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 .

[istan]

Nissan Sentra '92 model, Mayapis St. Drove thru waist deep flood, with a Pajero in front. Was thoroughly scared when the Pajero stopped midway, my Sentra waded thru successfully though. Only damage was my muffler. Hole rusted thru.
Intake at the back of the headlight must have helped. Will never do it again though. Hahaha!

[OldSchoolHack]

Submerged under muddy floodwaters your suspension system, brake system, tie rods, etc. etc. will be filled with water and suspended soil which when it dries becomes a dusty, sand like material which is extremely abrasive and will cause the early demise of all the lower body systems of your car.

Hindi pa kasali ang corrosive action ng water itself. Actually madali matangal water. It's the soil that will make it's way into various systems of your car thats a troublemaker.

[Reepicheep]

Hip-high with my fieldmaster. Will never try it again. Kakatakot.

[cocoy]

back in Papau new guinea, we used to cross flooded rivers with our Landcruiser 80 series.. the deepest we ever crossed was jst over the hood of the LC, of course naman it was fitted with a snorkle and ARB air lockers.. back then it was jst a normal way of getting home..

for floods here in the philippines.. the deepest i drove my stares was probably just lower than the headlites.. this was early sunday morning after ondoy.. we came from san fernando. thankfully edsa was not flooded anymore and we manage to reach home in silang cavite..

[niky]

Usually just below headlight is safe... unless you're driving a car with a stupid-low intake (Ford Escape... Chevy Optra... old Lancer EFi or Sentra EFi)... but even if your air intake is at hood level, a bow wave from a truck can send water into the intake.

Crosswind, so far... just above the running boards (above knee level)... haven't driven it in deeper water because I don't particularly want my carpets to stink to high heavens...

It pays to know where your air filter is. It also pays to sit and observe the level of the water (or walk it out, if it's safe) before committing yourself. But of course, if you don't really need to go... just sit it out and wait for the flood to subside.

[toronegro]

ako way back 2007 bagyuhan din ,,instead na mag expressway ako sa bataan ,sa loob ng bayan ako nag daan yun baha na pala sa may hermosa ,,at lampas na sa gulong ng crosswind xuv lubog na gulong at mahaba din na baha yun bago ako naka tawid nag start na mag warning ang dash board ko kasi yung spray ng tubig sa engine bay tumatama sa hood tapos bagsak sa engine damay ang battery kaya panay na warning buti di ako tinirik ,yung ibang sasakyan bus na lang nakakatawid yung mga auv na assemble tirik n a,,yun ang story na di malilimot ng crosswind ko.

[niky]

The warning light for the battery is on because your alternator is wet and the belts are slipping. Not a big deal.

[locoroco777]

back when I still had my accord half of the body were submerged......it was in the crossing after the dimasalang bridge going la loma.....after I reach the higher ground the fender liner was dislocated....then a few kicks, it returned to its normal place.... gone straight home in bulacan like nothing has happen....

[toronegro]

The warning light for the battery is on because your alternator is wet and the belts are slipping. Not a big deal.

well not just the battery but the whole indicator display ,like check engine ,oil ...everything that can cause abnormality,which you only see when you start the engine,,and if i am not that fast enough to reach the other end i know my crosswind will stall

cheers

[OTEP]

Dunked our '77 MB 300D into tire deep water along the Katipunan flyover. I love those old school diesels. hehehe. Just went past SUV's whose drivers did not dare to cross.

On my Patrol, I've gone tire deep also (up to below the headlight) during rescue and recovery runs at the height and the day after Ondoy.

[mreyes]

back in the days, nilusob ko ang 1995 lancer namin sa may malinta, infront of south supermarket. headlight level na ang baha at sobrang kaba ko dahil alam kong mababasa na ang carpet. kaya lagi kong hinahawakan to check. buti naman hindi nabasa. just kept on hitting the gas at ayun, buti na lang manual tranny sya at hindi kami tumirik. never again will i do that.

[jackyhonta]

-I remember way back 1989, I drove a '86 Lancer GSR box type in the flooded waters in Rodriguez Sports Center, BF was not yet mayor then, and that part of Marikina is highly flooded . To my amazement my car didnt stalled, and the water is already in my car seats, I really loved that car.

[MarcRio]

Knee deep with my lowered ae101 in our subdivision's entrance...
Ayun,basa ang carpet.. Ang baho!

[loidch]

during the late 80's, we were stuck along R. Magsaysay Blvd. in Sta. Mesa...the ride was our old BJ Land Cruiser diesel...pati upuan nakababad sa tubig....kaya pati briefs ko basa. amazingly it never stalled....ang tatag talaga.

i had to drain and change the gear oil of both axles, transfer case and the tranny the next day though