Aparently MINI's dont have gills and cant breath water... who knew? Sucked up some water and blew the cylinder wall out. Not a cheap repair.

 

Ouch! Sorry to hear it...

btw, your pic isn't comin' up...

 

Sorry to hear it, post a pic so we can see.

 

How did it drink the water? Please try again with the picture or provide a link. I'm sickly fascinated...

 

i like how this is interior and extirior mods, lol

 

Cold air intake problem, perhaps?

 

I call troll.

 

Is the X right where it came through?

 

maybey it was one of those bumper mounted intakes and he attempted to ford a river.

 

lol funny thread. But poor guy with the hole in his engine.

How did the water get in there? (And tell the truth).

 

Can you guys actually see that photo? All I get is an X.

 

Nope deffenatley cant see the photo.

 

+1

 

Me too!

 

Actually in the guy's defense, Road & Track's latest issue came yesterday, and in it they describe the exact same situation. They had the wrap up of their long term 2003 MCS and in it they describe how the driver went through a puddle (?) 1 foot deep, inhaled water and hydro-locked a cylinder, forcing the rod through the block. They did say in the article that it was down to driver error, and that the repair was I think in the $10K range.

I'll look for a link online but not sure if R & T posts all of their hard copy articles. Bottom line - don't pretend to be flippin' Captain Nemo in your MCS!!

A_Sr.

 

uh-oh.. time to invest in one of those warps that block water but let air through.

 

Maybe that is the guy in the M3 video who got beat, and is just sour grapes.

 

I don't think anybody doubts that this can and has happened....it's been discussed here before. There just seems to be some question about the validity of the poster

 

I was in the service center at Classic MINI a week or so ago. There were 2 motors sitting on the ground, I asked the tech what happened, he said they both were hydrolocked, one had a hole in the side of the block. There was a third car there having the motor pulled with the same problem. All three cars live in the same section of town, 2 were towed in after the same rain storm.

It is a very real situation and does not take much water to cause a failure.

 

yeah, did classic cover them? if they did it suprises me....

anyways, if you have a CAI, as long as that filter doesnt get completely submerged in water, that engine will NEVER get hydrolocked!!!

 

wait a minute...go mini go, do you have black bonnet stripes on an 05 MCS?


Greg?

 

[QUOTE=Absorbine_Sr]Actually in the guy's defense, Road & Track's latest issue came yesterday, and in it they describe the exact same situation. They had the wrap up of their long term 2003 MCS and in it they describe how the driver went through a puddle (?) 1 foot deep, inhaled water and hydro-locked a cylinder, forcing the rod through the block. They did say in the article that it was down to driver error, and that the repair was I think in the $10K range.

I'll look for a link online but not sure if R & T posts all of their hard copy articles. Bottom line - don't pretend to be flippin' Captain Nemo in your MCS!!

[size=1][font=Arial]2003 Mini Cooper S[/font][/size]

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Photo by Allan Rosenberg[/font]


[font=Arial]•I wish BMW had stayed more faithful to the original Mini in size and weight. And I still don't like the Mini's seats; they offer very little support in a car that needs it. I feel as if a fast left-hand turn will land me in the passenger seat. Also, the inside door handles are wearing extremely quickly. — Shaun Bailey, Assistant Road Test Editor [/font]

[size=1][font=Arial]•The last 10,000 miles have been unkind to the Mini; the clutch feels dead, the gearbox is more balky and the suspension is more punishing. The car is still fun, but it's starting to feel old before its time. — David Edwards, Cycle World Editor-in-Chief[/font][/size]

[size=1][font=Arial]•The Mini is a lot more fun around town or on back roads than on the highway, where its harsh ride is a killer. It's quick off the line, corners flat, has a great shifter and decent brakes. I just wish the interior were a nicer place to be. — Allan Rosenberg, Contributing Photographer[/font][/size]

[size=1][font=Arial]Delivered price: $23,725
Total miles/miles since last report: 43,665/3295
Maintenance costs to date: $885
Repair costs to date: $1047
Average mpg to date: 24.3[/font][/size]

 

Here are some rods and pistons from a hydrolocked Cooper. The number one rod (the one on the right) broke first; the big-end bolt slaped a hole in the lower support ladder and the cylinder case. The number 2 rod broke next but didn't do much damage.

 

Rated M for Mature

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I dont understand how water can get through the supercharger.You would think that water would lock up the supercharger before it got to the engine. Is it coming through as water vapor rather than liquid? I mean the s/c tries to compress it and everybody knows you cant compress water, thats why the connecting rods broke in the pictures posted earlier, so why isn't there damage to the s/c as well?