What do I do if I drove my car through deep water?

Today we are showing you what happens to a Lexus hybrid car when water floods into the engine.

Hello everyone,

Welcome to mechanical moments at Mercie J. I am your host, Rick Smith, certified master technician. I want to talk to you today about water. Most of the time it is a lot of fun and refreshing here in our desert climate. My wife and I love to take our boat out fishing or drag our grandkids behind it on an inner tube. But sometimes our cars don't find playing in the water as much fun as we do. Lets talk about what can happen when our vehicle goes through deep water in our monsoon season, or when we back into the lake a little too far when launching our boats or jet skis.

If we drive through water too fast, its possible for the engine to ingest the water and bend a piston rod like this one that we repaired last year. Here is what a piston rod should look like and here is the damaged one from water ingestion.

On my GMC truck, if I back in my favorite lake too far, there is an emission control valve on the bottom side of the bed that can get water logged and cause my check engine light to come on.

Then we have what happened to this poor lake lover. We have here a Lexus RX400 hybrid electric car. This is the compartment for the high voltage batteries. As a side note, any time you see orange harness covering, exercise extreme caution because orange indicates high voltage and a risk to your safety. These are relays for the high voltage system. If you can see it in the video, we have corrosion caused by water intrusion. Basically, the Lexus was backed in a little too far when launching and water came through where the high voltage cables exit the compartment through the floor.

For our lake lover, his insurance is taking care of the bill and we will have him back on the road today.

So there you have it, have fun and be careful around water.

Until next time, blessings to you and safe travels.

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