Water damaged AMG's cheap!

[skytop]

Admit it...you've thought about it! I wonder how many lovely AMG SL's, CLK's, CL's have suffered flooding throughout the past two hurricanes. Most dealerships in sunny climates store all their inventory out in the open. This is the most inexpensive method of floor planning vehicles but leaves the vehicles vulnerable to hail, acid rain and the worst of all, flooding. In most states, once a car suffers flood damage, the title must be modified. It is a major fraud felony charge to sell a flood/water damaged vehicle without clearly making this known to and acknowledged by the potential buyer. With the abundance of computer gear in every car today, let alone the hyper tech Mercedes lineup, having a water damaged car can lead to unending problems and major headaches. I wonder how dealers are going to handle this situation. There are going to be many hundreds of damaged MB's and many thousands of damaged regular cars out there. All these plus the schlock used car dealers stuck with their crapola heaps are all going to be trying to unload these cars. How are they going to handle this problem? CAVEAT EMPTOR to the max in these watery soggy states. Anyone have definitive info on this situation?

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[MarcusF]

According to a local transmission guy, in an autobox, the glue that holds the clutch pack together is salt water soluble. If true, the transmissions would have to be rebuilt. Naturally, all the electronics are junk. But the engine blocks . . . . . . . a full gasket kit, a set of rings (the OEM iron rings will rust in salt water), hone the cylinders, a set of valve guides (unless bronze holds up to salt water better than I think), and then there are the bearings. Anyone know how copper bearings hold up to prolonged exposure to salt water? OK a set of bearings too. Mains, rods, and rod bushings, then reassemble, and you’ve got a new Mercedes engine. Not as cheap as I originally thought.



The question is, what are waterlogged engines going for?

I'm going to guess that some MB superchargers are going to hit ebay soon. Does anyone know how to rebuild a supercharger? Disassemble and hot tank, more bearings . . . . . .

As for the dealers, those cars are insured.