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08-31-2012, 04:42 PM
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Water Splashing
Hey all,
Ok well with Isaac leaving us I am glad that nothing really was damaged.
Given working emergency response, I was out in the Hummer with the fire dept and the Nat Guard.
Because of this, I was blasting through a bunch of deeply flooded roads. The wake would come up and splash onto the windshield to the point I couldnt see.
As impressed as I was with the Hummer, It wasnt a fun thing to be on a narrow road that has ocean on both sides and I cant see where I am going because of the wake splash.
I am trying to see what I can do to get the water to not blind my windshield when going through water like that. Is there maybe a diverter? or something that wont bathe my windshield with so much water that the windshield wipers can move it fast enough.
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08-31-2012, 09:30 PM
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Re: Water Splashing
man if your going through water that deep, if you slow down enough to not wake or you stop- You will hydrolock that engine. I would not be running any other aftermarket airboxes or intakes if you plan on doing this again. Also you have vent tubes going to various components axles, transfercase, etc...that could be full of water now. I'd definately take the time to service those points. New fluids are cheaper than new components. Only mentioning this because some people have no clue.
You need to be looking at how you are going to build a custom snokle to save your motor before you try to figure out how to keep water off your windshield.
1st thing that comes to my mind how to divert water would be a V setup on the hood. Two L channels 4-6" high. Make it out of some thick clear acrylic so it would be translucent. It wont be pretty, but function over form... it would push the water off to the sides.
If you have a video deck, you could put a cam on the roof...blind drive through that if you ever get back in that situation.
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09-01-2012, 01:43 AM
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Re: Water Splashing
Mud,
I think you misunderstand
It was a once or twice thing because of the storm
The water was deep, but not so deep that the water came into the truck (the cockpit or interior). The thing is at a certain speed through the water even when it was only maybe 2 feet deep, the wake came up and actually rolled to the windshield. It wasnt a matter of the front end dipping down into the water as the wake making it come up and pour onto the windshield.
I know about hydrolocking and such, this is why i approached and stayed at a steady pace (even though the wake prevent me to see)
So what i am saying is would the after market flares work to keep water wake off my windshield?
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09-01-2012, 02:15 AM
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Re: Water Splashing
If you are rolling stock tires, then yes. If not, then water is going to splash up there no matter what unless you get someone to make you some custom bolt on flares. I have the E&G's, the widest ones, and they still do not keep my 40x15-1/2 Toyo MT's from flinging up a steady stream of water onto the sides and hood. At least I have a lift though to be able to handle deep waters
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09-01-2012, 05:53 AM
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Re: Water Splashing
I just read the other day how much water the h2 can drive through. Think it was 27" in stock form.
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09-01-2012, 01:26 PM
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Re: Water Splashing
Yep, all H2s throw lots of water on the windshield at speed in high water, as well as the H3 too. I think my H3 might have been worse in deep water. All vehicles with high approach angles do this. Been there done that. Even one excursion in deep water is enough to get water in those vent tubes. There's a post a few years back on modifying your vent tubes to extend them up higher. After helping in the Mississippi River flood of 2007 I changed all the fluids - diffs, transfer case, and tranny.
PS Did anyone else notice the white H3 with the red cross markings driving around Slidell on the WxChannel broadcasts? They've been around a while and I've seen one of them in the red cross yard here.
Last edited by HummerJim : 09-01-2012 at 01:30 PM.
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