The truth is that your car will face when it is submerged for too long

The historic rain for 2 consecutive days has turned Saigon into a sea of ​​water, causing many motorbikes and cars to be flooded for hours. And what will water turn your vehicle into?

The terrible rain has probably become an unforgettable memory for Saigon people. Too many places in the sea, including the biggest roads. To the point that a whole day later, many people still had to participate in the swimming tournament reluctantly because Mr. Heaven inspired to organize.

Historical flood in Saigon on September 26.

In addition to the consequences such as chaotic traffic, many hours of paralysis of people, the damage to people's vehicles is also significant.

Many motorbikes suffer from severe flooding. And the question is: how will such water immersion affect our carriage?

Parts that are affected when the vehicle is immersed

As stated many times, when wading through flooded roads, your car may die due to water entering the ignition system.

The temporary solution now is to stop the car, find a high place to slope the water in the exhaust pipe, then clean the spark plug again to start the engine. After that, if convenient, take the car to the store to check more carefully.

But if the water flooded the head of the car like the last rain, or worse, the car that you fell into the water so it was no longer so easy. Because water will penetrate every part of the car.

Thousands of motorbikes were engulfed in car tunnels at Nguyen Sieu Street.(Photo: Le Giang).

In this case, the vehicle's electrical system is the most seriously affected and should be prioritized for inspection, as it affects the performance of the vehicle, especially the automatic vehicles (hand cars). Station) equipped with electronic fuel injection system. In particular, the motor is a very easy place to short-circuit, causing fire and explosion when wet.

Battery is also a place of great impact. In most cases of flooding, the battery may be disconnected, causing the car to fail to start or even to explode.

Other parts of the engine such as carburetor (carburetor), spark plugs, air filters . should also be checked carefully. The spark plug carburetor when soaked in water will not be able to function normally, should be replaced.

The vehicle's drive also needs to be re-dried, because if the belt is wet it will affect the operation of the vehicle, causing the vehicle to feel jerky, difficult to accelerate and consume more fuel.

The engine needs to be thoroughly inspected when flooded.

And that is with motorbikes that are very lucky, but new cars are called terrible. With cars, water can be considered a god, causing damage to bearings, undercarriage of silver, direct impact on the machine, generators, propellers, electrical components .

Cars flooded can turn into a pile of scrap like playing.

If the water level is high, it will be sucked into the air intake line (air intake) of the machine and makes the machine broken and light, then it will be bent and heavy, then the mechanical shaft will be broken and the block of machine will be broken - also known as the phenomenon of hydrodynamics.

With water-resistant motorbikes, depending on the type of vehicle - you will spend from a few tens of thousands to 1-2 million to repair cars. But there are cars, hundreds of millions may have to leave in the eyes of the owner of the vehicle, but there is no way to save.