This Is What It Looks Like When You Try To Drown A Jeep Cherokee While It's Still Running
The reason for this unceremonious dunking? According to the uploader: “sometimes at medium speeds my Jeep would stall while going through 1ft+ puddles. It would make it through just fine, but the engine would shut off and I would coast to the other end. It would start up fine after a minute or two….Being stumped by this odd phenomenon, it was time to do some ‘research’”
Unsurprisingly, this didn’t sit well with the poor Jeep:
“The damages that this and two previous dunkings caused was rather enlightening. Dirty water worked it’s way into just about every part of my Jeep inside and out.
Quite a few bearings were destroyed either by direct contact with gritty water or oil contamination over time Including: alternator rear bearing, mechanical fan bearing, driveshaft U-joints, transfer case bearings, piston rings, tie rod Ends, all front and rear axle bearings.
Electrical components and connections affected include: starter, alternator, CPS sensor, cap and rotor, oil pressure sender, turn signal bulb Sockets, IAC sensor, blower motor.
Fluids and greases that were contaminated include: engine oil, front and rear diff fluid, transfer case fluid, drive shaft u-joints, tie rod ends.”
Ouch.
Video via Truck Yeah
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Comments
WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT TO A CHEROKEE?!?!?
To come up with a reason to build a perfectly good car?
For the glory of Satan, of course!
Dirty water worked its* way ;)
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Welp,it looks hungry.
Hahahahaha
It likes Imports particularly Japanese, skittish, look at me wangs, and sedans
Looool thats surprizing
Basically what the man is doing to the poor car
It’s just an XJ…it’ll buff out
With the whole puddle thing, the jeep must be scared of water. Lolol
“Here we have the elusive dumbassticus maximus.”
I couldn’t hold a straight face