How can you tell if your car has been soaked in water?

Four easy-to-learn ways to tell if a car has been soaked in water:

Method 1: Pull out the harness and see if there are any water stains on it. After the car is soaked in water, there will be water marks on the surface of the body and the interior, and second-hand car dealers will try to erase this trace, but the marks on the seat belt are difficult to remove.

Because the seat belt is made of knitted material, there will be obvious water stains after water immersion, and part of the seat belt will shrink into the spring, and it is difficult to completely remove the water on it. "Therefore, car buyers should pull out their seat belts when inspecting their cars, if there are water stains on them, it is likely to be a flooded car. ”

In addition, the air outlet of the air conditioner is a more difficult place to clean, if this location has been soaked in sewage, there will often be sediment on the grille and dead corner of the air outlet.

Method 2: Lift the floor glue and smell it for musty smell. When the car is soaked in water, there will definitely be sewage between the floor and the floor glue, and it is quite time-consuming and laborious to completely clean up this sewage

It is necessary to remove all the seats in the car, take out the whole floor rubber to dry, and at the same time suck the sewage on the floor of the car dry. "Now that the temperature is high, if there is sewage left in the car, it is easy to produce musty smell when stuffy inside. "It should be reminded that some second-hand car dealers will spray and place perfume in the car in order to cover up the musty smell in the flooded car, and car buyers should be alert if they smell perfume during car inspection.

Method 3: Inspect the steel to see if there is rust. Buyers can take a closer look under the cab pedals to see if there is rust on the metal, as well as the hinges on the doors, under the carpet of the trunk, the steel under the seats, and the locks on the spare tire, which may be caused by flooding.

Method 4: Open the hood and look for oxidized copper wires on the wires and plugs. After the treatment of heavily flooded vehicles (i.e., vehicles with high flooded positions), it is difficult to remove 100% of the moisture on the engine wiring and transmission sensor plugs, and after a long time, the copper wires on these parts will react with air and moisture, resulting in patina, which is green.

Note: If the car has been soaked in water, the engine, sensors, connecting rods, almost all wiring and other parts will be flooded, just like a patient, and the resistance will definitely be reduced; Even if you can drive normally after repair, just like a person who has undergone major surgery due to a serious illness, his body will be relatively weaker, and he will be more likely to have problems in the future.

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Identification of soaking trucks:

Method 1: Smell and check whether there is mud and rust in the door joints and trunk Method 2: Check whether the seat is soft and hard In order to further distinguish the degree of water ingress, it is necessary to check the interior of the car.

Whether it is a woven or leather seat, if water enters the seat, it will definitely produce some yellowing water traces, and even after cleaning, the surface of the seat will have different degrees of color difference.

Method 3: Check whether the buttons on the center console are normal and whether the chassis is rusty Check whether it is a soaking car, be sure to carefully check the function buttons of the center console. The best way to check the center console is to check whether the function buttons are normal, whether there is a difference in feel, if there is an LCD screen in the car, you can observe whether the LCD screen is different from one shade.

After the center console is flooded, it is difficult to completely repair the various circuit components. It is also very important to check the chassis of the car.

Generally speaking, the soaking car can be roughly divided into three types according to the damage, the first is that the water surface exceeds the wheels, and the vehicle floor mat is waterlogged, the second is that the water surface soaks the seat or exceeds the center console, and the third situation is that the water surface directly exceeds the car body.

After the soaking truck is cleaned, it is not easy to distinguish by the appearance.

Unlike accident cars, soaking trucks are not easy to distinguish through appearance, and soaking cars are mainly repaired for parts that have entered the water, and rarely involve sheet metal. For example, after the headlights and taillights enter the water, by replacing or draining the water in the lamp group, the water in the car is also cleared of the water, and the soaked parts are disassembled and dried or directly driedEven if the soaking truck is cleaned, it will produce a musty smell, which is the most practical and easiest way to check the soaking truck.

1. Open the engine compartment:If the vehicle has been soaked in water, some wiring harnesses in the engine compartment will still have mud or water stains, even after cleaning.

2. If the interior is flooded,Then the vehicle will definitely be dried, and there will be more or less traces of the seats after soaking in water and then drying, so you can take a closer look, and if there are a lot of wrinkles, then you should beware.

3. Check the metal parts under the interior, such as under the seat, if the spring or support rod is rusty, then it may be a soaking car, of course, it may be that the manufacturer has not done a good job in the part rust prevention.

The hazards of soaking trucks.

The car contains a large number of electronic components, if it is soaked in water, it will still have an impact on the reliability of the car in the future, even if it is replaced, it is difficult to ensure the reliability of the car, and the failure rate will increase in the later stage.

After soaking in water, the problem that will definitely be encountered is the peculiar smell, because after soaking in water, it can generally only be treated by washing, drying, and basking in the sun, so some relatively hidden locations can easily become a breeding ground for bacteria, and the peculiar smell will of course follow.

To answer you good friend, first of all, look at the appearance. If the front and rear light groups are particularly new, you can check whether the new and old degree of the headlight group matches the year of the vehicle, and some dealers will directly replace the whole set of light groups of the soaking car in order to improve the appearance.

Second, smell the inside. The most direct way to judge whether it is a soaking car is to smell, because no matter how the soaking car is cleaned, there will be some musty smell left, and the musty smell is because the "floor cotton" of the floor in the car is soaked in rainwater and causes dirt, odor and a large number of bacteria, if you smell moldy, you should be careful. Because some sellers can spray perfume on the car in order to cover up the musty smell, and if a second-hand car is too fragrant, you should also be careful.

There are also water levels in the soaking car that will not pass the center console, so that the buttons and some configurations of the center console will also enter the water. Then the feel of pressing the button is astringent or the elasticity is insufficient, and this situation should also be noted.

Again, check the gearbox. For soaking cars and wading vehicles, the probability of water ingress is as high as 90% when the water submerges more than two-thirds of the wheels; In addition, when wading vehicles are driving at high speed on waterlogged roads, the splashing water waves are also easy to enter the gearbox. There are three degrees of moisture ingress into the gearbox, and white sediment appears in the oil pan when the water ingress is moderate; Some of the screws in the gearbox are rusty when there is light water ingress; When the water is severe, it can be identified by observing the oil-water mixture.

The most direct result of water ingress into an automatic transmission is the deterioration of the transmission oil. Normal automatic transmission oil is basically transparent and impurity-free red, while the transmission oil that has been flooded will be milky white. Once the transmission oil deteriorates, its indicators cannot meet the standard, and the continued use of the vehicle will cause the transmission to wear out prematurely, and even make the transmission scrapped.

1. Open the hood to check whether there is sludge left in the water tank, air conditioner radiator, and front plate of the water tank (see from below).

2. Check the small parts next to the engine, the charging motor, the starting motor, the wire socket, and the sludge at the joints of the left and right wheel turtles.

3. The front and rear seat seats (upside down) check the residual sludge and musty smell of the spring and the inner cover of the brown cloth.

4. Check the residual sludge in the dead corner of the hidden seams of the rear wheel turtle on both sides of the trunk seat (spare tire seat).

5. It can be used by the residual sludge of the structure, wires, and socket joints in the dashboard base.

6. There is an obvious line of sludge in the middle of the front and rear doors (covered by plastic trim plates), indicating the height of the car soaking in water (it is not easy to clean because there are too many dead corner joints in the pillar).

7. Dig up the front and rear windshield rubber (from the inside of the car) with a screwdriver, and if there is sludge in it, it is a fully soaked car, and the water level exceeds the hood even if it is a fully soaked car (extinguished).

Pay attention to these when buying a used car!

After every rainstorm, the used car market will flood with a large number of flooded cars, so it is very important to know how to identify flooded cars.

There are also three types of soaking trucks.

1. The water depth is not over the wheels and soaked in the floor glue.

2. The water does not pass through the dashboard.

3. The whole vehicle is soaked in water.

Clause. Second, the third kind can be said to be a real blister car, even after repair, there will be problems, most of the lines in the car soaked in water, after drying there will be imperceptible oxidation.

How to identify a blister car?

You are a car owner who has no experience in second-hand car identification, and it is not recommended to touch this type of model, because the second-hand business will deal with the problems of blister cars, and some obvious things will be restored to their original state, and only some small details can find clues.

1. Open the door and trunk lid, smell whether there is a musty smell inside, and preliminarily judge whether the car is flooded.

2. Open the engine compartment cover to check whether there are traces of sludge, rust and scale at the joints of the water tank, air conditioner radiator, wiring harness joint, and the seams of each equipment, and whether there are blister traces on the firewall insulation cotton.

3. The front and rear seats are turned upside down, and check whether the metal parts are corroded, and whether the bottom plate of the cockpit is sludge, rust or scale.

4. Pull the seat belt to the end to see if there are any water stains or mud marks.

5. The rubber gap between the front and rear windshields (from the inside of the car) is dug with a screwdriver, and the sludge in it is a fully soaked car.

Of course, there are many businesses that will carry out various cleaning treatments on second-hand cars, which ordinary people may not be able to see.

In addition, the reference is also a part, the second-hand car with a good age, small mileage, and personal first-hand must not be lower than the market price, so friends who buy second-hand cars must pay attention.

Hope it helps! Practitioners from Zhanjiang Jinfu Automobile!

1. Indoor inspection BAI

Since most of the cars are closed, it is easy for them to produce mold

smell, so the owner will put a very strong version of the perfume to cover the right.

Cover mold odor. 2. Look at the lights.

From the first glance of contact, you can see the appearance of the car very carefully, observe the headlights, generally second-hand cars are several years old, if each light is new, you can suspect that it is soaked in water.

3. Look at the seat bracket.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for the seat bracket to come into contact with water, and if there are water stains or mud on the bracket, then it is very likely to be a "soaking car".

4. Press the seat.

The blistered cushion will definitely be hard and not feel good.

5. Center console and LCD screen.

The electrical equipment in the center console is a good way to check the soaking car, check whether the LCD screen has uneven brightness or light spots, and then try all the buttons, try to see if there is any failure, if it is soaked, the feel of the button will definitely be a little astringent.

6. Check the engine compartment and chassis.

There will definitely be a lot of mud and sand in the blister car, and even if it is treated, you can also look at the dead ends, and if there is mud and sand, you have to be careful.

7. Observe the seat belt.

If the seat belt is not brought, look at whether there is fine sediment, and look at the seat belt buckle and cigarette lighter, if there is mud and sand, the probability of being a soaking car will not be bad.

1. Smell is to sit in the cab and smell whether there is a rancid smell of mud. No matter how much you wash your blistered car, there will always be some muddy smell left. So, if there is such a smell in the cab.

2. Look at the bottom of the chair in the car to see if there are any water stains. In addition, you can remove the instrument panel and look at the plastic socket of the wire underneath. If it has been soaked in water, there will be silt in the sockets between the wires.

Because after the water overflows the engine, these wires will definitely be soaked in water, no matter how the outside of the wire is wiped, the socket of the wire cannot be cleaned due to the small space.

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If the electric car seems to know whether it has run through the water, it is best to go to the nearby electric car repair shop to find the car repair master to see, after all, they deal with electric vehicles every day, and they can see it at once if they are soaked in water.

1. Under normal circumstances, car dealers will carry out a simple cleaning after receiving the blister car, but it is inevitable that there will be omissions. If consumers find traces of mud in the four doors of the car, seats, trunk and other places, especially in the engine compartment, they need to pay special attention.

2. After the car has been soaked in water, some car owners may replace the interior decoration of the car, such as the seat cover, or even the entire seat. Therefore, once consumers find that the interior decoration of the car has been changed and updated, they should be vigilant, and they also need to pay special attention to the carpet, door panels and other parts with traces of construction.

3. Touch the seat cushion with your hands to see if there is any swelling, whether there are water traces, and whether there is any fishy smell. When the engine starts, see if the circuit has any smell, a short circuit will cause the line to burn, and there will be a smell of burnt plastic. Here is a reminder to the majority of consumers that there are many safety hazards in blister cars, such as frequent short circuits, poor braking systems, and even spontaneous combustion when it is hot, so it is best not to buy them.

If you inadvertently buy such a second-hand car, the relevant documents and vouchers must be kept, and you can claim with the vouchers at that time.

4. Pull all four harnesses all the way to the end to see if there is any change in the color of the bottom. Because the material of the seat belt will have obvious traces of water flooding after the blister, it is extremely difficult to eliminate. Therefore, many car owners will have some omissions when cleaning their cars before selling, which is also an item that is relatively easy to check.