disillusioned
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You should reach out to the Jalopnik guys and see if they'd be interested in having you write a column or series of columns on this project.
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UPDATE
So the car smells like seawater (precisely the kind of water I did not want)..... definitely sea water... but is it? Carpet was damp and I opened the manual frunk release under the dash
and what did I find?
Water in the frunk, along with lots of small twigs, sticks and dead leaves. Perhaps its not seawater? Maybe rainwater from the frunk not being fully closed? Man I'm dying to know the real story on this car. I'm praying the water level was below this.
Repairing a Flooded Tesla Model S : HOW-TO
Okay, here's a "how to" primer:
1. First, crack open all the cylinder heads and purge them of all the excess electrons. Keep at it - don't let them accumulate on the plugs 'cuz that might cause what in the industry is known as a 'spark'.
2. Work your way back to the carburetor, as this will be full of electrons, too. You need to dry it out completely, esp. as some of them will be 'stale' electrons.
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Repairing a Flooded Tesla Model S : HOW-TO
Okay, here's a "how to" primer:
2. Work your way back to the carburetor, as this will be full of electrons, too. You need to dry it out completely, esp. as some of them will be 'stale' electrons.
Repairing a Flooded Tesla Model S : HOW-TO
Don't forget when you're ready to power it up the Model S uses premium unleaded electrons, not standard grade and certainly not leaded electrons.
Well, you're definitely going to have to remove and repair the battery pack if it was submerged. The pack is mostly sealed, but in a submersion event the pressure will be able to let water in through the little check valves and such. And here is the issue. While the cells would maybe survive submersion (probably dead, though) the BMS connections probably wont. Tesla's BMS connects to each individual cell group using small copper wires welded to the aluminum bus plates with ultrasonic welding. Unfortunately this process has a tendency to fail in the presence of water. So you're going to have to drop the pack, open it up, and remove every module to inspect these connections.
The electronics themselves are probably fine throughout the car, though, believe it or not. Every circuit board in the car I've seen has a conformal coating on it which would mostly protect it from water damage I'd believe.
I don't believe the HVJB would be water tight, though.
*shrugs* I'm cheering for you, but I think it's going to be a long road.
How about the 'taste' test? :scared:
Not sure what you paid for the car, but when you get tired of it let me know. Probably a few parts on it that are good at least...
Good post ... I would recommend that the OP reach out to additional TMC members for assistance with this project.
Judging by your pics and first takes on the parts you look at, can you go all CSI on it and get an idea of what you think happened? I'm guessing dropped from a flatbed from an overpass into a canal. It'd be interesting to know it's history and how it got there.
UPDATE
So the car smells like seawater (precisely the kind of water I did not want)..... definitely sea water... but is it? Carpet was damp and I opened the manual frunk release under the dash
and what did I find?
i told ya, if you got it from jersey it's most likely seawater. (i'm from there). we've had a bunch of major floods in the last few years from hurricanes and stuff. lots of beach towns got seawater destroyed.
Can someone tell me whether or not these are the generation 1 or 2 posts (they look pretty rickety)
It looks like someone tried multiple times to jump the car judging by the way the positive terminal is all chewed away.
These are Gen 1. The new one has a rubber cap that seals the positive terminal. This is normal looking, though a bit more corrosion than normal on the terminals. (This is why they went with a cover for Gen 2!)