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Jeep tries to cross river -instant regret!

Carbon Dude

Carbon Dude

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Hurts seeing this Jeep with the water so deep in the interior. But curious though, that being fresh water and the owner said he shut it off before it went into intake, so why would this be a totalled truck? Once it dried off, shouldn't it start?

 
Nothing inside is waterproof. Only what is in the engine compartment.
At the shop, the insurance wouldn't even have me look at it. They would show up just to verify the vin number.

The non sealed connectors, computers and wiring don't really dry out well. Corrosion forms over time as well as something that resembles mold. Both conduct electricity.
The amount that shorts across the pins/terminals, is not enough to blow fuses but enough to cause computers to be weird and most likely burn out the computers that got wet. Sometimes a computer can take out another even though the second one didn't get wet. Not worth the risk.

I worked on a 6 month old Tahoe for the radio coming on by itself, in the middle of the night, while parked in the garage. What happened was, before it was purchased, the windshield was broken in transit and some water went down the passenger "A" pillar. The water got into the body connector at the kick panel. It bridged just enough power to turn on the radio. The "mold" looking green stuff would only conduct when it was cool out. Thus the radio on in the middle of the night.

Imagine what this Jeep can do in six months, with all those wet connectors and computers. "If" your able to dry the connectors, all the computers are toast except what's under the hood.
Quite a few people learned this after Hurricane Katrina.

Water fording equipment means nothing if a significant amount of water is inside. Vehicle interiors aren't IP67 rated.
 
In that case, everything except the inside wiring and computers.
Driveline is fine, interior, body. everything under the hood.

If you stripped the interior, dash and all harnesses. You could check and dry the connectors. You now need to figure out how many modules are toast. If the vehicle starts acting weird in a few months, you missed something.
 
Why the hell not do proper recon before driving into something like that? All this could have been prevented. Shame. Learning lesson hopefully for all those that see this video.
 
So they could swap out motor, transmission and computer and wiring? If price was stupid low, that could make it worth it right?
 
all the computers, modules and harnesses inside the vehicle. The driveline is fine as long as he didn't pull enough water in the engine to break it.
 
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