Flooding rain. Car is sitting in water. I looked under hood and water is almost touching the bottom of the car. If I crank it wont it do more harm than good?

 

 

You can see what it's suppose to look like in my profile picture. I'm terrified it's damaged my car

 

if the water is rising move it.

 

The water is gone now. It's stopped raining. I don't think it actually touched anything but I don't know for certain. What are the odds of it being ok when it dries?

 

should only have to worry about brakes and wheel sensors. if it was a short time they should be ok.

 

Of course check all your fluids. Any sign of anything funny change it. From the picture it does not look like the water got high enough to get into the wiring.

The biggest issue with water damage is water in the connectors. Connectors are water resistance but not water proof. If water get inside the connector they will never dry out. It can even get into the crip part where the metal connector crips to the wire. Once rust or corrosion starts inside a connector failure are soon to follow. This why a 80K Porsch that has been under water is totaled by the insurance company.

If the water got to some connectors you can soak the connector in alcohol for a few minutes then blow it off with shop air. The quicker the better.

 

I went out and looked under it when it was at it's highest and I didn't see that it touched anything under the hood. Thank goodness it stopped when it did though. It was at least halfway up the wheels though.

 

Don't park there anymore

If you don't have it you may want to think about comprehensive insurance. I do not run full coverage on my camaro bacause it is not worth it. But for the $12 a month comprehensive protects me from everything expect me being a bad driver or an un insured motorist.

 

Yeah I just have liability on it. I just parked the car in that spot this morning. We have our Envoy right beside it and then I had been parking the Camaro on the other side. My son moved his car to that spot though when we were in a panic.