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post 1652972323 12-22-2021, 12:51 AM
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Is this car gonna make it? *Misc Mechanics* 300k+

Spun out and landed in a creek like this:



2008 Jetta, kid car. Pulled it out (not through the water) started and stayed running with a jumpbox, but no torque to the wheels. Thinking the transmission is full of water so changing that fluid 1st. There's really only a couple sensors that would have been submerged.

Thoughts? (especially from VW Miscers) It's drying out in a heated garage now.
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post 1652972493 12-22-2021, 01:00 AM
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Im no VW specialist but is it actually shifting into drive?
post 1652972563 12-22-2021, 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted By AlwaysFocus⏩
Im no VW specialist but is it actually shifting into drive?
Yeah Brah but only goes like 1 inch.
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post 1652972893 12-22-2021, 01:31 AM
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You should've never started it after you pulled it out in case it had already sucked some water into the engine through the air filter. I'd pull out the plugs and crank the engine to shoot any excess water. The tranny should be a sealed unit, I think the only way water would make its way in is through the dipstick hole if it got that deep.
post 1652973053 12-22-2021, 01:39 AM
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Get a 2022 Lexus next time so you don't treat your cars like trash.
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post 1652973123 12-22-2021, 01:44 AM
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Moronic to try and start it at all. VERY LUCKY you didn’t blow the engine and bend a valve.

You need to immediately change all the fluids first,. Then remove spark plugs and hand turn the engine to make sure it’s not locked up.
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post 1652973383 12-22-2021, 02:10 AM
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