2 FEET OF WATER!!!!!!! - Page 3

X5Ghost · #21 08-09-2007, 11:27 PM

If I was you, I'd be more worried about things other than your euro lisc plate!!
I'd get all fluids replaced especially tranny and differential. Listen to what others are saying to save yourself BIG $$$ later.

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DINANM3 · #22 08-10-2007, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by X5Ghost

If I was you, I'd be more worried about things other than your euro lisc plate!!
I'd get all fluids replaced especially tranny and differential. Listen to what others are saying to save yourself BIG $$$ later.

Justin I wouldnt worry about it. Back in march A back road I take home flooded and I went right through it. It was 28 inches of water. I know because although this seems stupid I went back later and measured it out my window with a measuring tape. Just to see how deep it was. The water was above the top edge of my wheels. I put my suspension up and went really slow. My X5 is 100% fine since. If you got water in your intake it would have stalled immediately. You definately didnt get any water in the engine. It would have been immediate problems.
Also some here said to check tranny and diff fluids because they are not water proof. Although I may be wrong on this. It doesnt seem to make sense to me. If its not sealed and cant keep water out than how the hell does it keep the fluid from leaking out. Can someone explain how a seal can keep fluid from coming out but cant keep it from coming in.

rogerkiu · #23 08-10-2007, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by DINANM3

Justin I wouldnt worry about it. Back in march A back road I take home flooded and I went right through it. It was 28 inches of water. I know because although this seems stupid I went back later and measured it out my window with a measuring tape. Just to see how deep it was. The water was above the top edge of my wheels. I put my suspension up and went really slow. My X5 is 100% fine since. If you got water in your intake it would have stalled immediately. You definately didnt get any water in the engine. It would have been immediate problems.
Also some here said to check tranny and diff fluids because they are not water proof. Although I may be wrong on this. It doesnt seem to make sense to me. If its not sealed and cant keep water out than how the hell does it keep the fluid from leaking out. Can someone explain how a seal can keep fluid from coming out but cant keep it from coming in.

Totally agree! Since the video tuner and radio tuner are located in lower trunk (below the spare wheel), so they may be damaged. They cost about $2000 to replace them with news. Others should be absolutely fine.

RamVA · #24 08-10-2007, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DINANM3

Also some here said to check tranny and diff fluids because they are not water proof. Although I may be wrong on this. It doesnt seem to make sense to me. If its not sealed and cant keep water out than how the hell does it keep the fluid from leaking out. Can someone explain how a seal can keep fluid from coming out but cant keep it from coming in.

A coffee mug is not sealed, but it does manage to keep coffee in.

I know that the diffs on my Jeep Wrangler are not sealed. They each have a breather tube which can allow water to get in, though at a higher point than the unit itself. If you get too deep water will get in. I don't know how the X5 diffs are designed.

Further, in a manual transmission vehicle water will surround the clutch and flywheel when submerged, and you will get significant slippage if you attempt to shift gears. I've had it happen in my CRX.

MistirX5 · #25 08-10-2007, 09:28 AM

If you had water go through the intake (a significant amount) your engine wouldn't be fine IMO, I use to be in the "import" scene, one of my friends had a cold air intake on his Honda, granted its not as BMW. Anyway he went through a puddle and sucked water up through the intake, engine blew. He had to order a new engine. I'm still new with BMW's and no expert, but from what I know about cars, if you get water in the engine, then there will be problems.

Zulu95 · #26 08-10-2007, 09:48 AM

From CanadianX5:

"So after 4 weeks of "Failsafe" I brought it to my mechanic. Turns out the tranny computer got fried from going through that flood water.
Another 1600 invested. 1300 for the computer 300 for the reprogramming."
This was after he replaced the tranny.
Your choice, fix it now or fix it later.

fangbosun · #27 08-10-2007, 10:01 AM

The access to my property is via a causeway which is a concrete creek crossing. Normally there is 3-4" of water but when it rains really heavily for a few days it not only gets really high but the flow rate is awesome. I went through it one night when it was almost up to the top of the bonnet on the upstream side but the bow wave must have kept the water from the air intake. The secret is to drive slowly! The car has travelled 20K kms since and no problems (other than I lost the plastic trim under the running boards)

lo_jack · #28 08-10-2007, 10:49 AM

Lube splash is nothing like water submergence when it comes to sealing. Gear oil is not meant to actually fully fill any transaxle. There has to be air in it and a way for that air to get in and out to allow for the expansion and contraction during heat cycles which a rear end sees.

It's got to have a vent somewhere. Think of the consequences of the opposite: at high temp you blow out your sealing mechanisms due to pressure and lose your gear oil.

The question is where is it and how high does it go. If you trust that BMW thought the average X5 buyer would be doing 3' water fording, forget about it. But I do not think that was the case, and am more or less supported by other design elements of the vehicle.

With rare exception, OEMs design cars to have the wheels on the ground, the roof facing up and to be on land in earth gravity, and they make engineering and design decisions accordingly to save money.

DINANM3 · #29 08-10-2007, 04:11 PM

well i do know for a fact that the X5 can go through 20inches of water with no ill effects. When I went down to the S.C. factory to pick up my X5. They take you to an, on road and off road course. One of the things you drive threw is a water hazard. the instructor said that the X5 was designed to go through 20inches of water with no problem at all. Then he took us through the water hazard which had about 20inches of water. The airsuspension vehicles can go threw 21.5 since in the top position they have an extra 1.5 inches of clearence. That being said I did go through more water than that like 6 months and have not had any problems at all since then. So I dought Justin will either

RamVA · #30 08-11-2007, 11:12 AM

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That being said I did go through more water than that like 6 months and have not had any problems at all since then. So I dought Justin will either

I doubt he will as well, but changing the oil in the diffs is cheap insurance. Given the statements of 20"/50cm water-fordability, one assume the diffs have breather tubes that run higher than that. If you went in higher than that with no ill effects, good on ya.

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