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[Zippy2012]

Last night at 2am driving back from ludlow to worcester in torrential rain after going threw loads of floods around 6/12" deep everything fine...

ok my car is 45mm lower on front & 70mm on rear i still carried on!!

i then came across a flood that as i entered it quickly came up to headlights so backed up quickly...

my ets sensor is fked so my engine elec fan doesnt work so ive been using my AC fans to keep engine cool when sat stationary,

as i sat there waiting for a larger vehical or anything to come towards me down the road so i could guage its depth the car was sat happy at 90'c with AC running,

waited & waited no cars.... nothing..... after about 15mins of waiting i went to get out of car & noticed the dry part of road was now 3" deep & touching sideskirts "rather hell that came up quick!!!"

as i started to back down the road a police 4X4 came up behind me and said the road behind me was now closed after the river had burst so my only choice was forward!!! before where i was sat would be under 3ft of water because i was in a dip!!

ahh i wondered where the water had come from.... 

So he said tuck up behind him & just keep going!!! or abandon my car & hope for the best.... YEAH RIGHT NO CHANCE!!!!!!!

HE DIDNT SAY THE FLOOD WAS 1/2MILE LONG & 2 FEET DEEP!!!! 

as his exhaust dissapered then his bumper!! then my headlights went dark with water coming up my bonnet!!!! & my exhaust went silent!!
i could hear the revs climbing as the rear of car started to lift up & float!!! with my foot decked thinking OH...S.....T if this cuts out its scrap!!!
the 4X4 came up out of the water so did my lights as i pulled up 100ft from the flood!!!

checking my footwells ..... Umm all dry!!! bonus!!  opened boot all dry!!!
Opened bonnet engine all dry not even damp!!! awesome!!! 
only prob 1cm of water in n/s foglight thats ok then or so i thort....

grill bumper alloys wipers full of twigs leaves u name it it was prob stuck in somewhere!!!

Then OH BUGGER!!!  AC STILL SWITCHED ON BUT NO FANS!! i cleared as much debris as poss but AC Fans still dead...

Have i blown a fuse...
Or a Relay???

with engine running i push AC button engine revs change but still no fans... the fuse box in engine bay still nice & dry ive looked on the forum at fuse box AC relay fuses positions but calnt see the fuse location but there are 3 fking relays!!!

Any Ideas as i need the AC fans to work till i can fix the ets switch!!

only other issue is my clutch slipping like hell but im sure it dry out in a day or so...

[jonny2112]

Sorry Zippy I can't help, but that sounds like an absolute nightmare.
Glad you made it home, relatively unscathed 

[Zippy2012]

ive found the under bonnet relay positions but cant find main fuses under steering wheel illustrations

because i know some fuses do more than 1 circuit etc...

why does the V6 have 3 AC RELAYS!!!!

Cheers mate took me 7hrs to get from Anglesea back to worcester which norm takes me 3 half hours....

[RobG]

ive found the under bonnet relay positions but cant find main fuses under steering wheel illustrations

because i know some fuses do more than 1 circuit etc...

why does the V6 have 3 AC RELAYS!!!!

Cheers mate took me 7hrs to get from Anglesea back to worcester which norm takes me 3 half hours....

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90451.0

[Zippy2012]

ive found the under bonnet relay positions but cant find main fuses under steering wheel illustrations

because i know some fuses do more than 1 circuit etc...

why does the V6 have 3 AC RELAYS!!!!

Cheers mate took me 7hrs to get from Anglesea back to worcester which norm takes me 3 half hours....

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90451.0

AHH Cheers rob!! missed the word cabin off my search!! Cheers  i have a look!!

[albitz]

The air intake sits quite low,so if I were you I would check you havent sucked in a load of water.

[Andy B]

The air intake sits quite low,so if I were you I would check you havent sucked in a load of water.

you'd know if you sucked up water through the air intake ................. the engine would very quickly stop!! 

[Zippy2012]

The air intake sits quite low,so if I were you I would check you havent sucked in a load of water.

Quite low... its right across the middle of the grill..!! & nope it sucked up fk all coz i unclipped the airbox just incase of that but most ppl would get caught out by that tho!!

cars engine runs perfect except slipping clutch...

RobG ive looked at the fuse diagram is it fuses 4 14 15 33..

[Kevin Wood]

If the air con compressor is engaging but no fans, then the problem will be in the ECU box by the battery or the fans themselves. Couple of fuses and a host of relays in here. Diagnosis is therefore not easy. I think I'd unplug each fan motor and test them individually with a 12v supply first.

[Zippy2012]

If the air con compressor is engaging but no fans, then the problem will be in the ECU box by the battery or the fans themselves. Couple of fuses and a host of relays in here. Diagnosis is therefore not easy. I think I'd unplug each fan motor and test them individually with a 12v supply first.

Mate have u seen where them sodding plugs are!!! i have a look in the main ECU box then coz all of my main fuses in cabin look ok & everything else is working..

The AC fans were working before i entered the flood my own fault should of turned them off, but once i came out of other end fans dead but AC light on switch still on pump engaged but no fans... i check the relays 1st & see if theirs any other fuses blown if no joy may of shorted both fan motors i guess...??
Ive just got my Main engine cooling fan to work by pushing the switching side of relay against contact, so if she starts to get hot atleast i have some cooling if i manually operate the relay..

i see if i can do the same with the AC ones....

Back out in the RAIN AGAIN!!!!!

[albitz]

The air intake sits quite low,so if I were you I would check you havent sucked in a load of water.

you'd know if you sucked up water through the air intake ................. the engine would very quickly stop!! 

Unless it sat gurgling in the bottom of the bagpipes.

[adey2]

didnt know you knew meaning of slow glynn, thought it flat out or stopped

[Zippy2012]

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1176560725

on the 3rd diagram down under x30xe are fuses F50 & F52 there is another 30A fuse inbetween them which was what had blown!! 

Guess you could call it F51.. 

Replaced Fuse now all ok!! 

Well except my slipping clutch but im sure by time i get to birmingham tomorrow it should have dried out...

[Andy B]

.....
Unless it sat gurgling in the bottom of the bagpipes.

Gurgling at the bottom of the bagpipes isn't the same as being sucked into the engine 

[Zippy2012]

didnt know you knew meaning of slow glynn, thought it flat out or stopped

Well on the way to isle of Anglesea on friday night i went threw the conway tunnels at 140+ sounded awesome!!!! worcester to Anglesea in 3hours but as the conway tunnel was closed on A55 on way back i went down the A5 awesome road to drive down to shrewsbury!! but M54 closed so went A49 & roads got worse & worse also got home with my neerside sideskirt hanging off!! due to amount of puddles i hit at 60+ but then when i got to ludlow couldnt go any quicker than 20 due to sheer amount of water on the roads!!