Water Crossing Videos - Next Steps? ~30 inches

hjdca said:

Nice Video. You're brave to do that crossing with your doors off. lol. It looks like that SXS wanted to throw waves at you because your doors were off. Not nice... You were actually not that deep, looks like only your diffs got submerged. I doubt water would have entered the cab with the doors on. Should you check your fluids ? yeah, probably to be safe, but, I did not see a big problem with that crossing.

Note: After sitting overnight, water goes to the bottom of the container. You can lets some fluid seep out of your drain plugs (ie. just loosen them) and see if water comes out first.

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07052021 said:

Thanks for chiming in! We were having an awesome day so I just said screw it and went for it. I walked all the paths first and knew it would be close to my side rails. I actually waved the SXS up to me in video 1 because I thought I took the wrong line and was about to dip into something much deeper than I wanted. He apologized right away but I blame myself. The doors do that well to keep water out? I know it would have been much less water entering but I figured a good bit would still come through with doors. I probably wouldn't go this deep again without doors.

I may run out and check the diff fluid this afternoon. It's been sitting since 730pm yesterday or so.

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hjdca said:

Nice Truck. Yeah, the doors have seals to keep the water out during a crossing, so, I do not think any water would have entered with the doors on. You were not that deep. Gladiators are going through those type of water crossings all the time with no ill effects.

The stock diff gaskets and axle seals do a pretty good job of keeping water out. Water is super thin and diff oil is much thicker, so, if water is present, just slightly loosening the drain plug should produce drops of water. Be careful not to loosen too much and lose your diff fluid.

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07052021 said:

Floor took on a small amount of water from the SXS rolling up next to me in video 1. Removed my front drain plugs, folded the carpet up to dry with towels, and aired out the carpet outside w/ doors open + overnight with a fan. All seemed dry yesterday afternoon.

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07052021 said:

Went on an unplanned adventure this weekend (Saturday) and dipped the Gladiator in a few parts of Lake Cumberland South Fork.

Floor took on a small amount of water from the SXS rolling up next to me in video 1. Removed my front drain plugs, folded the carpet up to dry with towels, and aired out the carpet outside w/ doors open + overnight with a fan. All seemed dry yesterday afternoon.

Watching the videos, I'm wondering if my stopping in the water in video 1 calls for some fluid checks. Anyone have thoughts? I drove it home ~200 miles on Sunday and had no issues. MIGHT have been deeper than 30" briefly but not for an extended period of time.


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Dim said:

mid April and weather already good enough to remove completely doors and top .... im jealous ... why am I born and raised in a cold and rainy land

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Gvsukids said:

The carpeting comes out easily.









Water came in and covered the rear floorboards and a shoe floated out.

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hjdca said:

Note: you want to go fast enough to create a little bow wave infront of the jeep. However, you do not want the water going over the hood - which increases the chances that water goes into the air cleaner box. That little bow wave will reduces the water level at the doors like you can see in the videos posted by Gvsukids.

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07052021 said:

Wish I had a dash cam.

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