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Harsh Weather Conditions Should Be Taken Seriously When You Drive Used Volvo S60 For Sale In Downpour

Never overestimate your used Volvo s60 for sale and never underestimate the weather. Especially the rain that during the floods risks seriously damaging our cars. Are you in the car and while you are crossing a particularly flooded road does your car suddenly stop and does not come back on? The only thing to do at the moment is to stop the car if it is still moving and to disengage the keys. This is because there is a high probability that water has entered the engine of your car and therefore there could be serious damage. But why all this? 

Necessary To Know

It is necessary to know that the engine of your car breathes through a suction system that ends with a simple plastic tube placed outside, above the engine, which sucks the air to bring it inside the engine, for make combustion takes place and make the vehicle move. besides, the more it accelerates, the more air is drawn into the engine. During this operation, therefore, the suction system could suck water, together with the air, especially when it rains very strongly. Finally, the incoming water reaches the inside of the engine. So, it is a critical issue that, what to do in case of the flooded car or heavy rain. The vehicle will then turn off and the engine will not turn on. This is because the water does not burn inside the pistons and indeed, it risks destroying everything.

A Driver Need

So what DO when the vehicle is switched off in a street flooded? So, a driver needs to Immediately stop the car through the brake pedal or the handbrake; Do not try to start the car again and Disconnect the key. Get to this point how can we calculate engine damage and how can we try to restart the vehicle without damaging it? we will need more or less than a couple of screwdrivers and some wrench from the small diameter. So we can start. We must first raise the hood of the stationary vehicle and secure it with the safety bar. Next, we will have to locate the airbox. A black box with a connected plastic tube, into which the air passes. Once opened, we will find the air filter inside. If the latter is wet and we find water at the bottom of the air box, it will mean that it will also have entered the engine. So the damage could be very serious that lead to lower the value and to save the Volvo s60 price, both.

By Another Car

So to restart the vehicle, hoping that little water has entered, which will have to be purged, just follow a few steps: * have the car towed by another car; Engage first gear; Push the vehicle in one of the two ways indicated in the first point. Just move the car in a few meters. In this way, with the gear engaged, the engine will turn without activating the combustion and therefore the water inside the pistons will be spat out and will then exit through the muffler. After that, it will be better to wait a few hours so that the humidity inside the motor has dried; then we can turn on the vehicle again. The car should turn on and off, even if with some initial difficulties. If it does not turn on, the engine will probably be severely damaged. In any case, the car must be brought by a good technician.