Isuzu Trooper to run in 3 ft floods

**RJA** · September 17th, 2012 10:24 PM

Hello!

Una sa lahat, pag napasukan ba ng baha ang makina, nasisira ba?
Pano napapasukan ng baha? Saan pumapasok?
Pano maiiwasan na pasukan ng baha?
Pu-pwede bang makalusong sa malalim na baha ang isang mid-size SUV?
Paano?

sensya napakastraight-forward

**niky** · September 17th, 2012 10:33 PM

Yes.
Sa intake.
Wag kang maglusong sa baha,
Depende sa lalim ng baha.

**RJA** · September 17th, 2012 10:37 PM

fast reply! may nakita kasi ako sa youtube na suv na lumusong sa tubig na halos 5ft pero gumagana parin makina. May kinakabit ba para makalusong?

**niky** · September 17th, 2012 11:16 PM

Are you sure?

5 feet on a Trooper equates to water over the windshield.

The only way to drive in water that deep is to use a snorkel, which moves your air intake from the engine bay to the roof level.

Sure, the SUV will be able to cross deep water, but the water will still be able to enter the alternator, engine bay electronics, transmission, oil sump and transmission and differentials.

If the crossing is long enough, water will also enter the cabin and ruin your carpeting... and possibly your engine computer and dashboard.

The best course of action when confronted witth any flood crossing over 1 foot deep and a hundred feet long is to simply avoid it... Unless you have an old school diesel with no electronics, or a diesel with water-sealed electronics.

Three feet is already headlight level on stock height Troopers. Borderline passable. Meaning if yiu have no problems on the way, you might make it... but there is a chance you might not,

**RJA** · September 18th, 2012 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by niky

Are you sure?

5 feet on a Trooper equates to water over the windshield.

The only way to drive in water that deep is to use a snorkel, which moves your air intake from the engine bay to the roof level.

Sure, the SUV will be able to cross deep water, but the water will still be able to enter the alternator, engine bay electronics, transmission, oil sump and transmission and differentials.

If the crossing is long enough, water will also enter the cabin and ruin your carpeting... and possibly your engine computer and dashboard.

The best course of action when confronted witth any flood crossing over 1 foot deep and a hundred feet long is to simply avoid it... Unless you have an old school diesel with no electronics, or a diesel with water-sealed electronics.

Three feet is already headlight level on stock height Troopers. Borderline passable. Meaning if yiu have no problems on the way, you might make it... but there is a chance you might not,

the vid I saw was not actually a trooper but a jeep. It looks old and it has snorkels so that must be the reason why it lasted long on an over the roof water, it must have used old school diesel. ANyway, I was just asking because I saw this LandCruiser fitted with a snorkel on the neighborhood. IDK if it's already there when he bought it tho. thanks

**niky** · September 18th, 2012 02:17 AM

There are snorkels available for the Trooper. Still, problem is, while you cantheoretically make it across three foot deep floods with thatset-up,it's still best to not eventry if you're unsure. If the flood is that deep and your cabin is sealed, there will come a point when your vehicle will start to float and can be carried by the current.

**cocoy** · September 18th, 2012 07:29 AM

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1T7j_PIhew]safari snorkel - YouTube[/ame]

ito yun oh.. hehehe... back where my parents are living at the moment, in Papua new Guinea.. crossing rivers on our landcruiser 80 series was no problem.. water dept range from 1 feet to window level of our slighly lifted landcruiser..

**kinyo** · September 7th, 2013 09:33 PM

nakita ko lang sa fb

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=591054747599964

hanggang hood ng jeep yung tubig ... wala yata snorkel?

**Retz** · September 7th, 2013 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by cocoy

safari snorkel - YouTube

ito yun oh.. hehehe... back where my parents are living at the moment, in Papua new Guinea.. crossing rivers on our landcruiser 80 series was no problem.. water dept range from 1 feet to window level of our slighly lifted landcruiser..

akala ko lumulutang na. maalpit na maabutan dulo ng snorkel. pero gumagana pa rin.