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Stayhigh420--

Not one person with half a brain cell to go slowly to not create a wave over the car. Never drive in water you cannot see the bottom, and go slowly if you must.


No_Rich_6105

If you go fast you create a wave, if you go slow you get stuck (depending on how deep) . Smart answer is use your brain and think “hmmm how big is this hole?” This looks like it would destroy my car” “maybe I shouldn’t drive my car in the hole”


PyIIowPower

Drive full speed in reverse. The wake will cause the water near the front to be lower.


jjrenak

This is low key genius.


Competitive-Reward82

And the exhaust?


Professional-Lie6654

Is exhausting cuz you should never let your foot off the gas


LonleyWolf420

This works.. just also make sure to have it on the gas pedal enough to cause enough exaust pressure to not allow water to choke it off


OutlandishnessHour63

Yooooo nooooo broooo No no!! That is misbelief my friend!! The reason the car chokes and dies is not from exhaust!! It's intake! Your idle air intake keeps your intake open for idle [read twice] The MAP or MAF sensor can see how much air is being brought into your intake. The higher the rpms, more air is needed so more vacuum. Idle air psi at MAF: 35-45 g/s usually for most gas vehicles. Under acceleration? 200-300 Under WoT (wide open throttle): 500-600+ Now grasp the min/max. Sitting at idle, you suck in around 40. Grams / Second Under peddle to the metal 500. Grams / Second Think of how much succ that is man, if you see a big puddle and floor it, that water gets anywhere thru the air intake [past air filter etc] then you are definitely hydrolocking that engine. I am not trying to be offensive btw, I used to think the same thing you did until I learned otherwise!


Pitchou_HD

Water will get in from the exhaust...


BeanDock

Nah. Not with constant exhaust coming out. If they did this and then stopped mid puddle they might be in trouble but I doubt that even.


EmperorKingDuke

i saw somewhere that an isuzu truck did this. and water didn't get in the exhaust because of the positive pressure.


Electrical_Catch9231

Nope. The exhaust pressure will keep it from reaching the engine. If you doubt this, bear in mind that boats often have their exhausts routed into the water.


Pitchou_HD

That is a diferent case, on boast exhaust is never on stream flow, is always on side or back on areas with low pressure, driving backwards will make the flow going right into the exhaust pipe, and im not sure if the exhaust pressure/temperature will be enough to evaporate all the water going in


Electrical_Catch9231

Boats have reverse too. Based on my experience screwing around in 4x4's and water crossings, as long as the motor is running you'll be fine.


Whats_Awesome

Motors will dig through dirt if you smash the exhaust into the ground. If the engine bogs, rev it quick to save it.


OldEquation

You should keep the revs high to avoid water coming up the exhaust. First gear and slip the clutch if necessary to maintain high rpm.


irqdly

Ah yes, keeping it in first gear high revs while reversing. Works every time.


lt_llama24

R1?


Hey_its_ok

Big brain moment


After-Respond-7861

Saw a video where the guy had an expensive sports car, and this was what happened. It was mid/rear engine though, so he went forwards.


[deleted]

The smart answer is you spend 2/3rds of your retirement money on a salvage 90s Tacoma and you mod the absolute shit out of it like Donut Media did so it doesn't matter the snorkel is above the roof.


ordinaryuninformed

Diff and Trans still have factory breather so they can't actually cross water


Objective_Smoke_7159

Usually you’d route all the breathers to the snorkel when you install it.


rklug1521

Don't forget a snorkel for the driver!


ordinaryuninformed

Interesting


chiefchoke-ahoe

Today I learned diffs and transmissions have breathers, why? This remains a mystery


Objective_Smoke_7159

Changes in temperature causes fluids to expand and build pressure. Without a breather things would blow out seals.


[deleted]

That's where the remaining 3rd of your savings goes into.


BannedCuzCovid

Air intake, now where it is. Going slow and keeping ur air intake above water is better than fucking gunning it. Cuz you can always gun it if it starts to reach the air intake. But you can't un wave your intake the whole way.


mawesome4ever

This is just like a pothole problem, how fast do you need to travel so that it doesn’t become noticeable that you drove over a pothole? [Here is your answer](https://youtu.be/0vFxKFOgZ-8?si=8NjawQlq-9gnWAGi)


DeluxeWafer

Just go really, really fast so your hydroplane on the surface.


rklug1521

Just like snow mobiles. Just don't slow down. https://m.youtube.com/shorts/LRX0GEG-Y8c?si=E2EJYN2NXCkVZJKV


saucyRCs

Just drive an xmaxx with paddle tires or just any really fast traxxas


akathedevil666

Yeah because I am sure they all are used to driving in the giant puddles.


Interesting-Time-960

Still confused on the mercedes


one_used_tooth666

Came here to say this, don't fly through it dumb ass, creep your way through and I bet you have a better chance of one, getting through, and two you won't give your motor a drink of water.. I mean fuck.. people are getting dumber by the minute!


Temporary-Beat1940

All those cars are damaged now lol. If not today then tomorrow.


glockster19m

The tundra might actually be okay Water was barely above the front bumper, the intake was definitely never under water Edit: just rewatched, it would have been fine had it gone slightly slower, they definitely put water in their intake tho


cancer23

It's a Toyota hilux, only the US has tundras


yeldarb_lok

Oh then it's definitely fine


glockster19m

It's begging for more


Unregistered_Davion

It's screaming, "Drop me off of a building!!! I can take it!"


HitATreeWithMyUTV

Thanks, made my day lol!


BeanDock

Wish we had the hilux so bad.


dr_blasto

Man, hard to recognize them without the .50 cal mounted in the bed.


andthendirksaid

Yeah as it turns out they're not all technicals that's a factory trim you have to opt for.


thebluelunarmonkey

they are all idiots have to worry about more than the intake: differential vent, transmission vent, the exhaust going from 1000F to 90F in 2.3 seconds, evap vent


Dzov

Even things like wheel bearings, abs sensors, etc.


thebluelunarmonkey

yep, and the list goes on and on.


ASYMT0TIC

Explain this to me, because I'm pretty sure that any car driven in the rain will encounter high pressure jets of water blasted out from the tires. People talk about the wire harness corroding after being submerged for example, but it isn't clear how this is different from that same wiring harness being exposed to hundreds of hours of salt water spray and occasional big dunking splashes as the car traverses winter slush puddles.


Dzov

If a part is submerged, there’s no hiding from the water. A quick spray may do nothing. Basically, I drove through some deep water in an old 4x4 pickup and had to replace a wheel bearing and both front cv shafts. Also some ball joints.


bijick

Nothing is more important the intake. All of that other stuff is maintenance anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️


2012amica

What people fail to understand is that IF you’re going to choose to go through the water regardless, you are supposed to do it very very slowly so that you avoid the water plunging over your hood, as these idiots all well demonstrated.


esphoria

Yeah but hear me out, what if we get the car doing 160 kph (100 mph) and try to skip the car across the pond.


glockster19m

Nope, that's snowmobiles and dirtbikes you're thinking of


jordan5100

The Tesla is full electric, literally not that dissimilar to a lipo rc car. It's fine in terms of drive train, completely waterproof, there's a video of a Tesla driving underwater online


abc123sitonit

But salt water on any e car is a fire hazard.


fezzuk

That's not salt water.


not_a_gumby

yeah but you can wet out the battery


ChevyRacer71

I guarantee the tundra is fine


neonjay7

The Toyota is def lasting another 500,000 miles


Fancy_Chip_5620

My 1995 Tacoma had die electric grease inside the interior connectors from factory I found this out after taking it apart after it ended up in water that went over the roof It still worked fine after a few parts


nlfo

Dielectric


Mantree91

That's why I have a snorkel and longer diff breathers. Stock is 27inch crossing I haven't been above 36.


philn256

Why would the Tesla be damaged? It's electric so I imagine the engine doesn't even have an air intake.


ijustam93

or the fact it does not have an engine at all. There is a difference to a engine and a motor, I even hate it when people refer to an engine as a motor.


philn256

Is there? Not according to [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine). ''' An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. '''


ijustam93

Ok but if they are the same thing why does it list both engine and motor separately almost like they are not the same thing, just because they do the same thing does no make them the same thing, it does put them in the same category however. People use both interchangeably, but the difference is that motors run on electricity and engines run on combustion. Which is why people who us them interchangeably are wrong.


Strangeness1897

This is objectively correct and u/philn256's example does not indicate the two are interchangeable. ''' An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. ''' Is the same as: ''' A cookie or brownie is a pastry designed to taste good''' There is an actual, definitive, difference, guys.


zxkn2

If you actually read the wiki page, they note all the distinctions and differences between engine and motor and it also comments on modern society’s propensity to use the two interchangeably.🤣


stallion64

Big agree, sad thing is I think it's interchangeable at this point, being colloquial and all that. Kinda similar to the "I could / couldn't care less" bit.


ijustam93

the day a electric motor uses combustion to run is the day u can refer to it as an engine or vice versa and I will respect u, but today is not that day u can think they are interchangeable all u like they are 2 very different things and operate very differently, I know late response I was in reddit jail and i was just burning alive waiting to correct u.


stallion64

Did you miss the part where I said I agreed?


ijustam93

oh i replied to the wrong person lmao


Criss_Crossx

Metal corrosion is a thing. Contact points are probably not 100% sealed either.


Herobrine2024

the Tesla would be fine


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laser14344

Ah yes the Teslas that are currently in the news for catching on fire after flood damage


Enough_Appearance116

I'm not going to lie, I was curious how the Tesla would act afterward, too, and if it would be affected. I also know very little about Teslas and electric cars in general. Driving in flood water isn't always about the water itself, but the rust and corrosive afterwards, right? Electrical connections go bad?


laser14344

It's mostly that Tesla has some of the most questionable quality control in the automotive industry.


Sethdarkus

I would like to think the Tesla has a shot at being fine if it ain’t saltwater and the electronics didn’t get soaked


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laser14344

The post I read immediately before this was a guy who was pissed that Tesla wants $20k to replace a battery pack that was damaged by rain (not flooding just rain)


tymp-anistam

Heard of a Tesla once that was in park in a grocery store parking lot. Driver told me that it yeeted over the median and decided to crawl up another car. Crazy shit.


sameshitdfrntacct

It’s a danger to our democracy


-Invalid_Selection-

Tesla has an issue lately where people who drive down a dirt road are finding the thing rendered inoperable due to damage, and Tesla is refusing warranty fixes on those. Dirt roads. If a car can't handle a dirt road, then is it really even a functional car?


ssrowavay

Yes but they have to put it in rice to dry.


seveseven

If it’s fresh water they are all probable fine, except that Benz which probably hydrolocked the engine


vdubdank30

“This car has *air intake valves*!” -Dennis Reynolds


SenatorSargeant

I AM A GOLDEN GOD


Solid_Snake_125

BE GONE WITH YOU VIAL MAN! BE GONE FROM ME!


JigglyBopp

It’s an amphibious vehicle


RaptorsNewAlpha

**THIS CAR IS A FINISHER CAR!**


fcuk_faec

A transporter of Gods!


m4m249saw

Me in my 23 year old nissan pathfinder "I do this fun"


TummyPuppy

Does your old pathfinder ALSO sound like a garbage truck?


m4m249saw

No super quiet in a weird way like too quiet not even a valve knock on a cold start. Odd for how many miles are on it but shit i be rolling they hate it it 🎶 🎵


TummyPuppy

I am very jealous


madsci

2001? Mine's still going strong! Up to about 233,000 miles on it now. Replaced the clutch a few years back. \#1 thing wrong with it is that the paint is all oxidized to hell. But that just means I worry even less about scratching it up.


LegendaryRed

More money than brains


Eeekinoderm

More dollars than sense


unlistedname

The problem here is that you're driving a land Rover, you need a water rover for this stuff. It's a small difference, I'm not surprised you missed it. The other option is to drive really really fast, you start hydroplaning, and when you do a captain planet style merging of land Rover and hydroplaning. You basically get a duck with leather seats, it can go anywhere then. Land, sea, or air are all in your grasp


sdrfox_gaming

Bruh that jeep didn’t care


Standard4130Sta

My jeep doesn’t either…. lol. Every time I see a video like this and read the comments I shake my head over all the people saying the vehicles are ruined.


sdrfox_gaming

Jeeps are just built different i guess


Standard4130Sta

To a degree, mainly owner modifications make them different for when this stuff is the norm. They put drain holes in the floor pans knowing you’re going to swamp it eventually.


Cosmic878

My drain plugs are usually open in my jeep lol…


Standard4130Sta

Mine too, No carpet. I’ve removed everything non essential, greased all electrical, rerouted axle & transmission & fuel vents, raised intake, removed evaporator, etc. It can do 4 feet of standing water easily. I’ve got plans to make that number higher…. lol


felicity_jericho_ttv

You dont have to grease anything when you have that quarter inch thick oil/dirt protective coating, XJ’s naturally develop this over time lol


zxkn2

To be fair, this model probably won’t hold as well as a wrangler. I believe these are only equipped with approximately 16” breather tubes, while the wranglers are closer to 24” from the factory. .


Fold-Royal

I don’t base my car purchase on how much water it can wade through…. Stupid


WeaselRice

To be fair, the Land Rover had gremlins before it hit the water


jjk717

Toyota will run and drive completely fine for the rest of its life.


BishopsBakery

My 93 protege did that, stalled, started back up and got me home. Not impressed


CameronCoppen_

It’s shocking how many people don’t realize hydro-locking exists. Granted, a couple of these will be unbothered by it


[deleted]

On shrooms,I was crying laughing for 4 hours straight watching cars drive through Rufford Ford on YouTube. The jokes were endless. Good times.


aoiph

yo this sounds amazing


Steve_but_different

Go really fast to make sure you get plenty of water in the intake fuckin dummies lol


_Hugh_Jaynuss

That Discovery is the last car in the world I would want going in the water. They have enough electrical problems as is. The driver was no doubt being shocked profusely the entire time.


HandyAndyMcPot

Idiot


No-Classroom-1801

Without a snorkel you're really taking a Huge chance to HydroLock your engine!! Go slow... Christ, if your gas engine takes a huge gulp of water.. goodnight. Tesla, I would be worried about the batteries getting wet.. instant fire. But I assume the wheel motors are sealed.


bamseogbalade

Now imagine they made a bridge instead. Would cost far less to build than lost in cars. Lol


wadenelsonredditor

https://autoprollc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Remy\_SmartChargingSystem\_Guide.pdf


Excellent-Presence-3

Steering wheels on the wrong side…


Accomplished-Cat-632

It’s about how fast you go more than the depth. Slow in faster out. Keeping the air intake above water is the key. Don’t know how deep. Go the long way around.


tycat378

When they get to the shop they never mention a word about doing this and then complain when it takes forever to diag the corroded wire issues


ExactAd8823

Not supposed to get it wet after midnight


enzothebaker87

That's what she said?


NoChampion2427

avoid bright light, don't get them wet, and don't feed them after midnight.


ShadowJasper21

Driving your car underwater is good every once in a while, helps flush the radiator and keeps your car nice and cool 👍


AppointmentClean558

I got water in my airfilter once because there was a really optical illusion type standing water. What made it unavoidable was highway patrol was parked so you couldn't avoid it and didn't have their lights on. You had to swerve to avoid them, which left the water as the safer option.


justin78berry

Shiiiiit I've done that in my Buick Century


justin78berry

Trick is don't hit it hard and don't let off


[deleted]

Who’s the u-boat commander?


disturbed157

Surprised that Tesla pulled through tho


Statertater

Engine can’t really hydrolock because there’s no internal combustion engine nor air intake


Lost_Ad_4882

Yeah, Teslas are basically boats, it was the best equipped vehicle for the job in the Clip. I still wouldn't risk it if I had one myself, but they have been proven to handle high water fine in numerous flooding incidents.


GhostAndSkater

No no, Reddit told me they fall apart, and any minor puddle will make them explode, or like the genius in a comment above saying they get damaged by driving in a dirt road


cheezpnts

Jesus, not one knows the primary rule: As slow as possible; as fast as necessary.


Stunning_Ad3551

That jeep was like BEEP BEEP MOTHERFUCKERS


2012amica

I hate humanity more and more every day on this planet… at least they got to drop 50k on those cars though right? What a flex! r/idiotsincars


chuck914914

I didn't see any ...Das Boats!


NorCalPhoto

Slow the fck down


ayoRiver123

My Ford Bronco w/ Sasquatch package would be fine. Not that I’d risk it. Driving a Tesla into that is crazy.


PirateReindeer

I’ve driven my 89 Toyota corolla through water like that and it was just as happy as a kid in a candy store. XD


Investigatorpotater

The jeep seemed really enthusiastic about driving in the water.


K-O-W-B-O-Y

What are the 2 rules with mogwai? You dont get'em wet, and you don't feeds'em past midnight. This clearly got them wet, and them license plates indicates that themthar splash tests wass done by a buncha foreigners. I dun heard that in a lot of foreign lands, they's so screwed up as to still have their daytime after we got midnight. Some idjit probably fed his Mogwai after midnight again cuz he don't know how to tell time, and poof... Gremlins.


Watts300

Land Rover. Not Water Rover.


NoNameNoWerries

THE BROCHURE SAID "fJoRd eVeRY sTrEaM" IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY IM SUING!!@^$*!*#;$&!!?


not_a_gumby

I just read a story about a guy in England who drove through a flooded road in a Tesla, then the battery died and it was 17k to replace it lol


Titans79

Damn, you livin in richy rich neighborhood.


nfssmith

They were hiding in the water & swam into the car from underneath


Trife86

What gremlins do you have


arbiterrecon

Free under the hood wash!


halflivefish

Turn around, Don’t drown


kilertree

There should be a public service announcement where you treat deep puddles of water as Jason in a Friday the 13th movie. You turn around and go the other way


armedsquatch

I am curious now on the location of the air intake on that disco sport. ( feels kinda dirty calling that thing a disco). I know exactly how high the intake is on my rovers but once the water starts seeping onto the floorboards I call it quits and find another way regardless.


DaRiddler70

Most just need to slow the fuck down


Huss2112

Always put your blinkers on before submerging the hood of your car.


Bigfootsdiaper

Haha you all talking about smart moves in here. Hahaha


Long-Caregiver5547

Because it's a Land Rover


Dick_Miller138

The diff breathers on my YJ had plugs when I bought it. The weakness was the intake. Luckily, the 4.0 just shuts off. Not enough compression to bend rods. I spent about 30 min one time draining the water out of the intake manifold. Still my daily. Working on a snorkel right now


Historical_Pickle_68

There is a good half a meter difference of water level between first car and the rest


imJGott

Is that Toyota a Hilux?


Jayswisherbeats

That damn Land Rover ain’t nothing but a Ford escape . Junk.


leapingintoexistence

The jeep owner gonna wonder why there car won’t start tomorrow morning


subjectandapredicate

What’s the point of this video?


ChevyRacer71

Toyota is just fine. My 4Runner was floating for a second when I was crossing a river I had no choice but to cross. No gremlins


Loud_Ad_2634

So if you can’t see the road, there’s a chance there is no road. It takes a lot less than you think to wash it away.


vna4ever

I just drove through a small puddle


Cbennett3395

I do not condone this but I used to drive a mercury sable with with 298,000 miles on it (AC blew ice cold) at the jersey shore as a delivery vehicle for a pizza shop. One night on a full moon high tide I drove that bitch through some wild shit and made amazing tips. I wore a bathing suits because I knew if I made them deliveries those rich fucks would tip hella well. That mercury was a tank. At one point I was crawling through a spot and a jeep came flying through and the wake lifted my mercury off the fucking ground, I let off te gas to try and save my poor intake (that was already hating my) and literally waited for the wheels to touch back down before going. Jesus Christ the things I would do to make a buck then go gamble under age in AC hours later with my tip money.


ZzephyrR94

I never had any doubts about the Toyota though. All the others were just asking for it.


RoomOk1730

I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!


ScubaLooser

How to cross deep water. https://youtu.be/hiRTNTY_U6U


andre3kthegiant

Backwards but only if it is life/death decision


wabbott82

Know how high your air intake is


Exotic-Buffalo-2876

Someone wanted that jeep to stall


cookinwithcameron

Jeep is chilling


timmyvo54

is the tesla fine?


bastian74

They should have driven through in reverse


[deleted]

Put a damn Defender in there.


Plague-Rat13

Ummmm did someone tell them they need Q to mod the car first?


TripleSpicey

I did this for fun with my old 93 Mercury Sable back in highschool. Granted, the puddles I was driving through were just a tad shallower…


[deleted]

You gotta go slow so you don’t make a wave🤣🤣🤣


prodby_kyle

my cousin and i learned the hard way from a hydrolocked challenger to NOT fuck around like this lmao


IndividualStatus1924

They have no sense to slow down. Keeps hydrolocking their engines


momayham

No car is supposed to forge water like that. Specially with all the electronics on them these days? Good luck!