can a flood car be repaired and used as an every day car ?

7 Comments

1. 

   x60157

   12:12 am on November 26, 2010

   I think that if water got into the engine, it’s toast. You ought to check with some experts, though.

   The rest of the stuff can be repaired.

   I’ll be there is something at the Car Talk web site.
2. 

   Good boy

   12:42 am on November 26, 2010

   I don’t think so
3. 

   dramo219

   1:34 am on November 26, 2010

   nah, doubt it, ur cars is preactically screwed
4. 

   oceansplashdolfin

   1:49 am on November 26, 2010

   I would not do it…I have heard alot of complaints about used cars that are coming from the south. People are getting good deals on these cars and are robbing people left and right up here in the north.
5. 

   timathyt

   2:39 am on November 26, 2010

   i wouldn’t try salt water would rust out everything on the car like fame,bearings,engine and the computer and sensors and if salt water got inside the engine you’d probably have to rebuild it or put a new one in.
6. 

   DrK

   2:58 am on November 26, 2010

   I am not a mechanic.. But that being said a flood car will never be OK.. I listen to a consumer advocate(Clark Howard) and this is what he has to say on the subject.

   Sep 19, 2005 — Beware of flooded cars coming on the market
   When buying a used car, it’s key that you do your homework because you’re buying the car “as is.” That means that you’re buying the car and whatever problems may go along with it. Rarely, a used car will still be under warranty. But most used cars are not, and you want to know what has happened with that car. The BBB has just released a warning about all of the flood cars coming out of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi in the weeks and months after Katrina. They are being stripped and resold without people ever knowing they were flooded. And a flood car will not ever be okay. So, the first thing you do is have an independent mechanic check out the car. Make sure the mechanic is ASE certified. Also, do a Carfax report on a car. That is the 1-2 punch to give you information on car and its title history. A clean Carfax report doesn’t necessarily mean you are safe. But together they will prevent you from getting a lemon. And beware of these cars coming into the marketplace in a year or so.
7. 

   dialm4speed

   3:36 am on November 26, 2010

   Water damaged cars are little more than scrap metal. If you’ve got lots of cash and can do the work yourself and don’t mind constantly fixing things… then go for it. I’ve spoken to a few guys who have tried to revive water logged cars and they say there is just no way to ever get them running right.