When the waterline is at the bottom of the door handles, is this too deep? Duoh!
It happened pretty quickly, it was only about 30 feet long. It was just a large puddle that was a normal depth on one half, but I had my passenger side in a rut that I didn't know about. The door handles will need to be cleaned of dirt from being under water, and I have hosed out the interior. It stayed on that one side, and only got the feet wet of the passengers before I was out the other side. If I had stalled, they would have been in over their ankles in muddy chunks of ice and water! Also, my wife following in the Disco was quick enough to nope it out to the safe side before she dove in behind me. I'm sure that would have ended in disaster for a stock DI.
...Luckily, it seems like nothing got into the air intake for the engine. However, a large amount of water did go directly into the fresh air intake, and probably reached the fan. The fan may be dead. It was not running, but a few minutes later I flipped it on because the windows had instantly steamed up, and they were starting to drip. It might have tried to come on, then blew the fuse. It's something I have been meaning to do some work on anyway. So...
It happened pretty quickly, it was only about 30 feet long. It was just a large puddle that was a normal depth on one half, but I had my passenger side in a rut that I didn't know about. The door handles will need to be cleaned of dirt from being under water, and I have hosed out the interior. It stayed on that one side, and only got the feet wet of the passengers before I was out the other side. If I had stalled, they would have been in over their ankles in muddy chunks of ice and water! Also, my wife following in the Disco was quick enough to nope it out to the safe side before she dove in behind me. I'm sure that would have ended in disaster for a stock DI.
...Luckily, it seems like nothing got into the air intake for the engine. However, a large amount of water did go directly into the fresh air intake, and probably reached the fan. The fan may be dead. It was not running, but a few minutes later I flipped it on because the windows had instantly steamed up, and they were starting to drip. It might have tried to come on, then blew the fuse. It's something I have been meaning to do some work on anyway. So...
- Are there any alternative fans for a standard heater box that work better than the original?
- Other than the normal cleaning and checking of things, should I look for anything else after going this deep? I plan on changing the air filter.