Flood Damaged Cars?

[fatxagt]

I had a BA ute, 10000ks, had been in a dam. It had been in up to the dash, u could see muddy stains in the fusebox. Ford never knew it had been in water. Under warranty they replaced the 5 speed because it had rust in it, the diff blew and the seatbelts didnt retract( rust). had a few other small probs, was pretty much always a lemon

[XRQTOR]

Originally Posted by fatxagt

I had a BA ute, 10000ks, had been in a dam. It had been in up to the dash, u could see muddy stains in the fusebox. Ford never knew it had been in water. Under warranty they replaced the 5 speed because it had rust in it, the diff blew and the seatbelts didnt retract( rust). had a few other small probs, was pretty much always a lemon

Sounds like it was just put back on the road, at the very least all oils should be drained & refilled.

[nothin suss]

I watched a BA XT wagon sell for a bit over $6000 on tuesday at pickles in Melbourne. Had been well submerged in fresh water. I was keen to bid on it until it got upwards of $3000 then i lost interest. I guess if a flood damaged car is cheap enough go for it. You basically have to budget for new modules, interior and perhaps engine internals due to hydraulic lock...

[The Yeti]

Originally Posted by XRQTOR

So why do hail damaged cars get sent to auction, they arn't buggered. If there was such an issue they would be stat writeoff's now wouldn't they. Ever thought that if they decided to fix rather then writeoff 700+ cars that it would swamp the industry, esp in smaller areas.

As was ponted out in another thread, the incurance companys view each vehicle and descide weather or not its a total loss based on estimated repair cost V estimated wreck value and do there maths from there.

I would rather a hail damaged car besauce ive never seen a hail damaged body let my wife down at 3am on the way down the free way

even if the hail smashes the windows the water that actuly enters the cabin is relitivly small by comparison and also much cleaner that the flood water.

and as for your Stat write off question why?? they are structly sound, no question, my thing is, to do the repair properly you would need ot replace ALL the electrical components including harnesses (have you ever seen the wireing harness out of a lodd damged car 12 months on????? all green and coroded not nice at all and unless your prepaired to d oa compleat change out its reall tail chsing material) plus at the very least drain and flush all the drive line components (including replacing axel bearings etc) it is econmicaly unviable the reason the vehicel was written off in the first place.

theres no doubt alot of these cars will be dryed out and detailed and end up on Parramatta road or simular so every one should be extramly carful when buying used cars

[FTGAutosalvage]

Originally Posted by The Yeti

As was ponted out in another thread, the incurance companys view each vehicle and descide weather or not its a total loss based on estimated repair cost V estimated wreck value and do there maths from there.

I would rather a hail damaged car besauce ive never seen a hail damaged body let my wife down at 3am on the way down the free way

even if the hail smashes the windows the water that actuly enters the cabin is relitivly small by comparison and also much cleaner that the flood water.

and as for your Stat write off question why?? they are structly sound, no question, my thing is, to do the repair properly you would need ot replace ALL the electrical components including harnesses (have you ever seen the wireing harness out of a lodd damged car 12 months on????? all green and coroded not nice at all and unless your prepaired to d oa compleat change out its reall tail chsing material) plus at the very least drain and flush all the drive line components (including replacing axel bearings etc) it is econmicaly unviable the reason the vehicel was written off in the first place.

theres no doubt alot of these cars will be dryed out and detailed and end up on Parramatta road or simular so every one should be extramly carful when buying used cars

green wiring is caused by being in salt water. these cars should be stat write offs anyway and cant be re-registered. fresh water doesnt have this problem.
a pressure washer under the bonnet can do more damage than a quick dip in the drink. and the key is to get any motors ect working straight away to dry out any water inside.

[The Yeti]

Originally Posted by FTGAutosalvage

green wiring is caused by being in salt water. these cars should be stat write offs anyway and cant be re-registered. fresh water doesnt have this problem.
a pressure washer under the bonnet can do more damage than a quick dip in the drink. and the key is to get any motors ect working straight away to dry out any water inside.

Ive only had the displeasure of workign on around a dozen flood damaged cars (after the NSW floods in 94) mostly wismans ferry cars, Wismas is on theturn form salt to fresh but the was flood water form the hills and hte river swellign and they all suffered the green wire sindrome.

I thing there fine for parting out, but I wouldnt want my wife driving one and thats how I judge a car one way or the other

[FTGAutosalvage]

Originally Posted by The Yeti

Ive only had the displeasure of workign on around a dozen flood damaged cars (after the NSW floods in 94) mostly wismans ferry cars, Wismas is on theturn form salt to fresh but the was flood water form the hills and hte river swellign and they all suffered the green wire sindrome.

I thing there fine for parting out, but I wouldnt want my wife driving one and thats how I judge a car one way or the other

it also depends on how deep they have been. As i have said b4 My daily driver was a flood damaged car and it went under up to the dash. everything in the car works perfectly. I did change the auto , airbag and engine computers aswell as having the auto rebuilt but the car was very cheap to begin with and since getting it on the road have done 37,000 ks without a problem.
the reason the insurance company writes a car off thats been for a swim is that any repairs need to come with a lifetime warranty , they arnt prepared to do this. people will blame anything that ever goes wrong with the car on the flood damage and the insurance company will be constantly fighting claims. easier to write it off and move on.
The turbo territory we are currently fixing has been stripped to a shell inside. every wiring loom has been replaced. every module aswell as heater box and pedal box ect. this isnt really required but we have all the parts so its easy enough while its all stripped out.

[LUXO_8]

it would certainly help to have the experience or skills in stripping/re-assembly of cars that you have though darren.

its not something i'd be attempting with only a moderate skill level tinkering with cars

[FTGAutosalvage]

Originally Posted by LUXO_8

it would certainly help to have the experience or skills in stripping/re-assembly of cars that you have though darren.

its not something i'd be attempting with only a moderate skill level tinkering with cars

for sure, if it was that easy everyone would be buying them. it is a lot of work to stand them back up. and you cant take short cuts. mainly just time consuming , you could spend 7 to 10 days to do it all properly.