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Anybody see this?

matt852

seriously? that sucks they denied it I go through way dirtier and deeper puddles with my bare bones did too much water get into the air intake?

JK-Tex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNhpOxVg4r4&feature=player_embedded Doesn't seem like that should hydrolock a Jeep, but it's hard to judge his speed from the awful video quality.

One thing is clear: JK's are sensitive to this issue. More than they should be.

Atticka

The guy was going way too quick in that water, at one point you can see the water coming out of the grill just before it hydro locks.

Papa Surf

I did this with my YJ with no prob. (see attached pic...someone needs to teach me how to post pictures) Maybe I should think twice before doing this with my JK.

genesbro

Here is me going into a river trying to get out of a canyon. Did this 4 times that time with the water at the bottom of the door sill.

Hellbound13

HAHAHA! Ive seen puddles on the street bigger than that! Trail rated my ass!

genesbro

Guess the driver wasn't trail rated.

Hellbound13

Im sorry looking at that video there is no reason the Jeep should have hydro locked. A little splash went up on the hood, Ive seen older Jeeps ford water that was past the grille deep.

Its not like he was even submerged.

It was just pathetic.

genesbro

The problem is that little sucker at the input to the airbox. You are supposed to remove it if you are going to be going into deep water that might go over your hood so it won't get sucked into the airbox and then into the engine. I know first hand the JK can go through water that has the tailpipe submerged and it keeps on running. Was with a group in a Jeep Jam last spring and ran through all kinds of water all afternoon trying to get out of a flooded canyon and not one JK had any problems with the water. So don't blame the JK.