A watery experience today

[Dieselman]

Today, while driving down the M5 in what can only be described as a tremendous rain storm and very high winds, I came up behind a Citroen Picasso where the driver wouldn't go over 60mph, mainly due to the spray from lorries.

As we crawled past one lorry the airborne water was enough to drown my air filter and cause limp home mode, so after the Picasso moved over I found I had no additional power.

I continued to my destination about 20 miles further on and after the car had stood for an hour it was all back to normal.

I've never experienced this before

 

[Charles Morgan]

Alarming, but hardly surprising in the circs. I had planned to drive up to Anglesey today, but thought better of the idea!

 

[Howard]

A chap on the yachting forum I frequent lives in a stone house with walls 3 feet thick on the Menai Straits and said his house was shaking today !

 

[Twistedmind]

That's some serious rain !!!

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[Charles Morgan]

Better not be tomorrow or Friday!

I may be close to a lot of flooding here, but I'm very glad to be almost as far as possible from the coast in weather like today.

 

[artyman]

A friend has had a neighbours tree demolish her shed when it blew down

 

[brucemillar]

A friend has had a neighbours tree demolish her shed when it blew down

Once upon a time there was a big bad wolf. He said "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down".

Just saying.

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[davidjpowell]

Sounds like an old Renault 5 that I had years ago. The bottom cover was long gone. Real heavy downpours would see either the distributor or plugs get soaked, and I'd be misfiring down the motorway at 60 until it had time to dry out....

Old tec meets new tec

 

[jamesfuller]

Today, while driving down the M5 in what can only be described as a tremendous rain storm and very high winds, I came up behind a Citroen Picasso where the driver wouldn't go over 60mph, mainly due to the spray from lorries.

As we crawled past one lorry the airborne water was enough to drown my air filter and cause limp home mode, so after the Picasso moved over I found I had no additional power.

I continued to my destination about 20 miles further on and after the car had stood for an hour it was all back to normal.

I've never experienced this before

Sounds like it wasn't far off being a lot worse!

A couple of years back I got a phone call from the mother in law. She had driven through a puddle and the car had stopped.
I went to tow her in, the 'puddle' was a foot deep stretching from curb to curb in the dip of an old railway bridge.
The puddle had ripped off a wheel trim (the type the wheel bolts hold on) and the front number plate! We towed the car back and got all the water out. It had bent a conrod but the old citroen 1.9d managed another 8 months until emission time on the mot.

 

[Aitch55]

Today, while driving down the M5 in what can only be described as a tremendous rain storm and very high winds, I came up behind a Citroen Picasso where the driver wouldn't go over 60mph, mainly due to the spray from lorries.

As we crawled past one lorry the airborne water was enough to drown my air filter and cause limp home mode, so after the Picasso moved over I found I had no additional power.

I continued to my destination about 20 miles further on and after the car had stood for an hour it was all back to normal.

I've never experienced this before

Had this with a Citroen C5 and it was quite unnerving on a busy motorway to suddenly be reduced to 40/50 mph with no power whatsoever.

After two new MAFs it was discovered that the front part of the n/s wheel arch liner was missing and water was being thrown into the air intake duct that draws air from behind the liner.

 

[grober]

As engine compartments get more crowded more and more manufacturers seem to put their air intakes under the wing. [It's one of the things that put me off the old SAAB 9-5]. Seems to be recipe for disaster in standing water or flooding conditions.

 

[evdok]

This is one reason why my car is on the drive & only used if really need to, debris is another factor.

 

[Palfrem]

Reminds me of old Minis....

 

[del320]

My thoughts exactly!

45 years of technological advances, eh?

 

[Palfrem]

Ah, takes me right back. Great design, but all the vital electrics right at the front.
I recall an aftermarket shield that one could buy, was never convinced it made a huge amount of difference though.

Always carried plenty of damp-start or WD40

 

[del320]

I recall an aftermarket shield that one could buy, was never convinced it made a huge amount of difference though.

Indeed! Made of some sort of cardboard - rather like what covered the backs of old radios and TVs.

I'm just surprised that DM was surprised. I'd have thought he would have carried such essential kit at all times...

 

[BTB 500]

Ah, takes me right back. Great design, but all the vital electrics right at the front.
I recall an aftermarket shield that one could buy

Think that became standard on BMC cars later on.

 

[DSM10000]

Ah, takes me right back. Great design, but all the vital electrics right at the front.
I recall an aftermarket shield that one could buy, was never convinced it made a huge amount of difference though.

Always carried plenty of damp-start or WD40

A marigold glove with the fingers cut off and then duct taped over the distributor and leads worked

 

[Druk]

Today, while driving down the M5 in what can only be described as a tremendous rain storm and very high winds, I came up behind a Citroen Picasso where the driver wouldn't go over 60mph, mainly due to the spray from lorries.

I'm surprised that no-ones mentioned that they thought 60mph was maybe a tad too fast for the prevailing conditions and given DM's vast driving experience he should have taken that into account. However, I couldn't possibly comment myself.



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[Troon]

I'm surprised that no-ones mentioned that they thought 60mph was maybe a tad too fast for the prevailing conditions and given DM's vast driving experience he should have taken that into account. However, I couldn't possibly comment myself.

I was just about to type that, as it happens. 60mph doesn't sound like "crawling" in highly inclement conditions with restricted visibility.