Why do manufacturers not fit.....

..... some sort of valve to physically cut the engine before it has a chance to aspirate water and hydrolock?

Maybe some sort of float set at right-angles to the air intake which could float upwards with the water level until it cuts the air supply altogether just before water is aspirated into the cylinders....

...or something based on the toilet cistern valve/lever arrangement to do the same job.

I reckon this might save quite a bit of aggro.

What do you reckon?

Keep out of water unless your motor is sorted out for wading works quite well.

Would it work? Sounds kinda of doable, perhaps someone has some kind of system in place already.

Only problem I can think of is if the float gets clogged with mud for instance and can't rise in water to block off the air intake

Would need a pre-cleaner in the intake system before the 'float'.

You mean as standard on cars? By the point where the engine is sucking in water then the rest of the car is most likely knackered. Electronics are now soaked, interior ruined, oils contaminated, etc etc.. car's a write off.

because its a stupid idea, cars aren't designed to work in water, thats what boats are for, next it will be 'why aren't boats designed with wheels for when theres not enough water'...

the_wolf said:

Would it work? Sounds kinda of doable, perhaps someone has some kind of system in place already.

Only problem I can think of is if the float gets clogged with mud for instance and can't rise in water to block off the air intake

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I suggest you go see what happens when you block the air intake

Jongould said:

because its a stupid idea, cars aren't designed to work in water, thats what boats are for, next it will be 'why aren't boats designed with wheels for when theres not enough water'...

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S' alot less bovver wiv an hovver

Bromsgrove Defender said:

I suggest you go see what happens when you block the air intake

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I imagine it would stall, which was the point of the OPs original post. Engine stalls, prevents water from being drawn in thus preventing damage

the_wolf said:

I imagine it would stall, preventing you from getting out of danger

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Fit a snorkle FFS

the_wolf said:

I imagine it would stall, which was the point of the OPs original post. Engine stalls, prevents water from being drawn in thus preventing damage

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and then half way across a river motor stops and out comes the paddles floating down stream

Thor1950 said:

and then half way across a river motor stops and out comes the paddles floating down stream

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Topgear did it

what are electric 4x4's going to do (when they make one?!)

vilguy said:

what are electric 4x4's going to do (when they make one?!)

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Hopefully explode

vilguy said:

what are electric 4x4's going to do (when they make one?!)

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Work properly, they need no air so can simply be sealed... electric cars will be so much easier to design/build/maintain, the internal combustion engine will be archaic in 50 years time, you know those old boys who still insist steam is the best form of propulsion, well thats gonna be us in a few years...

Liberty Electric Cars | The E-Range

all electric rangie anyone??

timtheenchanteruk said:

Liberty Electric Cars | The E-Range

all electric rangie anyone??

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I'm waiting for the Underpigeon version.

Jongould said:

Work properly, they need no air so can simply be sealed... electric cars will be so much easier to design/build/maintain, the internal combustion engine will be archaic in 50 years time, you know those old boys who still insist steam is the best form of propulsion, well thats gonna be us in a few years...

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was readibng a bit in the IEC magazine the other month.

biggest problem we have at the minute is the countrys electical distribution infrastructure.
charger and battery technology has advanced, so they can charge in an hour or less, only problem is there isn't the capacity to install these high current charging stations everywhere, or much above a 10 hour charger to most homes.

timtheenchanteruk said:

was readibng a bit in the IEC magazine the other month.

biggest problem we have at the minute is the countrys electical distribution infrastructure.
charger and battery technology has advanced, so they can charge in an hour or less, only problem is there isn't the capacity to install these high current charging stations everywhere, or much above a 10 hour charger to most homes.

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Yep, the cars are ready to go pretty much, battery tech will get better (the range on early cars was pretty **** poor as well) but at the moment its all about power transfer, you can only get so much from 24V/13amp sockets and charging point are few and far between. If I remember correctly they 'can' charge a full battery (16hour home charge) in about 5 minutes but it needs to be done at a stupidly low temperature to keep the batteries stable...

We will get there, personally I can't wait for the revolution, it will make petrol cheaper for the petrol heads as well...

Jongould said:

We will get there, personally I can't wait for the revolution, it will make petrol cheaper for the petrol heads as well...

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Will it? There will be less of a demand for petrol so prices will increase as they can't work on high volumes. Petrol stations will shut or change to leccy, etc, etc.

This won't happen for many many moons though