ok lads.

i have dropped 16Ltrs of oil through the car every few hours & the oil is coming out nice & clean now.

there was no silt or sludge just clean water about half a Litre though!

I will let it sit one more time tonight & do one more oil change then buy a new oil filter? do that all at the same time.

i washed all the car down with fresh water then I've sprayed bits with CrC & really worked all day trying to dry it all out.

Insurance said the only way Im covered is to sue him "Liability " the bloke did not give a crap about my car left it & kept repairing exhaust serving etc

when i was turning my car pushing it not running. the steering wheel sounded a bit squeaky i put crc on the bottom of it & it whent away, any idea's?

i was nice as pie but still oh well you live & learn!

now i just want some advice on what to clean to get my car back on the road. i will get under the car tomorrow with a grease gun & re-grease.

can you tell me what i should be re-greasing?

just anything helping things you think for my breaks.

anything. i have my heater & anything electrical out drying will pull starter motor out of car & dizzy & sit them in the sun.

thanks so much guys. you advice is well needed special thanks to Matt read today for going over it all on the phone.

Good to see youv got her back NG and good on you for starting the dryout, your doing everything we have all told you

buy a can of "electra clean", and spray every electrical connection. this will need to be done asap, before the connections start to corrode.

if you don't use an electrical cleaner, you will have endless electrical issues.
i know this as i once bought a car under water, i used wd40 on the connections and strange things happened all the time, the most common of these was the lights would "go out" at the most inopportune time. very scary!!!

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If it was my car, I'd consider the following:

-Check pot joints and wheel bearings: if water has got in, recondition them.
-Check in steering rack for same as above.
-Pull apart rear brakes and put copper grease on all the linkages inside.
-If cleaning electrical parts with a cleaner, use a non flammable one.
-Remove any screws or fasteners, clean and reassemble with grease.
-Completely flush the brake fluid in the car. It shouldn't be affected but will be easy to do.
-Rubber cones hold water, so check them.
-Investigate running diesel through the engine as a cleaner (instead of oil). I've heard of this but know nothing of it or if it works.

Water and silt may have gotten into silly places that you would not normally think of like the steering column and the brake and clutch pedal pivots. It may be a good idea to remove and clean and re-lube all the little things that move.

Just a question
do you have any insurance on the car, if you do have you notified them about whats happened

take the car to someonelike the miniman and get a full quote tp repair the car to as before the submergence then either give the quote to your insurance to sort or engage a lawyer and serve the workshop with papers to sue to recover the costs

The engine will be fine, its pretty muxh the same damage as water getting in from a badly blown headgasket, the brakes are a sealed system so as long as no known leaks they should be OK, clean and repack the wheel bearings if you want but again the seals should of kept the water out.

Most damage will be to trim and electrics and I am sure someone like convertible mini on here would be happy to quote you on any damage and get a car detailer to have a look at your interior and see what they say about cleaning it up and what will need replacing

Good luc mate and I hope it all works out for you

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Hi Nick, Sad to hear about all this. Regarding starter and alternator and electrical things they will have to be dismantled and cleaned and dried and painted or treated before re assembled otherwise they will corrode and then fail. No Point in trying to dry them out as a whole thing. What I would also sugest is, Jack the car up from the Passenger's side before dropping the poil so the sump plug is the lowest point of the engine to make sure all the water comes out. Mught also be an idea to but some Gauze bandage and feed it through the sum hole and leave it in there overnight at least. This will help absorb water that does not reach the drain hole to drain out. Make sure you leave the end of the bandage hanging out so you can pull it back out. ! Good luck.
Cheers. Tony.

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"Let us remove your "SHORTS"

thanks mate.

yeh i did everything you lads said in the other thread & when the car whent up on the toe truck the water poured out. lol..

also would you believe the car come loose on the tow truck & dented my bumper.

nothing seems to be going right these past few weeks with my car.

but i think it will be ok.. just lots of cleaning!!

just not sure what to do inside the car either & there is rust on the floor battery side i had never spotted & after the water has hit it it all seems to be going extra crazy?

anyone in Brisbane on Ausmini weld? & could help me out at a later stage?

ok thanks tony.

i don't have the money to spend getting some one to pull it all apart dry etc etc.

i might just buy some things new slowly & pull the old stuff apart & dry it.

i work on that swiftly also, anything you would recommend i do to the parts just clean & dry them in side & paint them?

anything i should spray inside?

i can't believe the workshop doesn't cover you

if it was me i'd take the doors off so i could maneuver them, get them dry etc etc
but i'm a noob so

Is there an ombudsman that you could see.

Like fair trading or something. because your property was in there care and it got damaged. may be worth calling them

Because if you take your car to a mechanic and they damage stuff there liable arnt they. so to me its the same deal

I would definitly ring fairtrading and ask them what i can do.... the worst they can say is sorry we dont deal with that, or you will have to sue

Hope all goes well for you though in the cleaning process

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Clutch-monkey it's the law Insurance Law Act of god what can you do.

it pretty much comes down to cause my damage is not a big amount they know legal fees will be much more then that. they are smart bastards.

just a lesson in life mate. learn from my mistakes. get insurance when re building a car!

cheers harley will do!


ok great guys i wil go over all of this tomorrow

so CRC on electrical stuff is no good? can i use that for now.

ill go grab some electra clean in the morning no problems, if electra clean is what i have to use.

yeh good thinking.

ill take it of & re grease.

never done wheel bearing before. i got disk on front drums on back surely can be hard though. i don't own a good ball joint seperator etc etc.

might have to pay to get that done.

I would not be too worried about the suspension and wheel bearings, they should be capable of keeping out water. (I said should! ) It is the interior things that are never supposed to get wet that will cause the most problems.
Things like the light switches and ignition switch could easily be forgotten.

The brakes should be Ok (notice I used that word should again!) but I would probably change the brake fluid if the master cylinder went under water.

the breaks were not hooked up to begin with, the booster was the last thing to hook up. no water got down there either.

I think i should drain my fuel tank?

do i just unbolt that bolt on the bottom of the tank & drain her away.

I'm not sure if water would get in there though. but the tank was submerged rather be safe then sorry.