Is it true this one has air intake below level radiator ?!?

Mates just totaled his car driving through puddle in Wiltshire , saw three small modern cars go through so thought he'd be ok ....
This would otherwise be occasion for much mirth , but maybe should be kinder

 

if it does have one below the radiator then peugeot need sending to hell for having it in such a stupid place

can your mate not look himself to see where it is or if he doesnt know what he is looking for maybe take a few pics that you could put up so we can have a gander

 

I think he'd be too embarrassed

His excuse is its (was) 600 quid runner he's had couple years, so he hadn't bothered to delve too deeply under the bonnet

 

The air intake is higher up but the air filter is low down.

 

Filter is low down below the rad on the passenger side! Stupid idea ever! Sucked in water in my 306 rallye rally car which resulted in banana shaped con rods, full re build later, ditch the abs pump and make a custom air intake that sits nicely by the passenger wing, job done!

 

as above in most of the bigger engine models it was down in the passenger side of the engine bay.

as above, dump the airbox and put something better in place..

What 306 was it? the 1.9 dturbo's can survive sucking up some water and not destroy itself.

 

Depends on which engine it has.

Some Pug engines have nasty trunking that falls apart, like the HDis...which usally pull in air from behind the front gill (not good for floodwater either), but leads to bottom of the airbox underneath the headlamp. The trunking is like a fabirc cardboard and falls apart with age, so it can pull in air from anywhere below knee level.


But as with all cars, always make known where the intake is, for exmaple some e39 BMWs suck in the air at ankle level!


Anyhoo, recover car, intake off at the manifold, take spark plugs out (or glowplugs if its a diesel), crank him over, see what sprays out, if its not too much, it "may" survive. Remove and drain airbox and intake pipework, if the filter is wet, discard it. If its a turbo diesel, drain the intercooler too. Throw it all back together, say a payer and then give it a try

 

Fisherman pete services it ,he's mechanic -says it'd dead

It's mid 90's diesel I believe. Not a turbo