My h2 and water

[Swoffy]

On the weekend i got into a pissing match with a friend and his jeep.
long story short we got a little competition going and the first event we choose ended up neither of us completing the water/hill.
i added 37" baja claws to my rig. My question is, i had my truck in water just over the tires, should i be expecting problems?
here's a link to the video taken....
http://www.badthumper.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=136
Truck was working just fine until today at idle i feel a few thuds?
kinda weird......
any input would be great thanks......
Sorry but i cant stand the the jeeps better than the hummer thing so i wheel my rig to the extreme to show its capabilities......

[usetosellhummer]

couple of rules with water. If you comit you must blow and go not stop and go back and fourth. You caused the water to come back on you and get a little high. You may want to get things checked out.

[Swoffy]

Any direction on the things i should be checking?
on heard these two quick thuds...........all seems fine besides that...

-check rear diff?
anything else?

[Desert Dan]

37" deep water is pretty deep

I'd check the diffs to see if they have any water in them. If the do get the flushed and refilled.

[Swoffy]

diffs or diff?
only have rear diff to check correct?
Any quick way to check rear diff?

[timgco]

thuds? where?

[Captain of the Titanic]

Com'on guys... Did no one learn from my mistakes...

When Hummer says 24" water depth they mean it. add an inch for the 37s...

If the water comes in, which it will, it shorts out everything. One of the main processors is on the floor under the passenger seat.

I know. I had water up to the seat cushion on the passenger side of my previous Hummer, an H3, and it shorted out everything to the point where my insurance company totalled it.

Also, just for your info, if you are going to do this again:

1. hit the hill with some momentum
2. hit it a little to the left or right, then steer across it. You won't be in the holes that way.
3. Make sure you are locked and in low 4.
4. You forgot to cover the jeep with mud as you went by.
5. Why are you slumming with jeeps, anyway?
6. Don't publish your failures, only your successes. I want to see you make that hill, not puss out!

Anyway, be careful. A dead Hummer is a terrible thing....

[Swoffy]

lmao!!
ok well i got no water inside, so thats a good thing....

I complete a task 90% of the time... just got a little timid on this one with the depth of water thats all... skid plate was hitting hard!!
just for a piece of mind......i have already completed this water/hill last year...

as for the jeeps........ill wheel with anyone!
Hummerman always gives a good show!!!!
Here is a good video of me working the humbug (my trucks name) real hard!!!

http://www.badthumper.com/videos/parttwo.wmv

Have several cool vids of me working this hummer hard!!!

[pteam]

Originally Posted by Captain of the Titanic

Com'on guys... Did no one learn from my mistakes...

When Hummer says 24" water depth they mean it. add an inch for the 37s...

If the water comes in, which it will, it shorts out everything. One of the main processors is on the floor under the passenger seat.

I know. I had water up to the seat cushion on the passenger side of my previous Hummer, an H3, and it shorted out everything to the point where my insurance company totalled it.

Also, just for your info, if you are going to do this again:

1. hit the hill with some momentum
2. hit it a little to the left or right, then steer across it. You won't be in the holes that way.
3. Make sure you are locked and in low 4.
4. You forgot to cover the jeep with mud as you went by.
5. Why are you slumming with jeeps, anyway?
6. Don't publish your failures, only your successes. I want to see you make that hill, not puss out!

Anyway, be careful. A dead Hummer is a terrible thing....

Yea Captain you should know about too much water + hummer = death.

Also looking back now, arnt you pretty pissed about everybody calling you an AE in your sinking thread?

[Adam in CO]

Originally Posted by Swoffy

diffs or diff?
only have rear diff to check correct?
Any quick way to check rear diff?

Seriously?

You don't know that there is a front diff?

[Swoffy]

honestly no i didnt........



If i needed to know the parts list inside and out i would have bought a jeep.......

[mikejr]

swoffy....just be aware of the fact that the air intake to your engine is bascially about 3 inches from the level of the water you were in and had you gotten any deeper or a wake from your passing through the water came up higher you would have ruined your engine. Like others have said....Hummer gives you a max ford depth...if you go deeper things are going to happen.....and those things aint cheap to fix.

Its a Hummer....which means its very capable off road, but it does have its limitations...

Great vid by the way.

[Swoffy]

Originally Posted by mikejr

swoffy....just be aware of the fact that the air intake to your engine is bascially about 3 inches from the level of the water you were in and had you gotten any deeper or a wake from your passing through the water came up higher you would have ruined your engine. Like others have said....Hummer gives you a max ford depth...if you go deeper things are going to happen.....and those things aint cheap to fix.

Its a Hummer....which means its very capable off road, but it does have its limitations...

Great vid by the way.

Thanks,
i wondered where the intake was........
ill change the fluid and stay outa the deep water for the future......
seems i may have gotten lucky

[mikejr]

When you tip up your hood, look on the passenger side above the front wheel and you will see where the air intake is. Now compare that to the first video that you had on the post and you will see on the drivers side where the water level was...like i said...inches away from damage.

Just know the machine and its limits and you will be fine if you dont exceed those limits by too much.....In the immortal words of Dirty Harry...
"A man's got to know his limitations"

[Swoffy]

thanks for the advice mike......

how about a do it yourself for all these fluids?

be sweet if i could change myself so i could do more often.......
i seem to get into water and mud often during the summer months

i also thought at one point i got a little bog from the motor in that water........ is it possible to take in a bit of water with no damage?

[mikejr]

well one can do most anything oneself if they have the knowledge and tools. Lots of great people on this site with way more mechanical know how than me...ask around I am sure they'll help you out with that question.

I really dont know what the tolerance of the H2's engine is with respect to water getting into it. I would suspect that it isnt going to tolerate too much water.