Submarine

The management would like to remind everyone that one should not drive on the roadway when water covers is covering said roadway.  OK! so there is this spot in the road that the plant driveway is on that tends to hold water even thou there are drains at the low spot in this area.  Usually this water is no big deal, well today it was about knee deep in the center of the road.  So what do you do when you discover you are in to deep? Well me I jam on the gas trying to reach the other side, didn't work either.

So right away  I called the plant and asked if our mechanic Joe was able to bring out the service truck or loader and push me out.  The car was keeping the water out of the passenger compartment surprisingly well so I relaxed and did what any normal person would have done, eat my breakfast.  I endured the laughs of other truck drivers as they slowly passed sloshing me around slightly like a ping pong on the top of a beer.  Joe showed up and quite expertly pushed me into the lot where I allowed gravity to try to undo what a charging V8 engine, OK I had done, this also didn't work.  I clocked in and delivered  a load.  Dispatch was kind enough, after hearing how stupid I had been  to allow me the rest of the day off to try to get the car running.  

It just so happened that dad called me just as I was clocking out to see it I was at work and if not to see if I was interested in going to NAPA and also to get some lunch.  I said that was interested in lunch but there was something I had to do first.  After giving him the low down he turned around to give me a hand.  By the time he arrived I had all eight spark plugs out and was ready to get the water out of the cylinders.  Dad stood back almost far enough while I cranked the engine.  It is kinda a surreal thing to see eight tiny geysers erupting from the engine compartment.  To make a long story shot it worked! and I was able to drive home.

After getting some lunch and necessary supplies I drained what looked like coffee with to much creamer in it out of the oil pan.  I replaced the air filter as well and went to pick Jonah up from kindergarten.  I would like to note here that the car seemed to be running well considering it was full of water a few short hours earlier.  Since then I have changed the oil once again and also put an additive called Sea Foam into the oil as well.  I and dirty tired and am ready for a short vacation to Turkey Run State Park this weekend.  I hope things aren't quite as exciting then.