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
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
“Here we see dumbass maximus wading through a puddle”
Looks a lot like mine did a couple weeks ago. Except I didn’t do it on purpose. A snorkel would probably have been a good idea…
I hydrolocked my ‘95 XJ puddle jumping up at Silver Lake nearly 3 years ago. That was one dreadful weekend.
Learn to drive and no car will stall in water. Keep the rev’s hight and stable if don’t have a Snorkel and the water won’t go into the engines. My dad once drive his 4 cylinder VW into a flooding area with the water going near the mirror and the car dind’t stall, get damage or get water inside.
i wanna see the video of them getting it running again
Will then be sold on craigslist…89’ Cherokee. Good condition, only some tlc needed, mostly highway miles lol
Would have been nice to have seen a shot of the exhaust, this barely even shows what happens on the intake side. Also, I would have taken the fan off. Just thoughts.
What an idiot. It does not take two cameras and multiple times for this to happen to know that many things are going wrong.
Not to mention if your Jeep looks like it’s stock, it ain’t gonna go very deep! argh
He’s making lemonade
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