Epic fails....catastrophic carnage!!
09-06-2016, 05:24 PM
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That's incredible that the 45° bent rod didn't snap! And that it still ran... Did you run it through water deep enough to get in the intake?
09-06-2016, 06:33 PM
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That's great! I like the "once the rods self clearanced the cylinder wall it ran" statement! Can't believe they didn't snap! Thanks for sharing!
Time for a snorkel! Sad I love plowing through water but had a couple scares luckily worse thing so far was water on dizzy so sputtered (well and fuel pump failing right while I was in the middle of a huge puddle thought I sucked water in the intake for sure, thankfully was just the pump tho)
Note AVOID the "spectre" piece together intake kits- total garbage they let muddy water in therefore can't be air tight so will thro off computer (by letting unmetered air enter) I am tossing mine in trash and reverting to stock (keeping the truflow filter atleast till can figure out a snorkel will likely have to use stock air box but will see when time comes maybe can use like a newer f150 air box they use cone type filter but in an air box (but it's huge) so could add a snorkel on that. But will research more and see what others have done just prefer cone filter to a panel (more surface area=better air flow)
Time for a snorkel! Sad I love plowing through water but had a couple scares luckily worse thing so far was water on dizzy so sputtered (well and fuel pump failing right while I was in the middle of a huge puddle thought I sucked water in the intake for sure, thankfully was just the pump tho)
Note AVOID the "spectre" piece together intake kits- total garbage they let muddy water in therefore can't be air tight so will thro off computer (by letting unmetered air enter) I am tossing mine in trash and reverting to stock (keeping the truflow filter atleast till can figure out a snorkel will likely have to use stock air box but will see when time comes maybe can use like a newer f150 air box they use cone type filter but in an air box (but it's huge) so could add a snorkel on that. But will research more and see what others have done just prefer cone filter to a panel (more surface area=better air flow)
09-07-2016, 12:48 PM
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It was a 2 day process and my truck was basically a stock 2wd at the time. First day I ran through the puddle like 3 times and it wasn't that deep but it kept raining all night so on the second day, (like an idiot) I hit the water again faster and it was MUCH deeper then the day before. I knew what had happened from the noise it made and the almost instant violent stoppage of the truck. I let it sit for a few minutes and tired starting it a few times and it was just locked up and made a loud clunk noise. Finally after about 20 minutes of sitting, I turned the key and it slowly turned over. After a few more cranks it started but was only running on the 2 good cylinders. I think I might have had a compression issue.
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