Anyone know why? I found if the exhaust is underwater the engine will not turn off. Im sure it's so water won't get sucked back into the engine. Is this a safety feature?

 

I have to ask...why would you want it to shut off in high water?

 

Buy a boat and leave your poor Jeep at home. ;-)

 

My rad. Fan was jammed with ice and I wanted to turn off the engine so I could safely clear out the fan, and I'm screaming at the girlfriend to turn off the jeep, and then I look up and she's tapping the key on the windshield! I was like aww hell, what did I do now?!?!? I just wanted to know if this is supposed to happen.

 

uhm

 

You were clearing the ice out of your fan while the jeep was in 2+ feet of water?

 

Uhhhh lol yeah. The ice was Ummmm how do you say..... Not exactly thick enough... And down went the front end.... So I started to winch out and that's when hell broke loose!

 

Haven't tried to repeat it. I'll wait for the ice to thaw.....

 

I know for a fact, and yes before you criticize me, that you can turn your motor off while in deep water (well at least muddy water, mostly muddy). My JK is the first jeep I have ever owned, so two weeks after I got it we decided to go out to one of the many trails. Needless to say I didn't know what the hell i was doing and plunged into the first muddy hole i could find and stalled it. Now it did fire right back up but upon doing so it was making a terrible noise (mud in the fan at closer inspection) so i turned it off because of the noise. So to answer your question I can say that when I turned mine off it DID NOT continue to run. Believe me one hell of an adventure for a two week old newbie

 

I dont mean to laugh but being from up north I can relate. 4wheeler, snowmobile, bike etc all through the ice at one point or another.....