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Drowned my 86 740 and now love this car even more! 700 1986

Hi everyone!As only VOLVO lovers getting here,want to share my story.
On the night when "Ivan" were crossing Atlanta I was driving on the road which I was driving for couple of years without any ideas that the road may be floded one time.So that night it was so much water that the river which is near by got like 5-6 feet above it's level and this caused the little road named Columns dr.
in Marietta,get flooded.It was close to 10 pm and it was dark and rainy,so I couldn't see that water covered the road and hit it with the speed 30-35 mph :(
It was 2 feet of water and my car got all the water wich it could possibly take at one time :)The engine got shut and wouldn't start next 2 weeks. OK.What I did
later was : As I found that I got plenty of water in the engine i decided to dry it as much as I can without a garage.I drained the oil(it was water in it),disconnected air intake from the head(the water was in all 4 cillinders )Dryed air intake with the hair dryer,took the spark plugs out,dryed the rotor,airflow meter,put the new air filter,;I've changed the oil 4-5 times and every time it was some water in it Finally after I found that it is no water in the engine I decided to crank it up and oooh miracle!It DID cranked up!I was so happy!(and my neighbours too,I guess,because the car wasn't parked straight on the parking place and were taking 1.5 spots(it's a hill and I couldn"t make it straight))But not everything as good as it looks like.I had smoke frome exghost pipe,my revs become 2-2,5 while idle.But the car was running!Next day after I started it up I decided to make a 15-20 miles trip to check if everything is OK with the car and what happend is ,I was on the hwy driving 50-60 and noticed in the mirrow blue smoke behind me and that was from behind me,;thought my rings got down and I'd have to by the new car; what happened is that somehow the oil got in to the exghost and with some water also in it came out(friend of mine was driving behind me and the oil was all over him,has to clean it up later)But since that,no smog or oil from the tail! About my high revs :I've changed the air flow meter but it wasn't the problem,so put my old one back,friend of mine got big screwdriver and knoked the idle switch.....that was it!from 2000-to700 rpm . FIXED!Now I know that I am owning a unique piece of "carmaking"And so all of you! And now I am proud to say to any one "THIS IS THE VOLVO!"
PS.sorry for a long story but think you'll forgive me :)








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    Drowned my 86 740 and now love this car even more! 700 1986

    OK. month is gone and my car is still runing good! And yes it may be one of those cars....lucky..... or may be I am lucky that have this car which is
    " damn good !" either way old Volvo is a damn good car!
    Good luck to all of you!!!








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    Drowned my 86 740 and now love this car even more! 700 1986

    lucky bugger is all i can say...by rights that SHOULD be a one very sick engine...








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      Drowned my 86 740 and now love this car even more! 700 1986

      It's good to hear about survival stories like yours. This is further testimony to the over-engineering that Volvo invests in their vehicles. I'm sure your cylinders got a decent cleaning and I'm glad nothing was cracked or broken when it happened. However, I'd advise performing a compression test on your car after a week or so of driving. -just to make sure that your head gasket is ok.

      A friend of mine in college performed a similar watery excursion with a 1998 Chrysler minivan (less than 5,000 miles on the odometer at the time of incident). We drained about 2 gallons of tan fluid from the crankcase, changed the air filter, removed water from cylinders and intake, and it was enough to drive to the dealership. After receiving a new head gasket and 2 pistons, it was running like new.

      God bless, and drive safely.
      Fitz Fitzgerald.
      --
      '87 Blue 240 Wagon, 248k miles.
      '88 Black 780, PRV-6, 145k miles.








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        Drowned my 86 740 and now love this car even more! 700 1986


        I did a similar thing to the stupid Rover I used to own. The floodwater bent all four conrods and fractured the cylinder head in three places. It cost a lot of money to replace the engine, something in hindsight I wish that I hadn't bothered to do; I should have scrapped the car and bought a Volvo!
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        Volvo For Life. And then some- 1990 745 SE, Aka 'The Volvo'







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