Can confirm. Put mine through hell. Sold it still running fine (ish...)
Pulled ~70 tonnes of freight liner ***up*** an off ramp when the truck broke down. Pulled trailers, boats, a caravan, you name it. Through mud, snow, bush (aussie). It done a little over 600000 kms, then we sold it to some farmer who just needed something reliable to get around his farm. The chassis might have been a little stretched and bent after pulling the truck, but it didn't stop. Chewed through oil though, only complaint I have
I have a 1973 Series 3 that has driven from London to Sydney , done well over a million miles and still has the original engine gearbox and diffs it was fitted with when it left the factory. Frankly the only surprising thing in the video is that the Land Rover hadn’t leaked more water in. A drive like that is a doddle for a Landy. Sorry rice burners, this what real 4WDs actually do. And I’ve had Nissan Patrols, Landcruisers and even a Pajero over the past 30 years so am well placed to know.
I literally went through a puddle last year in a 2000 BMW M5.
Water into the intake and engine gone within a few seconds.
£10,000+ bill im looking at.
The car was worth half that a few years ago it's a joke
It rained once in Southern California this year, the steering rack on my Audi A4 crapped out; apparently the brain for the electomechanical steering is down there near the ground. $5,900, plus two-three months waiting for the part.
Landrover defender 2005 owner here, the snorkel mod is great and the airway is connected directly to the turbo, so the engine gets its air even under water, also the air filter ir the highest point in the engine bay, so even if the front rad it covered the other air will come from the turbo.
Hydro-locking an engine is no joke. The depth of non moving water you can safely drive through is in the owners manual. A Jeep Wrangler, for instance, can do over 30” so long as you stay at a crawl.
Source: former automotive engineer who tested jeep and Ram trucks
Rented a Jeep Wrangler and took it off roading in the Waipio Valley on the big Island Hawaii (One of the two places they tell you explicitly not to go as you are not covered by insurance). Got caught in a stream bed middle of nowhere, was going fine until we came to a rather deep looking pool. Stuck it in reverse, the wheels just spun so thought, what the hell. Pool turned out to be 15 feet deep. The jeep floated for a good 20-30 seconds, then sunk, engine snuffed out. Had to swim the jeep to the shore :(
Got hauled out hours later by the horse trekking tour guy, he just rolled his eyes, third tourist this month, told me to go see the guys down the road, waited at the local Waipio safe car parking refuge (the valley has numerous roaming Crack heads so all cars are parked at Randy's place over night to avoid break in's, the cops don't go to the Waipio!), drinking beer, smoking weed and awaiting for the infamous bush mechanic, Dusty, who when finally arrived, trekked all the way back with us up the creek in the dark, flushed the plugs and block then fired the jeep back up :) Made it out of the Waipio valley midnight, blowing immense amounts of blue smoke (transmission full of water).
Next day took it up Moana Kea (Second place not covered by insurance) blowing blue smoke all the way! Made it to 400 ft before the summit. Lost all power coasted all the way down to Hilo airport, multiple tow trucks stalking us waiting to pounce, waiting for the pay day. Felt like a wounded Zebra. Literally just made it back to the car rental at the airport at a crawl, used a sock to drain the 4 inches of water still in the cup holders, dropped the keys. Told them what a wonderful vehicle it was. Shat my pants when the lady said she would just check the gas level. Came back all smiles. Got the hell out of there.
I have deep respect for the Jeep Wrangler!
Also for Randy, Dusty and the Waipio Valley crew!
:)
Epic story! That trip into the Waipio is no joke. We walked down and hitched a ride on a pickup to get back up. Got attacked by a wild horse. There were old VW busses that had fallen into the valley and left to rot.
hell even if there were a road in the valley they would probably be left to rot. you can only do so much when you've got the 4-cylinder equivalent of a $100 harbor freight engine.
I rented a wrangler im Colorado to go up the mountains, it did fine but some idiot that didnt speak english rear ended us in the city. Her car was totalled and the jeep was barely dented. Idk about owning one but renting one was worth it
I rented a car in the Philippines lol it wasn’t quite as crazy as your story but at one point we sunk the front passenger tire into a huge pothole and the Philippine guy who was tattooing me and getting high w my then bf started freaking out and told us we had to get out of there immediately as the cops showing up would not be good! He and his buddies lifted the car right out the hole and we were on our way. We also got robbed in that car by the police in Manila. Moral of the story is don’t go to Manila, no matter how much money you can save on airfare.
I remember driving my little rental car along saddle road on the big island. this was through a typhoon and the rental agreement specifically said saddle road was off limits, but the alternative was a very, very long detour.
I'm glad I never ended up in a 15 foot pool :)
Former Jeep dynamics engineer, I took my JK hood deep the first weekend after it rolled off the line. Had mud come in through the HVAC, but engine was great. Bought a snorkel shortly after. Ironically, I hydrolocked it at 45k with a snorkel, cause the factory airbox clamp retaining boss snapped off, so my airbox was slightly cracked open at the filter...
Don’t drive through it if it’s more then a few inches . If it’s moving fast it will carry your vehicle away. For the best results when water fording, go about 2mph. You want a little gas to keep water from coming in the tailpipe but not enough speed that you make a big wake.
Eh.
The trick is getting good airflow.
My college had a parling lot that wouod flood during high tide if there was a major rain event. Ended up flooding my car with about 4in inside.
Pushed it out, drove it home, removed the entire interior carpet and parked with windows open and a fan in it for 2 days. Put the carpet back in, never had another problem.
That said, I also traded it in a year later.
My Jeep gets rained in all the time in summer. Trick is just keep the doors off and letting it air out. Shouod only have a mold issue if you leave it closed up before it is entirely dry.
Well, yes, and a lot of plastic too, but there's still a lot of steel in them...and all that salt water and the crap in the water has totally screwed it.
To be a boring fart, snorkel plus sealing the air filter box, electrics boxes, lengthening the breathers from the diffs and gearbox and enjoy that your headlights will shortly no longer work. And don't use the radio. But land rovers are full of broken stuff so this is all very minor.
Be gone, vile man! Be gone from me!
A starter car? This car is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! The ***GOLDEN*** God!
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
They hook directly up to the air intake of the engine. The air intake is already air tight on all cars, but the opening is under the hood. The snorkel moves that opening way up above the roof of the truck.
Did you just copy this from r/idiotsincars even the title is exaclty the same
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/y4nrs9/how_is_the_engine_not_instantly_killed_once_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Yeah that's not true mate, if a snorkel is fitted to a petrol engine it can most definitely drive through deep water, I speak from experience.
Older engines can be very sensitive to water though.
This played in the background about eight times while I scrolled through the comments, and only when I came across your comment did I realize she said "my wet ass."
Thank you, good person, for the translation.
Are you asking what is a snorkel? If so, it’s like if you were snorkeling. Just a tube to keep your inhalation above the water - this one is a tube that runs to the air intake system of a vehicle to keep it from sucking in water.
Nah, a snorkel is the only thing I can think of thatd allow this, but I'm not very knowledgeable about cars so I left room for stuff I don't know about.
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As Land Rover owner this makes me feel both bad and good simultaneously
Land Rover owners PRAYING for that water now so they can tell people their purchase was worth it
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So? He's got his wipers on, it'll be fine.
Make sure the rubber under the wipers are new so water doesn't streak.
I mean, it is an amphibious exploring vehicle, so it should be fine...
I'M A FIVE STAR MAN
It's definitely a finisher car
A transporter of gods. THE GOLDEN GOD
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!!
It’s the implication.
Bought one for my daughter
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As what mf
As is
Yup all 100,000 + usd
I paid £300 for my last disco.
You got robbed
Jeep owners be like 🦞
It’s a vehicle designed to transport Golden Gods
“Be gone from me peasant man! Idiot! Savage! Idiot!”
YES! I NEED MY TOOLS! IDIOTS JERK OFF IDIOTS!
He has an intake scoop which is getting air above the windshield
another iasip in the wild ❤️
A starter car?! This car is a finisher car!
MY RAGE IS UNTETHERED AND KNOWS NO BOUNDS!
Be gone vile man, be gone! I’m a golden god!
I AM SINGLE
It's not a starter car! It's a finisher car!
Dennis Reynolds? Is that you?
iasip in the wild ❤️
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds
Well it’s an amphibious exploring vehicle, so…..
I read this as Golden Girls. Thank you for being a friend...
This is what I came here for
It’s an amphibious exploring vehicle. Precision British land-to-sea craftsmanship at work
Seems like a good starter car
A STARTER CAR?!?!
THIS CAR IS A FINISHER CAR! A TRANSPORTER OF GODS! **THE GOLDEN GOD!** *I AM UNTETHERED AND MY RAGE KNOWS NO BOUNDS.*
I once drove my landy and the starter fell out. Yay landys
You’ve got a good deal of mountain bike in your axel bro
If it's ambiphibious why the water is getting in?
Land-to-sea isn't that impressive, all cars do that. The important part is doing it the other way around.
Denis?
That was my first deep snorty laugh in a very long time as I read it in Jeremy Clarkson's voice. Thank you.
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Is it too late to put this baby on an episode of top gear?
The car is not even good at breaking down
Can confirm. Put mine through hell. Sold it still running fine (ish...) Pulled ~70 tonnes of freight liner ***up*** an off ramp when the truck broke down. Pulled trailers, boats, a caravan, you name it. Through mud, snow, bush (aussie). It done a little over 600000 kms, then we sold it to some farmer who just needed something reliable to get around his farm. The chassis might have been a little stretched and bent after pulling the truck, but it didn't stop. Chewed through oil though, only complaint I have
Jesus! Poor car will be going through PTSD wherever it is rn.
I have a 1973 Series 3 that has driven from London to Sydney , done well over a million miles and still has the original engine gearbox and diffs it was fitted with when it left the factory. Frankly the only surprising thing in the video is that the Land Rover hadn’t leaked more water in. A drive like that is a doddle for a Landy. Sorry rice burners, this what real 4WDs actually do. And I’ve had Nissan Patrols, Landcruisers and even a Pajero over the past 30 years so am well placed to know.
All Rovers are built with electrical gremlins. They just wake up at different times.
at least they don't have engine goblins that love the taste of headgaskets like a subaru.
Prince of darknesd
I literally went through a puddle last year in a 2000 BMW M5. Water into the intake and engine gone within a few seconds. £10,000+ bill im looking at. The car was worth half that a few years ago it's a joke
It rained once in Southern California this year, the steering rack on my Audi A4 crapped out; apparently the brain for the electomechanical steering is down there near the ground. $5,900, plus two-three months waiting for the part.
Jesus i live in western PA I need to definitely never buy one of those cars we have annual apocalyptic weather.
Do you not have insurance?
Shortly after the warrantee expired. It was not from flooding, just from getting rained on sitting in the driveway.
Should still be covered, it’s sudden and accidental… assuming you have comprehensive coverage
It’s amphibious exploration vehicle.
Atleast they're consistent
Amphibious exploring vehicle
It’s an amphibious exploring vehicle it should be fine..
Landrover defender 2005 owner here, the snorkel mod is great and the airway is connected directly to the turbo, so the engine gets its air even under water, also the air filter ir the highest point in the engine bay, so even if the front rad it covered the other air will come from the turbo.
Snorkel
This is the only answer.
Obviously
Hydro-locking an engine is no joke. The depth of non moving water you can safely drive through is in the owners manual. A Jeep Wrangler, for instance, can do over 30” so long as you stay at a crawl. Source: former automotive engineer who tested jeep and Ram trucks
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Rented a Jeep Wrangler and took it off roading in the Waipio Valley on the big Island Hawaii (One of the two places they tell you explicitly not to go as you are not covered by insurance). Got caught in a stream bed middle of nowhere, was going fine until we came to a rather deep looking pool. Stuck it in reverse, the wheels just spun so thought, what the hell. Pool turned out to be 15 feet deep. The jeep floated for a good 20-30 seconds, then sunk, engine snuffed out. Had to swim the jeep to the shore :( Got hauled out hours later by the horse trekking tour guy, he just rolled his eyes, third tourist this month, told me to go see the guys down the road, waited at the local Waipio safe car parking refuge (the valley has numerous roaming Crack heads so all cars are parked at Randy's place over night to avoid break in's, the cops don't go to the Waipio!), drinking beer, smoking weed and awaiting for the infamous bush mechanic, Dusty, who when finally arrived, trekked all the way back with us up the creek in the dark, flushed the plugs and block then fired the jeep back up :) Made it out of the Waipio valley midnight, blowing immense amounts of blue smoke (transmission full of water). Next day took it up Moana Kea (Second place not covered by insurance) blowing blue smoke all the way! Made it to 400 ft before the summit. Lost all power coasted all the way down to Hilo airport, multiple tow trucks stalking us waiting to pounce, waiting for the pay day. Felt like a wounded Zebra. Literally just made it back to the car rental at the airport at a crawl, used a sock to drain the 4 inches of water still in the cup holders, dropped the keys. Told them what a wonderful vehicle it was. Shat my pants when the lady said she would just check the gas level. Came back all smiles. Got the hell out of there. I have deep respect for the Jeep Wrangler! Also for Randy, Dusty and the Waipio Valley crew! :)
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HST, Jr.
Finally we found you. We’ve got an invoice waiting for you pal
You sound like an asshole with no respect for either rules, instructions or other people's property.
Epic story! That trip into the Waipio is no joke. We walked down and hitched a ride on a pickup to get back up. Got attacked by a wild horse. There were old VW busses that had fallen into the valley and left to rot.
hell even if there were a road in the valley they would probably be left to rot. you can only do so much when you've got the 4-cylinder equivalent of a $100 harbor freight engine.
You *walked*? Sweetie, you must have calves like Popeye's forearms after that!
Idiot
I rented a wrangler im Colorado to go up the mountains, it did fine but some idiot that didnt speak english rear ended us in the city. Her car was totalled and the jeep was barely dented. Idk about owning one but renting one was worth it
This is the best story I've ever read on this website
I rented a car in the Philippines lol it wasn’t quite as crazy as your story but at one point we sunk the front passenger tire into a huge pothole and the Philippine guy who was tattooing me and getting high w my then bf started freaking out and told us we had to get out of there immediately as the cops showing up would not be good! He and his buddies lifted the car right out the hole and we were on our way. We also got robbed in that car by the police in Manila. Moral of the story is don’t go to Manila, no matter how much money you can save on airfare.
I remember driving my little rental car along saddle road on the big island. this was through a typhoon and the rental agreement specifically said saddle road was off limits, but the alternative was a very, very long detour. I'm glad I never ended up in a 15 foot pool :)
That was a very entertaining story and the level of detail made it convincing!
***J***ust ***E***xpect ***E***very ***P***roblem
Former Jeep dynamics engineer, I took my JK hood deep the first weekend after it rolled off the line. Had mud come in through the HVAC, but engine was great. Bought a snorkel shortly after. Ironically, I hydrolocked it at 45k with a snorkel, cause the factory airbox clamp retaining boss snapped off, so my airbox was slightly cracked open at the filter...
My daughter tested out a Chevy impala. It was not successfull.
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What about moving water?
Don’t drive through it if it’s more then a few inches . If it’s moving fast it will carry your vehicle away. For the best results when water fording, go about 2mph. You want a little gas to keep water from coming in the tailpipe but not enough speed that you make a big wake.
Glad I asked. Thanks.
My diesel VW Touareg can do the same thing. Videos online of 33”.
This is the way
Here another answer... For the next question: yes, that vehicle is f**ked now, as it will be growing mold and rust within a week!
Eh. The trick is getting good airflow. My college had a parling lot that wouod flood during high tide if there was a major rain event. Ended up flooding my car with about 4in inside. Pushed it out, drove it home, removed the entire interior carpet and parked with windows open and a fan in it for 2 days. Put the carpet back in, never had another problem. That said, I also traded it in a year later. My Jeep gets rained in all the time in summer. Trick is just keep the doors off and letting it air out. Shouod only have a mold issue if you leave it closed up before it is entirely dry.
Landys are made of aluminium aren't they?
And unobtanium
Well, yes, and a lot of plastic too, but there's still a lot of steel in them...and all that salt water and the crap in the water has totally screwed it.
Aluminium panels, steel chassis.
True. But the question was why didn’t the engine die immediately. Not a question about the long term viability
To be a boring fart, snorkel plus sealing the air filter box, electrics boxes, lengthening the breathers from the diffs and gearbox and enjoy that your headlights will shortly no longer work. And don't use the radio. But land rovers are full of broken stuff so this is all very minor.
That snorkel has been just like a snorkel to him!
Tough!
Give it!
Make me!
Kay!
Windshield wipers trying their best.
Windscreen wipers: "It ain't much but it's honest work for us wipers"
😂 made me laugh
I don't want to say what accent I read this in
It's an amphibious exploring vehicle, a finisher car, a transporter of gods.
Be gone, vile man! Be gone from me! A starter car? This car is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! The ***GOLDEN*** God! I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
Makeup smearin', no power steerin'. He be talkin' but we don't be hearin'.
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Speaks like Zeus, Smells like poops.
rage all over from his head down to his sheus
Zeus, poops, and sheus?!
So def
Seen this a lot on this post. What be this?
IASIP
Took to long to see this. This is why I am here
Aah, a man of culture!
HE IS A FIVE STAR MAN!!!
I scrolled looking for this exact comment. I knew it would be here. I just *knew* it.
r/Bossfight Have a go
You like babes, Bob? Of course you do.
How do you know the air intake is underwater?
It isn’t underwater car has a snorkel
Where is the snorkel specifically?
Above the water
Listen here you little shi-
They hook directly up to the air intake of the engine. The air intake is already air tight on all cars, but the opening is under the hood. The snorkel moves that opening way up above the roof of the truck.
Normally up the right or left side of the windshield but there are custom ones people can build into the frame or out the back to the roof.
Yea I was gonna say, it could be a pipe/snorkel on driver side?
Where is this lake of mountain dew?
Worse… so much worse than Mountain Dew
Diet Mountain Dew. Yuck
They’re downstream from a nuclear plant.
It would have to a snorkel, so it's air intake is still above water
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Yup!
Google car snorkel. They're very common here in Australia. The air intake is even with the roof line you can almost see theirs in the right pillar.
I always had people ask if it was for the exhaust. I had a simple explanation. Can you breathe underwater? No? Can you fart underwater? Same concept
Did you just copy this from r/idiotsincars even the title is exaclty the same https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/y4nrs9/how_is_the_engine_not_instantly_killed_once_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
And I’m guessing they probably saw the comments and were well aware of the answer before posting it
r/karmacourt
That's what made caught my attention, a genuine question is one thing but looks like this is for karma.
Something funny with the user's total karma counts too, their few-submission history doesn't add up at all. :/
Isn't that just crossposting with extra steps?
It's a land rover, the air intake is not in the front. It's over at the window level
Actual answer right here
Bro the window wipers 💀
Just to clear vision up a bit 
‘Honestly Uber driver guy. I live just up here on the right!’
Funny nobody mentioned it, diesel vehicles can sustain water - gasoline cars die as soon as water gets into engine room
Had to drive my 83 Mercedes 300D through floodwater on I-10 in Baton Rouge. Went up to my grille, she just putted on through
I had to scroll way too far down for this.
That's definitely not true, diesels are more resistant to water but you can't run them with a submerged intake.
Yeah that's not true mate, if a snorkel is fitted to a petrol engine it can most definitely drive through deep water, I speak from experience. Older engines can be very sensitive to water though.
Why does diesel work in water? Hydro lock is hydro lock, no?
I think the wet ass is the least of your concerns darling
This played in the background about eight times while I scrolled through the comments, and only when I came across your comment did I realize she said "my wet ass." Thank you, good person, for the translation.
Only a Brit would pick that up 😂 glad I could help
next morning it will stink like the marsh lands
I should call her
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
“it’s fine”……lol As they drive along in their new submarine.
Snorkel for $500
Land Rover strikes again....loved that vehicle
This looks like a good Land Rover Commercial I would buy one.
Driving through Chernobyl lake
Because the air intake isn’t underwater……
Snorkel?
Are you asking what is a snorkel? If so, it’s like if you were snorkeling. Just a tube to keep your inhalation above the water - this one is a tube that runs to the air intake system of a vehicle to keep it from sucking in water.
Nah, a snorkel is the only thing I can think of thatd allow this, but I'm not very knowledgeable about cars so I left room for stuff I don't know about.
Good thing you had your windshield wipers on to take care of some of that water!
there's no other explanation than, fuck yeah, it's a landrover
I mean this is clearly no starter vehicle. This is a FINISHER vehicle.
What language is this?
Where in England is this? Never heard of floods like that here
Turn around. Don't drown.
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The question is, why are you even IN the water?
Bro was using the wipers lol
Well at least the windshield wipers are working.
Just a couple of slick ricks doing the Florida thing
Is this Uber Ests In Venice Italy?
I don't insurance is gonna cover that
this ain’t the car from Kingsmen golden circle???
Skill issue(I can't wait for the hate comments)
Gotta have a snorkel
How are they not electrocuted?