR).

[Horsepower]

Anyway, i think that a change in title is in order.

like, Flawed driver of a Ford Escape or something like that. hehehe.

[swifty]

OT: isn't the ECU of the car another factor? even if your intake is high, but if your car's ECU is low and got wet, would the car stall? newbie here

[OTEP]

Yep. But the ECU of the Escape is mounted high up in the engine compartment. At the back of the firewall almost to the base of the windshield.

On other vehicles (e.g. gas powered Pajeros), the ECU is behind the glovebox.

Besides, a wet ECU will not bore a hole through your block.

Ok pala sa UST, di lang academics matutunan, water fording din. heheehehe.

sa UP Diliman di pa ata nagbaha kahit minsan. (Well, AFAIR).

Matindi po kapag bumaha sa UST. Stranded lahat. UST will buy food for the stranded students (usually Jollibee) and the orgs will be giving away their org shirts sa mga nabasa ng ulan. My cousin's Lancer got flooded with water as a flash flood ravaged the campus. The whole UST ER had to be moved to the 2nd floor, also. I attemped to drive home during a wicked typhoon. I left UST around 4PM, got home at 10PM. Usually it's just an hour's trip. Nabasa pa air cleaner ng Besta ko paglusong sa baha sa tapat ng Sto. Domingo. hehehe. Buti na lang hindi dumiretso sa loob ng engine.

[ptk675]

Ok pala sa UST, di lang academics matutunan, water fording din. heheehehe.

sa UP Diliman di pa ata nagbaha kahit minsan. (Well, AFAIR).

OT: ahehe nung nagaaral pa ko jan, di ako nagdadala ng sasakyan pag rainy season, sigurado malulubog. ginagawa ngang swimming pool nung mga tambay na bata yung corner ng dos castillas at dapitan eh, nagda dive pa pero bilib ako dun sa galant sigma nung pinsan ko, kahit na yung wave umaahon na sa hood nung kotse nya di pa din napasok yung carbs..

grabe magbaha jan, ewan lang kung hanggang ngayon ganun pa din. dati its not uncommon to see españa, dapitan et al submerged in 4 feet deep floods.

BOT: if ford ever honors the warranty on that escape, then its more out of goodwill. di dapat covered talga yan eh kasi flood damage.

[empy]

ahahay...talagang pinilit pa ang Philstar na iprint yung pangalan nila para ilantad sa pilipinas ang pagka-ignorante nilang mag asawa about driving :hysterical:

[OTEP]

Baka naman ang idahilan nila, eh wala naman nakalagay sa owner's manual na i-check ang intake system bago i-restart. hehehe. Teka, nabasa na kaya nila yung owner's manual ng sasakyan? Hmmm....

Kung ayusin man iyan ng Ford ay dahil natakot na lang sila kay Butch Gamboa.