Re: It's ALIVE! (Was 1990 Accord got flooded, won't start)
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:35:23 GMT, "Elle"
<honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote: > >I do not recall seeing reports here that ECUs replaced after >a flood mean the car won't last much longer, or that >flooding in general means the car is going to be toast soon. > >Seems to me ECUs are pretty tough. My 91 Civic LX is on its >original. Except for flooding, rarely if ever does anyone >report here that the ECU died and had to be replaced. > I'm not concerned about the ECU, just about other stuff. The first thing I did on this newsgroup was search for flooding. I found a long post on the need to beware of buying a flooded car because of New Orleans and such. He went into the problems faced by flooded cars, including water getting into the transmission and all sorts of other places. Now, my car was only in a foot or so of water so I don't think that too much damage occurred, and it wasn't salt water either. Still, it sure got in the tailpipe and all over the bottom and floor of the car. Plus, the car is already rusting in a few places and this isn't going to help. (all Accords from 90/91 seem to rust in the same places). It's a strange car. I bought it used, about eight years ago, with very low mileage, from a Honda dealer who had serviced it. It only has 92,000 now and should be good for much more, but the age and rust is starting to worry me. I'm concerned that it's going to start needing a lot of repairs, just because it's getting up there. Maybe I should hang on to it and see. I can always sell it later as long as it's moving. |
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