perfectingpink
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I still haven't had even one response to my suggestion that if the engine in TA's Ford Focus was running under water it would have hydrolock damage. If it has no hydrolock damage the engine wasn't running when it went submerged. If she was actively trying to back the car up the ramp ( shift lever in R posistion as reported by Toni's mom) the engine would have been running. If the engine was running it sucked in water.
This needs to be checked out. The spark plugs need to be removed from the engine first. ( if the sprak plugs are not removed first, the hydrolock damage could be caused by this "test") , so the engine can freely turn over with a jump start. If the starter can turn the engine over, there is no hydrolock damage.
Water does not compress like air does. If an engine sucks in water while running, it will bend internal parts making the engine seize.
No hydrolock=no accident IMO
Edit
With the engine not running in a car with an automatic transmission, any shift position besides "P" will allow the car to roll freely. Once the park pawl is disengaged, the vehicle is free wheeling. FYI
I brought your post up to my husband and he wholeheartedly agrees this is the very thing that needs to be checked. Now, I guess if she and her car were put in the river, it could be done with the engine running however, it would not be likely she accidentally rolled into the river with the car off. (Especially since the narrative is she slid down the ramp doing a u-turn.)