At least, on the other Mercedes Forum, rough crowd

"Drove my Mercedes CLK under water and now it won't start anymore"

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w208-clk-class/1331711-drove-my-clk-under-water-car-wont-start-anymore-3.html

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Ouch, that is a rough crowd. I am guessing he probably drove it through standing water.

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Initiator of thread never divulged how the CLK got waterlogged...embarrassed to speak up, I guess.

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2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

As you noted, be careful how you ask....he was asking for it, imho.

He would have gotten a lot of that here too.

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

That's nothing.

I recall a story from 5 or so years back where some mechanic recommended multi-vis, detergent oil for the guy's XK 140,so the hoople pours 2 cups of Tide laundry soap into his crankcase......gotta dig it out,it was hilarious.

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Maybe he forgot his CLK was not a '76 lotus esprit

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2003 VW Passat GLS 1.8t wagon 73k mi
1998 Dodge Dakota Sport 228k mi
1974 VW Karmann Ghia Coupe 74k mi (for sale)

He should have just admited it screwing up.

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