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A creek runs under our carpark at work and with the massive downpour this afternoon it burst a huge 3m hole in the ground and flooded the carpark and surrounding offices and buildings, lots and lots of damage done, few cars were completely ruined and no longer start, the sports stadium was filled completely with water. We are on a bloody hill as well, I couldn't even understand how the water managed to pool there, there was just so much that it couldn't drain down the side streets fast enough.

Anyway my car was under about 40cm of water, seals in the doors stopped it coming in but it must have leaked through a few holes in the floor. Exhaust (big 3" one) was completely filled as well.

Muffler no longer does any muffling as the water must have collapsed the baffles or something but it isn't too bad, sounds nicer imo just loud (its a skyline), I jacked it up on a slope and got most of it out then just drove it for an hour to boil the rest out, no more steam but the muffler is still loud, is it likely its never going to quiten down again?

Also with the floors when I got in everything was dry but over the hour the water soaked through the carpets, peeled them back and they are pretty much soaked through, left some towels on the floor to soak as much up as possible but I think it will be a carpet out job.

Its going to be raining for ages to come so I probably wont be able to get them out until the weekend, what should I do? buy some anti mould powder and leave the carpets to dry in the sun for a few days? Or is it guaranteed to smell no matter what I do?

Also is the council liable for this as it was entirely due to the creek bursting through and not just bad rains, every building in the carpark had their lower floors flooded and quite a few cars were badly damaged. I don't mind pulling it all out and cleaning it up, but I cbf buying new carpets and a muffler if I have to.

http://www.adelaiden...67109078?page=3

some pictures of some unlucky people.

Also oil contamination, I am going to do the engine oil this weekend, but what are the chances that the gearbox and engine oil have water in them now? don't want to flog out my motor driving it the next few days until I get the chance to fix it.

Edited by Rolls

had a mate get his ute stuck in a river for an hour and few days later heaps or plugs had green death in them and corroded out. i would hit any plugs that woulda been under with silicone spray, crc or wd-40 etc just to be safe. 40cm should be well below the dipstick?

unlucky mate

Yeah more worried about the breather/filler pipe on the trans and diff, are they bunged up or are they open?

Just removed the entire interior bar one bolt holding the carpet in and it started pissing down again, luckily there is only a single loom of 24 wires (I think) that was wet, shouldn't have to replace anything else.

still f**king gay though, what retarded council routes a river under a carpark.

Also amazing timing I just sold my spare car LAST NIGHT, f**k I wish he didn't turn up.

Edited by Rolls

Hahaha the council didnt put a river under a car park. The building was built over it. If there is a 3m hole in the concrete floor thats a dodgy building. I would be concerned how they built the reat of it.

Easiest way to dry out your car would be to put a portable dehumidifier inside and leave it running. We have a Delonghi dehumidifier that pulls 20 litres of water out of the air each day, so it would do a pretty good job at drying out your car.

I wouldn't be too concerned about water in your engine/gearbox/diff oil. Though if you can't sleep at night because of it, you will only have to drain a little bit of oil from each to confirm whether there's water in there, as it is heavier than oil it will pool at the bottom.

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Hahaha the council didnt put a river under a car park. The building was built over it. If there is a 3m hole in the concrete floor thats a dodgy building. I would be concerned how they built the reat of it.

wasn't the buiding it was the carpark.

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Edited by Rolls

you can't blame the council for floods like this

Have a look at the video link...I'm sure that could be blamed on the council. It's not the flood that caused it per se, it's the fact the water was flowing under the surface of a carpark

Don't you have insurance?

They would pay for the lot - Or even write the car off and pay you out.

Buy back the repairable write off and fix it = easy profit.

You really shouldn't be buying a car like this if you can't afford insurance?

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