What is the deepest water a KJ can drive through

[stratusfear02]

SO, what is the deepest water a KJ can drive through? Not necessarily in inches, but to what level on the body? This is assuming the air intake has been routed higher. How would the electronics take to being submerged?

 

[martin_metal_88]

I've seen some Cherokee run with water over the hood. As long as you seal it up properly so no water can get inside the cabin all relay box should be fine. My main concern would be the alternator but again...if you wash your KJ engine with water you have anything to worry so I would say you can go pretty deep and give the engine a little bath with no problem.

 

[yellocoyote]

I've had mine up to mid/upper grille (not up to airbox level). Not for a excessive length of time, and all my breathers are extended - I wouldn't do it otherwise.

 

[tommudd]

Mid grill is about it like Jayme stated
any higher and you get into the electrical connectors, airfilter, etc
I've seen people go deeper with Cherokees as well and also have seen ones hydrolock and not even be up to the bumper All depends on speed etc

I even remember a Wrangler one time ........................well thats another story :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[teckman02]

Mid grill is about it like Jayme stated
any higher and you get into the electrical connectors, airfilter, etc
I've seen people go deeper with Cherokees as well and also have seen ones hydrolock and not even be up to the bumper All depends on speed etc

I even remember a Wrangler one time ........................well thats another story :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

there was this one time at the badlands

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[yellocoyote]

JK's can't swim.

 

[martin_metal_88]

JK's can't swim.

with flexseal I bet they can

 

[yellocoyote]

Debatable. lol3.gif

 

[jake1234]

20 inches is what the manual says. I've had mine up to the bottom of my headlights

 

[tommudd]

20 inches ???
So how far up on a stocker does that come? Been lifted so long I forget ?
20 inches would just put my rock rails under water :icon_confused:
Bottom of the headlights would be over 3 foot
This was over 20 here and it was the shallow part

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[WickedBruce]

I dove my whole front end in today.....I would recommend staying in it like that though!

 

[Luke]

JK's can't swim.

I wasn't even there.... but I deduced from the tone of a few posts years back .. a vacationing Spaniard had a blast followed by some anxious moments ...:happy175:

 

[Luke]

I dove my whole front end in today.....I would recommend staying in it like that though!

How many people have hydro-locked now? ... all because you forgot the 'nt

:happy175:

 

[tommudd]

I wasn't even there.... but I deduced from the tone of a few posts years back .. a vacationing Spaniard had a blast followed by some anxious moments ...:happy175:

Wrong, a vacationing Spaniard had really nothing to do with it. Indirectly but not directly

 

[yellocoyote]

I wasn't even there.... but I deduced from the tone of a few posts years back .. a vacationing Spaniard had a blast followed by some anxious moments ...:happy175:

Close.

A vacationing Spaniard made the foolish decision to let the husband of yours truly drive said rental JK... to it's drowned-death.

 

[teckman02]

Close.

A vacationing Spaniard made the foolish decision to let the husband of yours truly drive said rental JK... to it's drowned-death.

Drowned to death is an understatement somewhere I have pics of it dead

 

[martin_metal_88]

Debatable. lol3.gif

have you seen their commercial the ford ranger float with a coat of flex seal :big_banana_Dance:

 

[yellocoyote]

But, everything works in commercials!

 

[Leeann]

Wait: Aaron drowned and killed a rental KJ? He never told us this....

 

[martin_metal_88]

that's story is getting interesting.

as for the flex seal, I plan trying it on a cracked boat this summer 2 choice, I'll come back with a boat, or I'll come back with 2 paddle