C180 Komp Coupe 07 Flood Damage

[Dieselman]

I don't envy you that one . But when I got my SLK in the first couple of days my key got stuck and would not turn at all. Called Mobilo Life out and just as he turned up it freed itself. Never had a problem since.

Hadn't left the roof down in the rain had you Pammy.. You know being a new car and all that, maybe you didn't realise it had one..

 

[tmienterprises]

i'm intrigued though.. how much did u pay for it?

and my contribution - is the speedo in mph or knots?

 

[kth286]

Someone once asked Mick Jagger why his face was so craggy with all those lines.

Laughter lines he replied.

"Nothing is THAT funny" came back the retort.

 

[The Dent Guy]

Im very interested in how you get on - I was considering buying a flood damage car. Mind you, after all the recent floods in my neck of the woods there's gonna be plenty of choice.

You obviously haven't heard it running - I've been told that the 2 worst things about flood damaged cars are......water doesn't compress, so if water has been sucked up into the engine whilst driving, theres a very high risk of bent con rods and split casings. Secondly, electrical gremlins for ever more.

However, if the car was flooded whilst parked, surely the engine would be ok.........but then theres the problem of cleaning it.

Keep us all updated.

 

[Unimaginative U]

any water damaged control modules, try srtipping out the circuit board, washing it in hot soapy water with a soft paintbrush, rinse it with purified water then give it a dousing in isopropyl alcohol and dry it out with a hairdryer. look at the vias, the pinholes going from one side of the board to the other for corrosion, they are normally what gives bother if no component are blown. if the vias are corroded you can repair them with kynar covered fine diameter wire.

 

[grober]

Sounds as if you may have to "trailer it" to get it to a knowledgeable specialist to assess it properly. You can hire car trailers quite cheaply if you look in your local yellow pages or maybe you might have a "motorsport" mate who could help with a loan of one? You might have got a bargain if you are prepared to strip it out and dry everything out. Be careful to wear some personal protection against infection--wear a good mask protective overalls and use gloves when first taking the car to bits if its been contaminated with sewage effluent. Treat or cover any exposed wounds and wash up/shower before eating. Best killer of bugs is oxygen, dehydration and strong UV light so get all the bits out in strong sunlight which will kill most things off--thats when the sun finally decides to shine of course GOOD LUCK!

 

[Rory]

There's a post on one of the forums that says insurance companies having all the recently flood damaged cars crushed due to e-coli infection risks.

 

[The Dent Guy]

There's a post on one of the forums that says insurance companies having all the recently flood damaged cars crushed due to e-coli infection risks.

Ahhh - that explains a lot then.

My parents car was a victim of the floods the other week. Esure wrote the car off over the phone! The assessor phoned them the other day to agree the payout and said the car would be sent for crushing!!

Surely there's plenty of salvagable parts to be had? Excluding any fabric bits like carpet or cloth seats, why not break it for parts?

I understand the risk of infection but, is that any worse than the oily filthy floor of a scrapyard?

 

[jelleyman]

Update so far,

Have stripped interior out and cleaned the seats and carpet with anti-bacterial cleaner and have come up lovely.

I have connected a fully charged battery to the car, and now if the doors are locked, the remote fob will unlock the drivers door only, but wont lock it again. Then when i put the fob into the ingnition slot i can hear a relay click coming from the relays in the boot, but i still cant turn the ingnition on.

I have been told that if the battery was left dead for a while that it will all need re-programming at the dealers but if the fob unlocks the door i dont know if this is true if it unlocks the car?

Does anyone know where the "DAS" module is? Or should i just trailer the car to the dealers?
Any thoughts appreciated.

 

[Dieselman]

The DAS is the ignition switch, it's a complex bit of kit.
The ignition lock is electrical and is motor driven. Dont want to go into detail but you should be able to get round this if you have a look.

The key shouldn't need reprogramming because it doesn't rely on power from the key, it's driven off the car battery for the immobiliser and from the key for the door locks.

I suspect the CAN has been flooded and isn't allowing communication between the various modules around the car, hence nothing will work.

Strip all the modules that have got wet and check the CAN connections.

Try disconnecting everything you think might have got damaged and see if you can get power into the rest of the car.

 

[Rory]

I understand the risk of infection but, is that any worse than the oily filthy floor of a scrapyard?

The reason given was that the insurance companies don't want to risk being sued if someone, at a later date, contracts e-coli.

 

[marcos]

The reason given was that the insurance companies don't want to risk being sued if someone, at a later date, contracts e-coli.

To contract e-coli wouldnt they have to lick the seats or carpet or something worse The only time I have ever let my lips touch the car was in my E320CDI. I kissed the steering wheel after I beat a moron of the lights in his M3, he really did not know how to change gear at all.
Makes me feel all smug again just thinking about it

 

[Dieselman]

To contract e-coli wouldnt they have to lick the seats or carpet or something worse

Or have an open wound such as a cut.

Hope jellyman doen't get any cuts when doing this car up.

Also I wonder about food such as an apple placed on a seat.

 

[crockers]

To contract e-coli wouldnt they have to lick the seats or carpet or something worse The only time I have ever let my lips touch the car was in my E320CDI. I kissed the steering wheel after I beat a moron of the lights in his M3, he really did not know how to change gear at all.
Makes me feel all smug again just thinking about it

You mean he was going the other way....lol

but I am sure you weren't "carping " on about that ..just throwing out a "red herring"...:bannana:

 

[merc man]

There's a post on one of the forums that says insurance companies having all the recently flood damaged cars crushed due to e-coli infection risks.

Well thats my line of work, e coli is a big problem, but is easily taken care of use a steem cleaner with a bit of disinectant and you're set.

where i work i am in regular contact with pathogens and viruses, along with other biologicals and theres nothing a good industrial bleach won't takecare of, faling that its just a steamcleaner that they use to clean our benches.

hoe it all goes well.

 

[Rory]

To contract e-coli wouldnt they have to lick the seats or carpet or something worse The only time I have ever let my lips touch the car was in my E320CDI. I kissed the steering wheel after I beat a moron of the lights in his M3, he really did not know how to change gear at all.
Makes me feel all smug again just thinking about it

You're not here somewhere, are you?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/09/car_lovers/

 

[Bazzle]

Does this model have a PSE vac pump? Open it and dry . clean the connector conracts.

Bazzle

 

[Dieselman]

Does this model have a PSE vac pump? Open it and dry . clean the connector conracts.

Bazzle

No, electric door locks.

 

[jelleyman]

Been away this weekend so haven't really got any futher with the car, thought i would post some pics of the progress so far

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[jelleyman]

Im very interested in how you get on - I was considering buying a flood damage car. Mind you, after all the recent floods in my neck of the woods there's gonna be plenty of choice.

You obviously haven't heard it running - I've been told that the 2 worst things about flood damaged cars are......water doesn't compress, so if water has been sucked up into the engine whilst driving, theres a very high risk of bent con rods and split casings. Secondly, electrical gremlins for ever more.

However, if the car was flooded whilst parked, surely the engine would be ok.........but then theres the problem of cleaning it.

Keep us all updated.

No i havent heard it running, however i knew it was stationary in a compound when it was flooded so there wouldn't be any mechanical engine damage.
The engine ecu looks like it has escaped the water so apart from the odd sensor etc i dont think the engine will cause me that many problems.