Deep Water

[Photodom]

Hi

I had an interesting journey to work this morning. It's been raining heavily here (central Scotland) for the last 3 days and on trying 5 different routes to my destination, I came across 5 floods each with a saloon car stuck in the middle.

I have an 07 Diesel CRv and was tempted to try going through a couple of times but resisted the urge.

Does anyone know what maximum depth of water is it safe for a CRV to drive through? Where is the engine air intake located and is this what determines if the engine keeps going.

Thanks

[Photodom]

Can I take it that no one EVER drives through flood water/rivers/streams etc in their diesel CR-V.

Can't believe no one has experience of this?

[jeprox]

for the gas crv, the intake is connected to this tube that goes down the front driver side to roughly... just after the the headlight.

personally, whether my car is new or old, gas or diesel -i would not drive through any flooded street when the height/level of the water is half of my car's wheel. only time i will drive through it is if i have absolutely no other choice.

if you just want to test out your car, doing it once or twice is ok - doing it frequently is not a good idea. your brakes and other parts gets submerged in water/dirt and over time, they will rust or seize up if u dont clean them.

if you want to drive through a flooded street, as long as the water is below your exhaust tail pipe - u should be more or less ok - take it slow, keep your foot on the gas pedal so water dont get sucked into the exhaust pipe. a lot of people stall coz they try to blast through the flooded street and water would splash up, get into the intake or tail pipe and engine dies. take it real slow, foot on gas all the time.

[Black Pearl]

Several members have forded streams off road, but they were with groups and knew the depth of the water.

How do you know how deep the water is on a flooded street? I would not recommend trying to cross flooded streets in your vehicle. Another problem not mentioned above that I seen in some threads last summer is that the water gets past the axle seals and can cause wheel bearing problems and rear differential problems.

Again I would strongly recommend avoiding flooded streets.

Welcome to the club and good luck with those streets.

[Alpine]

I have an 07 Diesel CRv and was tempted to try going through a couple of times but resisted the urge.

Does anyone know what maximum depth of water is it safe for a CRV to drive through? Where is the engine air intake located and is this what determines if the engine keeps going.


On the gen 1, the air intake is behind the right headlight on RHD models.

This is the deepest I have done. The V did just fine.

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[Dahmer]

this is an interesting topic and I'd love to learn more. I've done a few river crossings and lake-sized puddles myself, but I feel really uneasy about it

[gary696]

this is an interesting topic and I'd love to learn more. I've done a few river crossings and lake-sized puddles myself, but I feel really uneasy about it

A friend was stopped at an intersection in prox. 1' of water when some hotdog idiot plowed through at high speed. He created a wave so high that it reached my friend's intake which ruined the engine. Water does not compress!

[davos]

Hi

I had an interesting journey to work this morning. It's been raining heavily here (central Scotland) for the last 3 days and on trying 5 different routes to my destination, I came across 5 floods each with a saloon car stuck in the middle.

I have an 07 Diesel CRv and was tempted to try going through a couple of times but resisted the urge.

Does anyone know what maximum depth of water is it safe for a CRV to drive through? Where is the engine air intake located and is this what determines if the engine keeps going.

Thanks

What's saloon car?

[jeprox]

What's saloon car?

saloon is basically a car. 4 door car.
another term for sedan. it's used mostly in UK and other parts of europe.
they have vehicles with model names like ford xxxx super saloon, etc. :D

[Dahmer]

back to the main topic though, what sort of irreparable damage could be done to the vehicle's components?

[gary696]

back to the main topic though, what sort of irreparable damage could be done to the vehicle's components?

If you suck water into a running engine, it maybe destroyed. Water does not compress.

[Black Pearl]

Not to mention the thermal ruckus that ambient temperature water will do to a hot combustion chamber, valves, and piston head.

[tcturner]

I remember years ago a friends cars hot engine light came on and when he checked the rad it was empty.Not knowing any better he filled the rad with cold water and proceeded on his way for about 5 minutes when the block cracked wild open.Moral? Don't mix really hot things with really cold things ,bad things might happen.

[tsmithvt]

It's generally harder to "slug" an OEM equipped (stock & in good condition) engine than one might think. First water has to be high enough to enter the mouth of the air inlet tube which is usually as high as possible (usually behind the grill) and baffled against direct access/flow. Water also has to enter the inlet tube in sufficient quantities to saturate the air cleaner and collapse it. Unless the engine is pulling very hard (which certainly is a possibility), it will more likely just stall.:(

San Leandro Honda Online Parts (http://www.slhondaparts.com/browse.asp?Model=CR%2DV&Year=2006&TrimLevel=5DR+EX+4WD&TransLevel=5MTKA&Section=E&Category=B++0105%7CAIR+FLOW+TUBE&Doors=5&Emissions=KA&PartCatalogId=14S9A6&ViewParts=true)

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[Dahmer]

I was driving my '86 corolla through a huge puddle as a kid and nearly stalled the engine - the power steering died for about 10 seconds, but after that, no issues. I've noticed the location of the air intake on 1st gen V's and don't see how it's particularily possible to suck in water. furthermore, I'm more just concerned about drivetrain components like bearings and seals and what-not. I've taken my V to some pretty extreme limits and have only come out with satisfaction. I think on my next tune up I'm going to double check my bearings though. any other ideas?

[silvercrv]

You will hear your bearings if they are going bad, and I would also check your axle boots just in case they crack or tear, you do not want water and dirt going in the axle joint.

[fillsteak]

Another common problem with driving in deep water is water getting into the system from the rear.

Most exhausts are lower than the intake and if you stay submerged long enough, the engine cannot push out the air through the water well enough to 'exhale'. A car's gotta breath, and exhaling is part of the process. If you supply steady gas to the engine, you'll be fine in most puddles as the engine will have a stronger constant push out back.

No parking underwater.