Thread: Flod damaged cars?

Ramblings.....water and electricity and batteries?

I have been a landlord for years...?
Electric stoves....When a tenant left a property it was not uncommon for the stove to be left in a greasy condition. Including the electrics at the back of the stove. I sometimes took the disconnected stove outside and took the back cover off. Then water blasted the electrics and then spray on a foam oven cleaner / then brush down with petrol and repeat a few times. Basically in the end no fat build up. Let every thing thoroughly dried out with no water residue then every thing works fine electrically wise.

As we all know the Auckland floods and submerged cars .

To the automobile minded on here.
Take for example a parked up Mitsubishi Outlander PHEW with the engine switched off. If that model of car was completely submerged over its roof in fresh water for 24 /48 hours and then worked upon by an expert including a thorough dried out also including the petrol and all oil changed should the car 100% work? Perhaps its not as simple as that electronic wise ?

On the web one reads of stories of electronic devices going in the drink and being salvaged ....dried out then working?

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