The Most Amazing Sound Of A Hydrolock Ever Caught On Video?! | Leicestershire Flooding | part 8

[@hmallett]

Me reading the video title. “Clickbait”. Me watching the video. “Fair enough”.

[@TomSunderland]

Haha we never clickbait on this channel

[@aidanh4550]

It was rod knock

[@kevinruan]

@@aidanh4550bro the whole engine blew up

[@aidanh4550]

@@johnspencer6777 yes, that's what happens when a motor rod knocks. I have a vid on my channel of my car rod knocking. Sounded the same

[@aidanh4550]

@@johnspencer6777 yes that's what happens when​ a motor rod knocks

[@UbiquitousBooks]

Pro tip guys: if you approach a big puddle and there are half a dozen KZbinrs recording cars driving through it then you should probably look for another route.

Though don't let that stop you from zooming up like you're going to try skimming your car over and then turn around with a big grin just to disappoint them 😂

[@TheFreakonhell]

Just drive backwards

[@DirkaDirka-n9j]

Brilliant. I am in that exact predicament at this very moment and will heed your … oh, wait a minute, that person was able to get their vehicle through, so I should be able to as well! Cheerio.

[@nevinkuser9892]

No. You need to choose your options like in Oregon trail.

[@darkness8849]

why isn't the city doing anything about it? im seeing this quite often, it must be going on for a long time.

[@Thedaleb1]

The seafaring instinct of British people apparently applies to driving

[@ManxAndy]

Winning comment….👍👌😉😜

[@irwindennis9688]

Lol😂😂

[@desubtilizer]

In German it is Auto fahren

[@kristoffscuba5466]

It’s the quality of our food and the beauty of our women, that’s made the British the best sailors the worlds ever seen. 😂

[@Helifax19]

Ahoi there!

[@paulriggers1558]

mechanic here, that noise was firstly, water getting into 1 cylinder, which bent the connecting rod, which was repairable. the bang was when he revved it up to clear the water, but the bent connecting rod gave up, snapped, flailed around, then exited through the side of the engine block, which, funnily enough, is not repairable... hope his insurance company watches your footage, oopsy...

[@dieseldragon6756]

Ah, I was having a bit of trouble understanding how _hydrolock_ happens (I've never driven a car through more than 2" of water. Fords make me nervous enough!) but thanks for laying it out step by step! 🌊🚗👍 I'm going to guess the water gets ingested via the carburetor and that's how it enters the cylinders? Many people try to keep the revs up to stop water entering via the exhaust (Which is probably why he tried that) but they obviously don't think that's only valid if the water is _below_ the level of the engine! 😁 Note to self: _If you try to tackle deep water and fail; Exit and extricate vehicle, and _*_do not_*_ attempt to start engine until an engineer has checked it out._ 👍

[@Kalvinjj]

@@dieseldragon6756 Yes, it enters through the engine air intake (would pass through a carburetor if the car still has one, nowadays they're almost all fuel injected tho), enters the cylinder and being "incompressible" (in this application we can consider it as such), it's not much different from having something solid inside the cylinder.

[@MedBud_UK]

@@dieseldragon6756 If you go through slow and steady, as long as the water level does not go any higher then your air intake, you will be absolutely fine. This is why you see green laners with 'snorkels' up the side of the windscreen.

[@felixcat9318]

​@@MedBud_UKI was always taught to enter water very slowly, making certain that there is no bow wave. Slow, steady progress means exiting the water with one's vehicle in perfect condition!

[@Adirondneck]

If you DO manage to flood the air intake by going to deep, try to be listening and ready to turn the engine off at the first sign of the engine running funny, and DO NOT try and restart it if it does die. Call for help

[@neilrusling-je6zo]

"Car no wurk rite, make smoke, so me POOT FOOT DOWN to fix...but car go BANG!...me now sad".

[@toms7671]

Hahahaha. WHY CAR GO BOOMBOOM

[@Team33Team33]

Well he does wear £200 trainers so ...

[@Silverbullet767]

​@@nojnoj3069I'm gonna guess thick as two planks...

[@thereasonableconsumer]

Me no understand why car no move. Me push out of river like Flinstone car, then try again and Boom.

[@davidspion9548]

​@@nojnoj3069 His insurance isn't paying out for that. He willingly put the car at risk, and the proof is here on the Internet. Wilful destruction.

[@ringringskier]

The Insignia driver did it beautifully, with unprecedented style and dignity!

[@WhiteDieselShed]

I was going to comment the same, nice and steady and a perfect speed. Some of those people were super lucky and should rush to the nearest shop and buy lottery tickets.

[@alexmcmeekin2658]

Agreed! It's always a risk in any car unless you know exactly where your air intake is, but that guy did the drive through perfectly! just a gentle, even bow swell with no wave break!

[@ChristophRIEHL-d5i]

he won the WCEH 2024 :World Championship of Engine Hydolocking.

[@Munakas-wq3gp]

Only one of those who understood physics.

[@jamesgreen9665]

Style and Dignity are words not normally associated with Insignia Drivers

[@michaelwittmann2644]

I gave my wife an ear bashing when she drove too fast through a flooded Ford and hydro-locked the engine. The following year, I did precisely the same thing. That was over 20 years ago; my wife ensures I never forget it.

[@BratislavMetulski]

Was it with ze tiger panzer?

[@michaelwittmann2644]

@@BratislavMetulski Ja😂

[@Carglouche.]

1. Stay single 2. Buy 4x4 with snorkle. Problem solved 👍

[@michaelwittmann2644]

@@Carglouche. 👍🤣😂

[@alanwhite6293]

Amazing the memory a woman retains, even up to 40 years PLUS!!!

[@Cornz38]

Today's science lesson: You CANNOT compress water (by any meaningful amount).

[@simonrook5743]

Pedantically you can, but the amount is so small compared to most situations (like circa 10:1 in an engine) it is usually considered incompressible.

[@josue_kay]

Anything is compressible to varying degrees.

[@cv507]

öh you cän. knöt 0vi v

[@Cornz38]

@@cv507 What does any of that diatribe mean?

[@Cornz38]

@@josue_kay but the amount you can compress water is so tiny it is, essentially, uncompressible.

[@airbourne1266]

If you absolutely HAVE to drive your car through flood water 1 start a bow wave 2 keep consistent speed behind the wave 3 pray it’s not too deep 4:54 that’s how it’s done

[@robertheinkel6225]

And make sure your air intake is not at bumper level.

[@richardhunt4576]

Rubbish! Drive at 1 mph, keep water at its natural level. Thinking that you can create a lower level at exactly where you air intake is is ridiculous.

[@airbourne1266]

@@richardhunt4576 bud you see the proof of what I say at the time stamp. It works, yea if it’s half the depth of your tire keep a very low speed, but at that depth you gotta move the water out of the way to avoid flooding the engine

[@richardhunt4576]

@@airbourne1266 I see, if the air intake is below water level, a bow wave could and (if you're a gambling man) does work. Regularly cross a ford as our only means of access, the 1mph rule applies, firstly with C15 van, now electric car ( much less anxiety all round). We watch the weather and park other side around 10 x a year, but becoming a more frequent occurrence. 😊

[@craddocraddoc]

Or - hear me out - drive BACKWARDS. That is at least what I learned in driving school in a town that had no flooded roads for decades.

[@kevinruan]

man you weren't kidding when you said that would be the most amazing hydrolock sound!

[@ivorypoacherplays]

and now he polluted all the local waterways

[@VanHalen.]

срать

[@hogwild5844]

Not only that but he has also made the road extremely slippery and dangerous for anyone on a motorbike. Totally irresponsible behaviour.

[@Giuseppe_De_Bellis]

Police can have a look at his license plate..😅😅

[@volvo09]

​@@hogwild5844 oil and diesel spills are absolute hell for a motorbike. Instantly down.

[@will7its]

Thats what humans do every day.....

[@jaywalker3087]

Im a 65 year ol ex RAF Mechanic and have been inside engines since I was 12. Well , what can I say but 😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣 Common Sense Is So Rare, It's Now Classed As A Superpower 😂

[@stevep9739]

My grandad was chief engineer in the merchant navy,I dare speak for him and say he would concur,as do I,but without his greater knowledge 😂😂😂👍

[@michaelwest6238]

Hi I'm no mechanic just want to know if the air intake was high in the engine and the exhaust was high to could you drive through deep water.just asking thanks

[@stahlschorsch]

​@@michaelwest6238 Yes, many off-road vehicles have intake snorkels for exactly this reason. Exhaust isn't that much of a problem, as long as you keep the engine running at a few rpm, exhaust fumes will keep water out of the pipe. You can see it in this video, that exhausts are actually under water here and there. Next problem will be your interieur sealing and sealing of electricity housing. They're made to prevent rain and splash water from getting inside, but usually not for being submerged.

[@johnhudghton3535]

​@michaelwest6238 you have to take care of breather pipes too.

[@michaelwest6238]

@@stahlschorsch thanks

[@KarlDavies-dn3eg]

Everyone one loves a little car-nage

[@primavent1]

Funniest comment!

[@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

This and 11 foot 8, are two special channels.

[@BoringOldXboxGamer]

I had a Mk 1 Golf GTi and hydrolocked at 70 MPH on the M6 overtaking an HGV due to the heavy rain and spray and my induction kit. It seized, snapped the rod and then ran on 3 cylinders before smashing a fist size hole in the block. It sounded like a dumper truck with a jack hammer combined.

[@g8ymw]

OUCH

[@thefreedomguyuk]

There was only one mishap cause : your aftermarket induction kit !😅

[@adrianpeters2413]

​@@thefreedomguyukthe clue is ...g.t.i. owner ...get it ...

[@BoringOldXboxGamer]

@@thefreedomguyuk Yep, lesson learned.

[@jamesgallagher1992]

😂😂

[@TheAussieRepairGuy]

4:48 - finally a sensible approach...

[@erik_a8357]

Still wheel bearings and brake calipers will likely fail due to rust damage after a few months 😆

[@macilaci01]

@@erik_a8357 never wash your car then :)

[@TheAussieRepairGuy]

@@erik_a8357 if your wheel bearings go after something like that, fire your mechanic - because he never installed the seals. if your brakes rust up, it means you never use them.

[@radfoxuk8113]

@@erik_a8357 Never heard of compressed air? or WD40? You know, Water Displacer (version) 40, and not one of the fancy ones with lube in it.

[@0xsergy]

@@TheAussieRepairGuy seals are only rated for splashing, not submersion. he's right. this is why 4x4ers clean and repack bearings often which isn't possible on most regular cars.

[@Bringontheasteroid]

I reckon a few of those vehicles will have future problems that won’t be as obvious as the lad revving seven bells out of his and blowing his engine. I am amazed how many people don’t know how to drive through flood water or fords, rushing through them is just plain stupid. Some of the mentally challenged van drivers probably don’t care as it’s someone else’s vehicle.

[@NotALot-xm6gz]

Yup, that water is getting into the brakes, suspension, steering and all the electrics. EV owners think they’re safe, but getting water into the systems of an EV is also setting the car up for expensive issues later.

[@nigelfarley814]

Thing is it’s hardly something Driving Instructors can teach and it never going to be part of the driving test!

[@rkan2]

​@@NotALot-xm6gzWater getting in to the brakes? They are pretty well sealed, or otherwise you wouldn't have much you know: brake pressure.. 😅

[@dutchbeef8920]

Yeah I suspect thats how I fouled a wheel bearing

[@NotALot-xm6gz]

@@rkan2 Piston and calliper seals are meant to spray out, not cope with immersion or high pressure water when those idiots drive into the floods at speed. It’s why your vehicle handbooks probably caution against using pressure washers directly on your brakes etc.

[@mange2]

Its a total mystery how the human race has survived for so long. As a species we are getting thicker and thicker with each generation.

[@kx8960]

Dude, they've been eating Tide Pods for 2 generations now...🤣🤣

[@Pupixario]

A lot of people are not interested in cars and don't know how they work. They think if it runs in the rain no problem, then it can boat.

[@Dominik7T]

the sound of the total engine destruction. scary

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Rich people with good insurance or bloody stupid!

[@Nomenloony]

You actually see parts fly out underneath.

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

Insurance doesn't help at all with willful damage.

[@RustOnWheels]

It never seizes (no pun intended) to amaze me how that sound just sounds like pebbles on a gravel road hitting the undercarriage, or hail smashing the front window. Somehow you expect the sound to be much more violent, deep and like metal clanging.

[@volvo09]

​@@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 unfortunately it often does. A co worker blew up the engine in his Mercedes doing that and it was covered. I was shocked. Guess it depends on your policy... Can't recall if it was considered flood damage, storm damage, or accidental, but they paid to put a used engine in his car.

[@Comfortzone99]

A car that is dipped is most probably going to be plagued with random electrical problems and odd smells for the rest of its days.

[@Bringontheasteroid]

And cracked blocks

[@repr0bate1]

Not to mention clutch and gearbox problems.

[@rkan2]

Nah, just getting wet like this once is unlikely to cause much issues unless you got modules in below the floormats.

[@mrbluesky2050]

Range Rovers have that from new....

[@philhawley1219]

@@rkan2 Most modern cars that are flooded with water getting into the footwells and come to a stop are usually written off by the insurance company as being uneconomical to repair.

[@chronovore7234]

4:30 this was textbook how to drive through water, that bow wave was perfect.

[@JS-zy6pw]

Much respect to the Honda Jazz

[@jamesaustralian9829]

More so it's driver, who showed how it's done in a smaller car. Ride the footpath for better clearance, slow and steady pace.

[@Adamgreen735]

Props to the Vauxhall insignia guy...He seen it was deeper than he thought, brought the speed down and kept the bow wave perfect the whole time... Common sense and way to save your car and saving your transport to work everyday... Such a knock on affect when ya car goes putt putt... 💪💪👍👍👍👍

[@alexc4300]

And he gets to keep his number plate, too.

[@WoodlandWalks]

Great video and sound capture this one Tom. I agree with many comments. This is a classic learning video to those who would take the risk. Take a detour It’s much cheaper 😂

[@vidok666]

I understand that people drive cars whitout a clue on how they actually do work but I'm still impressed by it viewing those videos

[@paulknightley]

What a sound! I remember getting my Mum’s Escort stuck in a flood in the 90s. We managed to get it going again by towing it and repeatedly dropping the clutch until it started! Ran for a few weeks before ‘putting a leg out of bed’, and knackering the engine!

[@johnnunn8688]

What caused it to throw a rod?

[@Jeffcrocodile]

a lesson in everything not to do, this car was sacrificed so others could learn

[@6ettinold]

But will they?😂

[@C_J__]

People still receive the safe and effective. I doubt very much any learning will be absorbed from this.

[@WoodlandWalks]

Yep totally agree. A massive heads up to those who attempt these crazy wading adventure 😂 And an extremely expensive sound it was too 😂

[@Team33Team33]

And yet he started off so well and then accelerated .....

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

People don't learn, that's the point. For instance we now have a Labour government even though we've had several before and learnt nothing. I didn't vote Labour so my conscience is clear.

[@DepakoteMeister]

04:29 someone that actually knows how to drive through water.

[@thebeak5482]

This is going to be my new ringtone!!

[@CPCarpentry2022]

2:07 The world-famous Transit has a bulletproof engine, however since the chassis is now full of water, the rust doctor has called to brake the news, that its now only got 2 months to live as come winter the salt and grit on the road is coming to eat it from the inside out 🤣

[@martinmees878]

Not any more. Newer Transit engines are dogsh1t

[@stevenc5227]

@@martinmees878 They certainly are, wet belt engines, giving up at less than 100k some of them.🤣

[@kevfit4333]

​@@martinmees878 the last good transit was the smiley. It rusted, but not as bad as the next generation which was a total rotbox. The modern ones are junk in every respect

[@matthewjenkins1161]

@@kevfit4333 Bulletproof Transit engines ended with the launch of the MK6, over 24 years ago.

[@ExtremeMustang70]

That was NAAAASSSTYYYYY! DAMN! This is why I only drive big 4x4 because when I come face to face with a situation like this, I know I can get over it with no issues 😊

[@Itsjustme-Justme]

You are right because the design allows you to drive through water that wouldalready kill a smaller car. But you still should to know where your engine air intake is and take care to never get water that high. That's why serious offroaders have a snorkel.

[@DerekWalsh-l4i]

Many people on my island drive big 4 X 4s, because "they can handle anything." But when the snow and ice arrive in Winter there are more of them in the ditch than other cars, because a 4-wheel slide on ice is the same in any vehicle, and those in smaller cars are driving more carefully.

[@grahambooth8799]

Thanks Tom, quality public service footage. The sound your car makes when a connecting rod goes out through the side of your crank case

[@johnchrist8871]

I can't believe some of these people remember how to breathe 🤣

[@PoMu4]

Here's a tip : If your engine gets flooded, don't try restarting. Get it towed to a shop. They'll get the spark plugs or glow plugs out and clear the combustion chambers. You'll get a bill, but you wont have to replace an engine.

[@brettcatterall7761]

My tesla doesn't have that problem. It did catch fire a few hours later though

[@djmips]

Lies

[@brettcatterall7761]

@@djmips I would never own a electric vehicle

I like the breakdown flame option Teslas come with, keeps you warm while you wait for the breakdown truck😂

[@calvinwalker4654]

I like cheese. Yeah I know no one asked but I figured I’d let everyone know

[@annapartlow2926]

Good sport.

[@NotALot-xm6gz]

Muppets, muppets everywhere.

[@grd1184]

I’d turn around and go home especially if I saw that on my way to work., not worth my damaging my gti

[@spazmonkey3815]

Yup lesson learned.

[@louisbarningham]

I have a Mazda 3 and I’ve gotten through flood water on the way to work, the trick is to go slow so water doesn’t get pushed into the intake

[@Celibrimbor]

The better trick is to say sod that and go home​@@louisbarningham

[@louisbarningham]

@@Celibrimbor That’s not how it works, the country I live in sometimes has flood waters when it rains, everyone goes really slow thru them because we know how to drive to our roads and conditions

[@aprilia1000cc]

That’s the sound of every bodies insurance premiums rising again 😖🙈🤷

[@stuinNorway]

Nah, driving through that the insurers can probably use the clause of them being neglegent and refuse a payout, or at least offer a far smaller one.

[@coletorrens1121]

@@stuinNorway Sadly not. The likes of Copart have plenty of flood damaged cars with hydrolocked engines.

[@stuinNorway]

@@coletorrens1121 Just because the old car ends up in Copart, does not mean the insurers made a full payout.

[@franticstorm7411]

In the ether world we saw the £ signs leaving that hydro locked car as the spirit leaves a body, as it dies. The final heart beat as the fluid of life drains away to the ground.

[@alanwhite6293]

And into the water table

[@SnowPiercer1975]

driver at 6:50 is the only one with any sense😂. Everyone else driving through at speed burying their hoods under a wave of water😂

[@ryanwatterson4038]

4:30 did good after the initial dodgy start

[@Nick_G7IZR]

3 months later and the car is still insured!! Someone had an expensive bill to fix that!

[@BigFazzz]

Ayy that was me in the back of the Toyata Taxi, i warned him how deep it was but he wanted to do it anyway. Surprised me he made it through 😂

[@roadmonitoroz]

1:03 Got to love the breaking bits sound as the engine detonates at high revs. Surely it would be a better idea to get it towed away, pull the plugs and let a mechanic fix it before you bend valves / break things Better still, just don't drive it into the water. 1:32 I see oil. 1:42 LOL. Broken engine. 4:56 A sensible speed.

[@grahambooth8799]

It isn't valves getting bent, it is the con rod breaking and going through the crank case. When the volume of water is inducted into any cylinder that is larger than the minum volume at TDC the forced rotation of the crank by an active firing cylinder meets a non compressible wall and it snaps the con rod or forces the big end bearing out if the crank case

[@jasonessen-rees9753]

that guy is a mechanic i used to work with him . his pride and joy 18 grand clio f***ed again lol

[@Dhaz74]

​@grahambooth8799 Kaputt is the word for it. The car is now 'kaputt'. Much easier to understand 😅

[@Team33Team33]

plugs out and turn the engine to get the water OUT. This guy had his engine's air intake underwater. LOL.

[@roadmonitoroz]

@@Team33Team33 If you're talking about me, no. I just know how an engine works (well at least the basics of it *even changed a head gasket once - Hard on the back bending over that long - Never again*), plus I've seen it done (the water shooting out of the spark plug holes on crank). I've also seen in person someone break their car by driving through a flood. I took the air box off and it was full of water. I knew it was really done for after he tried restarting it after it stopped.

[@filtro-d-aire6843]

Amazing footage!! This sound recorded have big value!! You have a car 🚗 this morning new car happy and this evening you don't have that car...

[@petecurran3995]

Hydro-no-longer-locked! 💥 Remember, no keel - no bow wave.

[@jwm5165]

Ah the sound of internal components becoming external chunks. You can't park there mate!😂

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

That was friggin AWESOME! That crunch sounds, ASMR.

[@icxcnika9399]

There’s a technique for driving through flooded roads, keep your foot on the clutch and accelerator, never completely release either. Use the clutch to adjust speed, this makes sure there’s a constant expulsion of air from the exhaust, preventing it from sucking up water. This should work as long as the water isn’t so high it can ingress through the air filter (reason for snorkel use).

[@stephanusperold1033]

And then you replace the clutch...

[@chrisyboy219]

@@stephanusperold1033if the clutch is being liquid cooled by the water, it’ll live.

[@johnnunn8688]

The exhaust can’t ‘suck up’ water but water can enter the exhaust.

[@goiterlanternbase]

The interior of the car gets soaked and will smell like last week's roadkill soon. Never drive through such water depth, if the car isn't supposed to be scrapped soon anyway... or an old Ford Transit.

[@jagaszepielak2601]

Thé most inteligent driver the man with the grę color mazda 😊

[@tornagawn]

So after proceeding reasonably, he accelerates, leading to water flowing over the bonnet….at this point he realised he’d f…up… 0:24. It’s not too deep, he might have made it driving slowly

[@royhandy8365]

Steam cleaning the exhaust system. Amazing idea!

[@Xenon777_]

The engine survived initially, but all that revving with a soaking air filter pulled in considerable amounts of water.

[@bigredc222]

I was thinking, there may have been a puddle of water in the air filter box. If would have just opened it, and dried out the box and removed the filter, he would have been fine.

[@EazyDuz18]

it just stalled easy fix just take plugs out and crank it over

[@bigredc222]

@@EazyDuz18 Didn't you hear the grinding and crunching of metal?

[@123-olmngresx]

That first bloke is knackered. 😂

[@nothingmuch.3014]

I'n guessing the connecting rod snapped & punched a hole through the engine block. Threw a leg out of bed.

[@grahambooth8799]

Yep

[@highdownmartin]

​@@grahambooth8799could have even snapped the crankshaft

[@jamesgallagher1992]

😂😂😂nice

[@ianr02]

That Toyota Corolla 'submarine' was amazing... Toyotas have got a reputation for being reliable but I wasn't expecting this.

[@julesviolin]

I bet they even tried to start it after the hydrolock 😅

[@bigredc222]

Of coarse. Just because it sounds like a garbage disposal when you crank it over, it's no reason to stop trying🙂

[@kebo57]

Finally, a video where the title is played out within the first minute of the video, and NOT having 7 minutes of someone telling us about it first.

[@lundsweden]

0:45 Steam engines are making a comeback! 🚂

[@24ct_G]

😂 This fool definitely wins a Darwin award

[@mysock351C]

0:40 If I had to get through there. Just had to get through no matter what… that would have been my first option as the engine stands a much better chance of running again.

[@jdesaavedra0432]

Wide open throttle after running too fast in high water--priceless!

[@madeiraislander]

4:35 that's how it's done 👌🏻

[@Teej86]

Love how you showed what everyone came to see in the first minute! Aboslutefookinlegend.

[@WingsandBlades257]

"Engine flooding with water 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 1:04 Engine hydrolocked"

[@Lolmando]

LMAO 😂😂😂 I wasn't expecting someone else to relate this to beam NG

[@FutureSystem738]

So you can’t compress water? Who’d have thunk it! 😅🤣

[@MrSlipstreem]

Simpletons gonna simp!

[@coyotefeather4896]

That sound was AMAZING!

[@rz6354]

no one will beat the first driver this year. Horrible sound.

[@FreeFlyerUk]

It's the sound of stupidity.

[@Adelaide-audits.]

Crystallized is the perfect description 👌

[@nothingmuch.3014]

I wonder did this noob inform the relevant government authority that he created an oil slick, on a public road. I very much doubt it.

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

Who ever does.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Mineral oil is biodegradable.

[@Kaspertube513]

That car uses fully synthetic not mineral oil​@@gregorymalchuk272

[@S54]

Oil floats on water

[@chrisyboy219]

@@gregorymalchuk272what modern car is running plain untreated mineral oil?

[@dougr5379]

Funny thing about liquid water. It does not compress very well in piston cylinders..,

[@faustwatsche]

🤣🤣🤣Whoa - thats a pretty rare Renault Clio RS200 blown to bits.

[@ceefaxbbctv8788]

Very good. He made sure it was absolutely 💯 percent fooked! 😱

[@gonzalo4307]

Why do people insist on trying to start the engine? It could have been saved, but now he has a hole in the block made by a rod...

[@Dominik7T]

they dont teach these in driving schools

[@nothingmuch.3014]

Very true. On the other hand, if flood water ever gets into the interior, the vehicle is toast. You wouldn't believe the amount of wiring, ECUs, airbags & sensors hidden beneath seats, carpets, trims & the dashboard. If these get wet it's game over.

[@frothe42]

Stupidity.

[@g8ymw]

I thought he was going to make it, then he sped up "Roger and out!"

[@bikeman123]

In fairness the engine was running already.

[@jonclassical2024]

OMG...amazing Tom! Cheers!

[@sopcannon]

1:03 that sound !

[@campacolasworkshop6042]

A Beemer driver at Rufford had this scenario as well 😮 😢

[@karl9655]

arr the good old rapid disassembly 😂😂😂

[@arghjayem]

00:55 see, not clickbait! 😂 boom!

[@EddieTheH]

Still clickbait. Also, you *_cannot_* capture a sound on video. 🤦

[@cathulhu3772]

I've never had that problem with my '68 VW bug, but sometimes got my ankles wet. :) Curvature of the front help a lot with travesting deeper water as it goes sideways in a v-shape wave and air cooled engine is a blessing :D

[@Catmanxii]

I once saw someone get their front wheel stuck in an open drain in deep flood water because the cover was missing & it's one of the reasons I would never take a vehicle in any.

[@cookiemonster2299]

A work colleague went fast through a flood and instantly stopped dead in the middle because a manhole had dislodged and was sat at an angle pointing towards traffic and caught the bottom of his engine. 😬

[@tylermacconnell217]

Vehicle with large tires and high clearance wouldn’t be stopped by that

[@Catmanxii]

@tylermacconnell217 very true, a big truck of some description might be fairly safe....Unless there's an open drain with some substantial debris stuck in the top of it that would shred a tyre. Or there's a sinkhole that's opened up below the waterline. Flood water can hold a lot of bizarre hidden dangers, as many have found out.

[@CJ-me8et]

@@tylermacconnell217 lol, I don't know how many folks I know who totaled out their "trail rigs" because of that mentality

[@Qwerty10254]

​@@tylermacconnell217 I love this line of reasoning. You solve every road problem by increasing the size of your vehicle?

[@paulbeddows6014]

Something worth watching well done.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

1:05 that did make a cool sound!

[@karlplaysdrums]

The disconnecting rods hit the clankshaft.

[@steviebboy69]

So that is what it sounds like when an engine destroys it's self, it also sounds like when you run over something you shouldn't have with the lawn mower.

[@aslc2547]

What a wonderfully expensive sound!! 😂

[@PaulThomas-qo9vy]

Ouch! I've heard that aweful sound in a test lab setting. An aftercooler cracked & filled the boost pipe with cooling water. The direct shaft drive 50 hp starter/motoring electric motor almost instantly got to 300 rpm & as the throttle opened slightly sucking almost 1/2 gallon of water into the cylinders. All 4 rods blew out the block, making 4 new inspection ports & a giant mess to clean out of the test cell ! There was not even the revving up sound, just that aweful clattering rattle, never forgetting that!!

[@Juvahh]

That Q7 with the pneumatic suspension raised 😍

[@harrysmbdgs]

He should be fined for dumping litres of oil all over the road and surrounding countryside.

[@rich8037]

Fair enough, in all truth.

[@Triggernlfrl]

He has already enough damage and the oil is dispearsed verry fast by the flood water. Those few liters are nothing compared what pollution just normal road use will deliver...

[@nigelnightmare4160]

@@Triggernlfrl Using that logic it's alright to rob you of a small portion of your net worth without any consequences at all or any come back from you. After all it's nothing compared to the amounts being stolen every day.

[@oceandrive7283]

​@@nigelnightmare4160😂

[@edwardbenson4921]

Do you really want to live in a world like this, of punative little whatnots like you fining each other every 10 minutes for your mistakes?

[@RuthNewstead]

Hope the plank is made to pay for the oil clear up 🤦🏻

[@c.l.driessen]

Simply amazing! 😮

[@maxfastest]

It's still amazing how folks can voluntarily destroy their expensive vehicles without a worry in the world ! They must have unlimited funds ! I'm still driving my 1972 Chevy truck I got brand new !

[@Super-lucky-7777]

And they just keep coming

[@christians6734]

Nice😂, even from the distance.

[@winniethexi2184]

Small brain just caused this dude to lose a couple thousand bucks

[@grahambooth8799]

With labour for a new engine nearer to 4000 USD

[@rkan2]

​@@grahambooth8799Probably at least twice that, triple if the insurance is paying for it. 😂

[@CJ-zt5mr]

@@rkan2 most insurance in the uk won't pay if u hydro lock your car because most times it's your own fault

[@rkan2]

@@CJ-zt5mr Hence the if :)

[@CJ-zt5mr]

@@rkan2 that's what I mean they won't pay if it's your fault hydro locking your engine is most times your own fault because 9 times out of 10 u have drove into water that's to deep or u have gone to fast but i'm not sure how floods work i think they are classed as an act of god i'm not sure

[@thedriversapex]

That was incredible!

[@roybm3124]

Always good to give it some revs to clear the water out of thé engine.

[@hypergolic8468]

I have a feeling they sat there turning the key thinking "it's working... it's working...it's not that bad"

[@g8ymw]

Too late then (unless you like banana shaped con-rods) Better to not have water in the engine in the first place

[@grahambooth8799]

​....... Then.... Boom!

[@tomsixsix]

@@hypergolic8468 about the only thing he could have done when it first stalled would be to push it out, dry out the air filter and try to start it, or get it recovered. As soon as he started it again and revved the bollocks out of it - game over. It's possible the engine already had hidden damage though.

[@hypergolic8468]

@@tomsixsix Good point about prior damage. I have to say, watching Tom's videos, it does make me think, no matter how far around (if it's possible) then go around the flood. If you really have to, then slows the way. And as you say, if it goes wrong, don't make it worse. @foragingadventures above has a very good point about it all!

[@61rampy65]

I like the guy towing the horse trailer- he gave the thumbs up as he made it to the end!

[@philippayne6655]

220 hp going into the water 1 man power coming out . RIP Renault Clio cup 🤑

[@robbe_895]

thank god that´s just an RS style rear bumper. The door covers say basic Clio same as the wheel housing and the door trim panel.

[@mrpete1972]

You need to make the hydrolock disaster into a short so it can be shared more often. As always great content 💯

[@CPCarpentry2022]

1:08 The Renault started life as a 2.0lt 16v car, since turning to drink water on its new diet its now spends the rest of its cylinder head life as a 0v pile of scrap 😂😂😂

[@mcgherkinstudios]

Mk4 Clio RS is a 1.6 turbo.

[@robbe_895]

@@mcgherkinstudios And this isn´t even an RS, just the rear diffusor and exaust tips.

[@martinDynamique]

@@robbe_895 Definitely a 220 trophy when you look up the reg details

[@KindredAutomotive]

I believe the term “knackered” must have originally been describing the sound of rods escaping engine blocks 😂