Deepest Flood Water You Drove Your Car/SUV Through Successfully

[4wrider]

What was deepest flood you drove through without any or with minor damage to your vehicle?

In the morning of September 27, the day after Ondoy submerged the metropolis I went back to get my Starex (GRX CRDI) which was parked a kilometer away from our house and with a week's groceries. I drove around Manila looking for a unflooded way home, of course, there was none. I was pinned in an area were it was further away from where I last parked and the only way to go was go to the water which was about 2 feet deep. After waiting for almost an hour and only after witnessing an old Hi-Ace did it. I was able to summon my courage after much prayer and drove right through the murky water. Success!

But that was just the first of many. However, with the new found confidence on my van I readily move through the length of Pedro Gil even though other vans would not dare.

So far I have not experienced any apparent damage or indication of such in my van due to the watery ride.

[uvax]

Way back when I waded our old 1972 VW Beetle in knee deep water in one of Buendia's infamous flash floods. Being rear-engined and air-cooled the VW Bug was one tough cookie wading through floods.

[renzo_d10]

nearly knee deep floodwater....I think, but that's my rough estimate. It was like 3 years ago.

[alwayz_yummy]

hip-deep waters of laon-laan/ma.clara..

back during my MLQU days and i still had my 2-inch lifted delica starwagon...

now... i have no plans crossing that deep again...kawawa ride ko (kahit AWD)

[testament11]

nitong ke ondoy, more or less 200 meters knee deep flood with my precious.

but nung tatay ko ang driver with our 7k fx, from dalandanan to malanday stretch ng mcarthur, knee deep flood ang sinuong nun. even the floods of lolomboy, bocaue and malabon, sinuong din nun. ang ending, maaga nabulok ang body. pero ngayon, restored na ang body niya at mukha ulit siya bago!

[speed unlimited]

The past few years my Corolla 4k engine in Araneta Ave . Almost hit the radiator fan you can feel it and made it until Petron E .Rodriguez. My idle become rough and open the distributor cup wet and keep it dry and the idle become smooth . What makes good on the disributor you will find a plastic that fit the contact point not to be wet .

[jonaslazanas]

nitong ke ondoy, more or less 200 meters knee deep flood with my precious.

but nung tatay ko ang driver with our 7k fx, from dalandanan to malanday stretch ng mcarthur, knee deep flood ang sinuong nun. even the floods of lolomboy, bocaue and malabon, sinuong din nun. ang ending, maaga nabulok ang body. pero ngayon, restored na ang body niya at mukha ulit siya bago!

nirepaint ba boss?

[renzo_d10]

Hmmm. Kahapon siguro, sa sobrang alon ng baha pumunta sa hood ko. Pero kung gano kalalim, mga 3/4 siguro mg gulong. Basta naalala ko rev lang ng rev dapat pag nasa tubig. Tumuloy ako kasi may Lynx na nakalagpas. Pero marami din magbabackout, ewan ko bakit.

[Retz]

It rained hard yesterday afternoon and I was in V. Mapa going towards P. Sanchez, A lot of vehicles took the small street as to avoid the flooded part in V. Mapa. Medyo malalim din risky for a sedan to pass through.

[▅▆█ JASPER █▆▅]

Very memorable talaga 'tong ondoy.


September 26 '09 about 11 00am
Nasa pampanga ako where our business is based (mostly andito ung kotse namin). Nagpapasundo na kapatid ko sa FEU dahil an taas na daw ng baha. I was confused kung ano ang isasabak ko kasi alam kong di biro ang baha na aabutin ko. Then I finally decided to bring in my i can say "new" pick up back then.

Driven my '07 hilux 4x4 A/T Diesel. From Pampanga next to Manila (FEU morayta sinuong ko ang UST flood) lastly to our residence in Bulacan unto which andami nang nag hahydroplane sa Nlex. From balintawak I exited to Marilao kasi tiga marilao ako but to my surprise pinapadiretso na lahat sa bocaue exit dahil sobrang lalim na. Ayon sa Bocaue exit ako dumaan but highways there has higher floods than diversion.

About 3 00 pm na ako nakarating ng marilao. napakalalim na talaga ng tubig abot nasa hood. randam ko malapit na tumirik pero as I rev through our village. My truck showed his toughness more because it facing running water. which goes directly to the hood scoop. after just around 5 mins hanggang 2 inch na ng windshield ang sakop ng waving water. As I went up to our garage, half wheel na ang sakop dun sa fieldmaster ko and also dun sa hilux. nagmadali ako kinuha ko na lahat ng mga gamit dun sa hilux tpos bumaba na ko sa hilux dala ung mga gamit (I wouldnt forget this incident where in I decided na pabayaan nlng na mabaha ung dalawang kotse ko at dala ko na ung mga gamit ko para kang pinaalis sa bahay) ganon din ang ginawa ko sa pajero FM ko. then last kong ginawa is tanggalin ung batteries and plates nila. And after that I took a picture of them both with the flood water near
the headlights. It's like a farewell picture (too bad my laptop was stolen wherein the picture was stored).

There's more naiwan ko ung owners manual ng hilux na naka pouch dun sa parang lalagyan sa likod ng front seat. Buti naaalala ko at nasalba. After that pinanood ko nlang mainvade ng water mga car ko.


September 27 '09
Buti ambilis humupa ng tubig samin

First thing in the morning plugged in the batteries again to check if my cars are still working. To my surprise my hilux still started and water was draining in the exhaust. At first I was really hesitant with this pickup because it is just part of the IMV for 3rd gen countries. But I proved that wrong.

Unfortunately my pajero fm started pero ndi na makagalaw. and all my speaker upgrades are all broken. buti pa ung hilux oem speakers pero ndi nasira. Not bad for a 11 yr old car back in 2009.

Fast forward to 2012. Both of the cars are now running in good condition. from that incident up to now ginamit ko nang pangharabas ung hilux now clocking 240km. Yung fieldmaster ko naman 300km na ngayon.

-END-

[jdee12]

Delikado ba sa auto tranny na lumusong sa baha?

[GTi]

Delikado ba sa auto tranny na lumusong sa baha?

Its a lot more inconvenient when you stall an automatic car because you can't just jump start the darned thing by the tulak boys. Another way an A/T can be downed would be water entering into the transmission fluid. But that would usually take a lot of flood to do.

[glenn manikis]

Delikado ba sa auto tranny na lumusong sa baha?

dati pinasok tranny ko abot sa hood ang baha, nag sliding clutch ang tranny ko then after 5days yung papagawa ko na back to normal ulit... siguro natuyo na...

[Harangody]

2.5 to 3 feet ata yun sa Taft gamit Fortuner.

[miko101130]

hindi na nakalitaw yung gulong ng everest namin... sa san simon pampanga...
kakatakot pero kayang kaya eve...

[Retz]

2-3 feet cguro I don't know. Pero umiilaw na ung battery indicator sa dashboard.

[macsd]

Hangang dibdib in the vicinity of Mandaluyong muncipal hall in the 80's. It was with my Isuzu Luv big foot pick-up.
33 inch wheel diameter + 12 inches lift. Sarap ng feeling when you know it's deep & driving no sweat cause the
water level barely touches the oil pan with exhaust pipe up to the roof top. Everyone staring on the car cause they
see it as if it's floating in the water.

[Retz]

Hangang dibdib in the vicinity of Mandaluyong muncipal hall in the 80's. It was with my Isuzu Luv big foot pick-up.
33 inch wheel diameter + 12 inches lift. Sarap ng feeling when you know it's deep & driving no sweat cause the
water level barely touches the oil pan with exhaust pipe up to the roof top. Everyone staring on the car cause they
see it as if it's floating in the water.

Sir, mag survive kaya yan Isuzu Luv Big Foot mo sa Araneta Ave.? Ung Shell logo na lang naka litaw during habagat flood.

[n_spinner06]

2-3 feet cguro I don't know. Pero umiilaw na ung battery indicator sa dashboard.

Nailusong ko sasakyan ko sa baha sa mandaluyong kagabi pagkatapos nung malakas na ulan. Lagi ko naman nagagawa to dati kaso bagal ng movement kagabi kasi maraming padyak sa kalsada to accomodate yung mga commuters. More than 3/4 ng gulong submerged for more than 5 mins bagal ng usad minsan full stop pa. Umilaw din battery indicator iniisip ko baka inabot ang alternator. Nawala din naman after a few mins. Is there a cause for concern?

[yobma]

I used to have a mitsubishi adventure which was bought bnew way back in 1998 or 99. During a severe typhoon i was driving to manila from baguio and got re-routed somewhere in pangasinan because of heavy flooding in urdaneta, had to cross a span of road that was submerged in 2.5 of running water. It was scary but got thru it naman and my adventure before did not have any problem from it.

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