"Since the owner was driving in a rapidly flooding parking lot in water nearly up to the door sills" I would think this would also place the water over the hood (given today's sleeker wedge shaped designs) - and then there is 'wake' he would be pushing into as well (and into an intake scoop that could inhale water even if it were in the upper half of the grill!). He may have made it given a 'snorkel' ... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Mansheim" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Building a Servo "Bottom Breathers' > > Got any specific examples of these models? > > BMW 5-series is the one I was asked to help with. Have to admit > that I haven't actually traced the airflow path. I just discovered > the blown engine, the BMW mechanic said it was from ingesting > water. Another mechanic friend said that "many newer cars are > bottom breathers" (I don't have any specific examples from that > statement). Since the owner was driving in a rapidly flooding > parking lot in water nearly up to the door sills when the car > stalled, and the engine never ran again (actually, never turned > over again), I accepted the bottom breathing, water ingestion > diagnosis. > Completely unrelated: this was a bit of an eye opener for me - I > don't drive this type of car - I drive "extremely inexpensive" stuff, > to be polite. The car's owner told me BMW wanted $15,000US for the > engine and $2,000 to put it in - figures I found truly staggering. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.