BMW had a drink problem

[220bhp]

My oldest son has BMW 20i diesel, I know I should be ashamed, but he is a good lad and deserves one mistake. Unfortunately he drove through a puddle, and the beamer took one drink to many and died. Engine is fuked. Hydro locked . He sat there for quite a while and no one stopped to help. So I told him, as a father should, no one stops to help a BMW in distress, not even BMW drivers. The next car will be an Audi I am thinking.

[Christophski]

Ooops.. not good. The air intake is way to low on BMW's. I have heard of loads of BMW's that suffer this fate.

[quattrostyle]

Familair sight, When I came out of the pub once the road was flooded, water depth was about one foot. I had no problems with my 90 to drive through the water but took a BMW driver home of which the E36 stranded in the water and would not go any further.

[bluequattro]

I sited my extended air filter behind the oil cooler in my type 85- first time I took it out in the rain I thought the head had gone! Forgot all about the filter being that low.
Oil was mayonnaise but the engine ran.
Change oil n filter and all good
And yes, I've moved the air filter since.
Make him buy an audi!

[Tonybolony]

From memory, back in the 80's in one of the 'Mickey Mouse' stages on day one of what was then the RAC Lombard rally- if I remember correctly not ONE fuel injected Vauxhall made it past the water splash. Again, from memory- the air intake was low-down and susceptible to deep water.
A fair few quid's worth of Rods that were either bent, or became 'afraid of the dark'