Be Careful Flood Vehicles !!!
With the hurricanes and flooding that has struck in the south recently there are numerous thousands of vehicles that have moderate to severe flood damage.
A few of these lorries that have actually not been totally immersed will be tidied up, freshner sprayed into carpets and vents and delivered North, East and West.
The people who deal in these automobiles get them dirt low-cost and do some clean up and then deliver them out to the unwary public. These lorries will look typical but after purchasing among them you will most likely develope serious issues down the roadway.
These vehicles will have mold started that you won’t be able to detect for some time and the odor will be covered with some strong sprays that will hide the problem for several weeks/months. However then one warm day sfter being closed up in the sun you will open the door to a musty smell that will start to worsen every day until after a while it will be intolerable.
The odor might be the least of your issues for after a car is submerged in water for any length of time the water and grit is in the engine, transmission, differential all the wheel bearings and working parts. So after driving the car a couple of hundred miles you will start to develope major failures to these components.
Also the water will enter into the electrical system of the automobile and cause shorts in the circuitry that might trigger fires or major damage to the computer system of the automobile that will lead to really high repair work bills.
To prevent buying any of these cars you will need to do a total assessment of the lorry to examine it out for any tell tale indications of water damage. If you can’t do this youself employ a great mechanic to examine it for you, or use a vehicle inspection service and Carfax to figure out if it has been in a flood or any type of accident or had major repairs.
Inspect title for previous owners and if it trails back to current sales in the Hurricane/flood mentions skip the sale even it seems to be a bargain as you might have some high repair bills later or worse, not even have the ability to restore vehicle.
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Jack Cooper
