Driving through flooded streets
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On my rubicon, I went around the engine bay with a tube of dialectric grease applying it to anything that was accessible, including the sparkplugs / wires. It's not a bad idea either to give a good dab of the stuff to your headlight sockets. I need to look into extending the breather lines on the JK and will probably end up with some kind of a shortened snorkel.
not sure if anybody mentioned it but make sure you select the best gear possible with a manual transmission when wading, especially through mud. A gear change in the middle will suck water and mud and whatever else is floatin' around into the clutch and cause grief down the road, if not a quick death. I like to keep the headlights on to gauge the depth - if the water level starts to come over your headlamps be ready to kill the motor.
not sure if anybody mentioned it but make sure you select the best gear possible with a manual transmission when wading, especially through mud. A gear change in the middle will suck water and mud and whatever else is floatin' around into the clutch and cause grief down the road, if not a quick death. I like to keep the headlights on to gauge the depth - if the water level starts to come over your headlamps be ready to kill the motor.
Last edited by Ike; Jul 2, 2008 at 10:00 AM.
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I know the manual says you can go through up to 20 inches when driving on standing water. has anyone here with a stock X actually gone deeper than that?
I think the 20in limit is just to cover their ass, but I have a feeling one can go deeper (I'd say 2 1/2 feet). any thoughts?
I think the 20in limit is just to cover their ass, but I have a feeling one can go deeper (I'd say 2 1/2 feet). any thoughts?
thats the limit...
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Came across a puddle that was *NEXT TO* the trail, only about 15 feet long and maybe twice as wide as my Jeep. Didn't realize how deep it was until we were in it. WATER STARTED WASHING OVER THE HOOD. The whole car instantly smelled like rotten eggs.
I was in first gear, and my instinct was to floor it and keep it up near redline so as not to stall. Crawling about 2mph, we finally came out the other side... which thankfully was not very far away.
Out of all the stupid things I've done (and will do) in my Jeep, that one was DAMN close. I should mention I didn't have a winch, and we were the only vehicle out there!
I was in first gear, and my instinct was to floor it and keep it up near redline so as not to stall. Crawling about 2mph, we finally came out the other side... which thankfully was not very far away.
Out of all the stupid things I've done (and will do) in my Jeep, that one was DAMN close. I should mention I didn't have a winch, and we were the only vehicle out there!
My rubi, before i traded it for the jk- 
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Like has been said there are some excellent threads posted on this topic as well as how to extend breathers (with lots of pics by me!)All the breathers are over the top of the 32" tires stock, so I would say that 30" is a good depth... Water would be coming in through the drain holes. Even with my breathers extended up inside my roll cage I keep it at 30" there are other things to worry about... Electronics. It is enough for me to know that I don't go over 30", but if something happens, I have a big safety net with my extended breathers and x2 on the dielectric grease!
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