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  1. 18-06-2009, 16:54 #1
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    oops, flood water = bent rods

    just got this off the gti6 forum.. a guy hit a flood in his gti6 ,.. here is the damage.


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  2. 18-06-2009, 16:57 #2
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Nice!!!
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  3. 18-06-2009, 16:59 #3
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    oops
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  4. 18-06-2009, 17:08 #4
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Looks like he made his engine out of chocolate
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  5. 18-06-2009, 17:08 #5
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Oh My Word!
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  6. 18-06-2009, 17:10 #6
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Piston design by Salvador Dali
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  7. 18-06-2009, 17:33 #7
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    fook me, thats the worse bent rods ive seen, caused by hydro lock right?

    bet it blew the head and every thing!

    hello engine rebuild me thinks!
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  8. 18-06-2009, 18:08 #8
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Flood!!! Was it called the English Channel?
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  9. 18-06-2009, 18:15 #9
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    At least he didn't do it half-arsed
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  10. 18-06-2009, 18:33 #10
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    bet its because he had an induction kit... that sits right at the bottom under the bumper.... play with fire, ya get burned! lol
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  11. 18-06-2009, 21:07 #11
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Quote Originally Posted by markey b View Post
    bet its because he had an induction kit... that sits right at the bottom under the bumper.... play with fire, ya get burned! lol
    And i always thought the induction was in a good spot there! Mind you i wouldn't dream of tackling a flood in a low french hatch!
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  12. 18-06-2009, 21:07 #12
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    dunno y them pics have made me think of this.....

    any1 remember this????

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGrffn_LKzE
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  13. 18-06-2009, 21:12 #13
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Quote Originally Posted by Blick View Post
    dunno y them pics have made me think of this.....

    any1 remember this????

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGrffn_LKzE
    Legend!
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  14. 18-06-2009, 21:37 #14
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    I thought they were those dutch weed spec pistons, yeah man, lets have a smoke and its my partener also
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  15. 19-06-2009, 00:08 #15
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Quote Originally Posted by Blick View Post
    dunno y them pics have made me think of this.....

    any1 remember this????

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGrffn_LKzE

    PMSL i used to love that advert.
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  16. 19-06-2009, 01:40 #16
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    im a car salesman, work 4 nissan. one my customers last year drove his 1yr old 350z in 2 a 'puddle' in a heavy rainstorm by us..... puddle was a little deeper than he thought. £14500 bill 2 the insurance company.......... lesson ......water is expensive
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  17. 19-06-2009, 10:04 #17
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Quote Originally Posted by markey b View Post
    bet its because he had an induction kit... that sits right at the bottom under the bumper.... play with fire, ya get burned! lol

    I think the 306 standard airfilter sits very low in the front bumper anyway!! Always been an issue on these cars!
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  18. 19-06-2009, 14:54 #18
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    Quote Originally Posted by Ashy View Post
    I think the 306 standard airfilter sits very low in the front bumper anyway!! Always been an issue on these cars!
    yup, std airbox on gti-6 has a scoop above grille, but an induction kit sits about 10cm from the road... hoover anyone?
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  19. 24-06-2009, 02:23 #19
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    First post!

    I've got a Xsara VTS which is the same car pretty much and I can tell you that it has a cylinder filter like on the 5 only it sits next to the gearbox at the bottom of the engine bay about 6 inches from the ground and the cover is at the bottom with no rubber gasket. I can see how this happened so easily.

    He must have been doing a few RPMs to bend those rods so much though.
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  20. 24-06-2009, 02:24 #20
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    New poster! (less than 10 posts)

    And that was my first post on the new board.
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  21. 24-06-2009, 02:37 #21
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    my bruv did somthing like this in his 21 20l , although wasnt so bad

    he drove through a puddle that was a wee to deep sucked up some water . he still drove it around with bent con rods for a few weeks

    we whiped the head off and chucked in a new con rod from one of my spare j engines . and all was fine

    brings one another meaning to suck squeazze bag , oh ****
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  22. 24-06-2009, 02:47 #22
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    just had another good look at the pickys


    HE MISSED ONE >> N­° 1 IS STILL STRAIGHT
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  23. 24-06-2009, 14:44 #23
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    New poster! (less than 10 posts)

    Quote Originally Posted by THE MASTER View Post
    just had another good look at the pickys


    HE MISSED ONE >> N­° 1 IS STILL STRAIGHT
    Knowing those GTI-6 engines, that was the cyl that already had the 4 bent valves
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  24. 24-06-2009, 15:15 #24
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    Re: oops, flood water = bent rods

    lol. nothing wrong with the gti6 engines.. just the pesky tensioners that sometimes let go early on. Other than that awesome engines.
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