That's crazy! That guys lucky there wasn't any washed out pieces of the road

 

If you look at the way your stock intake and hood is shaped it actually allows a air bubble to form under the hood where the intake sucks air from, its far from a great idea to get water over your hood but it is possible to do it for a VERY short period of time without sucking in water.

This guy took a chance though trying that without a snorkel

 

I was looking for a snorkel at the end but couldn't find one I'm surprised he didn't suck in some water

 

I'm in San Antonio an we're getting torrential rain. Am I the only one who tries to find excuses to drive when it floods? I mean it's BAD here and I really want to experience it!

 

get a snorkel and youll be good

 

As regards hydrolocking, a lot depends on what your throttle setting is at if water makes its way into the airbox.

I was stuck in a waterhole a while back with water to the top of the headlights and the motor idling for a few minutes until I realised I wasn't going anywhere & shut it down. Later on while I was waiting for my recovery vehicle to set up I pulled the airbox top while still bogged & found water pretty much up to the top where it had come in through the drain holes at the bottom of the box (even though the intake opening in the airbox was still just above the waterline), and the filter was damp on one side.

What had saved me from hydrolocking was that since the motor was only idling when water was in the box the airflow wasn't enough to suck much if any water past the filter. If on the other hand I had been flooring it (as people often do when they hit a water crossing at high speed and ingest water through the airbox intake opening) the water entering the box would have been sucked right up into the intake by the huge volume of air being drawn in by the motor in WOT like an angry vacuum cleaner, causing almost certain hydrolock.

 

wow yea that makes sense. I thought all u had to worry about was your intake. I need to see where my air box is at on a 2012.
Does driving through puddles on the side of the road make water get into your filter?

 

The location of the intake opening on the JK, being high up & angled against the front corner of the hood, protects it reasonably well from water from roadside puddles being splashed into the engine bay from the wheel wells (providing the stock inner fender liners have not been removed); most people who injest water into their intakes have taken a deep water-hazzard head-on at speed and it has gushed in through the grill opening and/or sprayed up from underneath the front end.

There was a big controversy here (Australia) a few years regarding Toyota Prados concerning water getting into the intakes & hydrolocking the (diesel) motors. The intakes on these motors are low down (like at mid-block level) and facing to the side. As part of the installation of the dealer-fitted optional front alloy bars (which are pretty much ordered with every second vehicle sold) the inner fender liners were trimmed away directly opposite the intake, allowing water from even small & shallow puddles to be directed at pressure directly into the intake. Pretty sure Toyota had to replace several dozen motors in a space of 6 months or so before they eventually issued a recall.

 

where are the breather tubes on a rubi? Are they obvious? Its cold and rainy and Im in my jammies.

 

Seems like the primary focus is the engine but like mentioned you need to extend the breather for the axles and the tranny. If you get water in there you will have to replace all the fluids right away. Most people don't cause damage if they replace the fluid right away I.E same day but not everyone is that lucky and you can cause a lot of damage with water.