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jattardi@gmail.com - 15 May 2006 19:13 GMT

If a Honda is driven fast enough through a deep puddle, can the force
of the water hitting the car bend one of the heat shields on the
exhaust pipe?

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TeGGeR® - 16 May 2006 00:55 GMT

> If a Honda is driven fast enough through a deep puddle, can the force
> of the water hitting the car bend one of the heat shields on the
> exhaust pipe?

No. But it can shock shields loose that are hanging on by a thread of
rust...

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jattardi@gmail.com - 16 May 2006 01:51 GMT

> No. But it can shock shields loose that are hanging on by a thread of
> rust...

The heat shield is a thin metal sheet over the exhaust pipe, right? I
discovered mine was bent close to the pipe which was causing a very
loud annoying rattle. The only possible explanation I could think of
was a huge puddle I plowed through the other day.

Thanks for the input though!

Joe

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TeGGeR® - 16 May 2006 03:05 GMT

>> No. But it can shock shields loose that are hanging on by a thread of
>> rust...
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> loud annoying rattle. The only possible explanation I could think of
> was a huge puddle I plowed through the other day.

Then it wasn't a puddle. You hit something harder at some point.

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jim beam - 16 May 2006 05:05 GMT

> If a Honda is driven fast enough through a deep puddle, can the force
> of the water hitting the car bend one of the heat shields on the
> exhaust pipe?

yes. look at the hull of a ship after it's been through a severe storm.

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Grumpy AuContraire - 16 May 2006 16:21 GMT

> > If a Honda is driven fast enough through a deep puddle, can the force
> > of the water hitting the car bend one of the heat shields on the
> > exhaust pipe?
> >
> yes. look at the hull of a ship after it's been through a severe storm.

Can you elaborate?

JT

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jim beam - 18 May 2006 14:45 GMT

>>>If a Honda is driven fast enough through a deep puddle, can the force
>>>of the water hitting the car bend one of the heat shields on the
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> JT

they get beaten up. and it's "only water".

http://www.geocities.com/freighterman.geo/apl/apl.html

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TeGGeR® - 20 May 2006 01:43 GMT

jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in news:JtednblBk5fg5_HZRVn-
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>>>>If a Honda is driven fast enough through a deep puddle, can the force
>>>>of the water hitting the car bend one of the heat shields on the
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
> http://www.geocities.com/freighterman.geo/apl/apl.html

A small heat shield is not a ship hull. The stresses are not the same.

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L Alpert - 20 May 2006 12:50 GMT

> If a Honda is driven fast enough through a deep puddle, can the force
> of the water hitting the car bend one of the heat shields on the
> exhaust pipe?

I doubt that you could run through a puddle at a high enough rate that could
accelerate the water to an amplitude that would bend the shield without
hydroplaning.......water is used to cut steel plates (among other things),
but at up to 60kpsi.

Rapid and unevenly cooling hot metal can cause it to warp.

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