Can't wait for SchadenFriday? Enjoy this hydro-locking compelation.

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
10/29/2015 at 12:58 • Filed to: None

Normally I feel bad when people hurt their cars, but this...

DISCUSSION (23)

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:09

This is why snorkels are a good idea.

Mercedes Streeter > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:11

I was rooting the little Saturn on! Little thing showed the E Series how to get shit done...then it failed...

HammerheadFistpunch > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
10/29/2015 at 13:11

Funny thing about snorkels, they were invented for dust, not water.

Future next gen S2000 owner > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:13

3:30 is the best.

HammerheadFistpunch > Mercedes Streeter
10/29/2015 at 13:13

The saturn made me laugh, those things are designed to pretty much be water scoops.

HammerheadFistpunch > Future next gen S2000 owner
10/29/2015 at 13:16

its true.

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:16

Plastic floats!

HammerheadFistpunch > vicali
10/29/2015 at 13:17

Unless you got mad hood hydro downforce!

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:17

lol, Is there nothing sadder than flickering lights, then silence..

HammerheadFistpunch > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:20

This is my new favorite one

@3:09 if it doesn’t jump

EL_ULY > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:21

Call Joe Namath’s wife! Oh wait, that was vapor lock

HammerheadFistpunch > EL_ULY
10/29/2015 at 13:25

Vapor lock is a serious issue

Kinja'd!!!

EL_ULY > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:34

lololololololol

WiscoProud > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:34

Well, most snorkels on the market were anyways. I would like to see a comparison of which can be used for actual water crossings and what else would need to be done (breathers, etc.).

HammerheadFistpunch > WiscoProud
10/29/2015 at 13:38

I know its often said that factory units are not meant for water crossing because they are multipiece, Safari is one piece for the purpose of water. There are, as you point out, other considerations too, like electrical radiator fans and breathers. The moral of the story is that gas engines don’t like water, but they don’t get destroyed as easily as diesels do when they do drink.

WiscoProud > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:48

There was a park my friends and I used to hang out at in high school that had a small river with two boat launches facing each other from either side. This basically resulted in a river you could drive through. The water was about 2-2,5’ deep and actually driving from one launch to the other would save you a significant amount of driving time over taking normal roads.

I took my trusty S-10 Blazer through there numerous times, and actually had water come over my hood at times (not smart I know, but I was 17). It only died on me once in the water, but after I gave it some time, it fired right back up.

In hindsight I honestly don’t know how I managed to avoid hydrolocking that thing.

WiscoProud > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 13:50

yeah, I've read that a mechanical fan is the last thing you want in a water crossing.

HammerheadFistpunch > WiscoProud
10/29/2015 at 13:54

Trucks like ours have clutched fans that stall under high load so they usually don’t cause a problem, but they still can.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 14:24

True dat. I scuttled the Series once (petrol) and the engine took a drink, burnt out one of the points, but she kept on moving. Haven’t forded anything deep in the Defender yet because it’s my primary work vehicle and a bent conrod is not conducive to my income.

BJ > HammerheadFistpunch
10/29/2015 at 22:29

This is why I stay out of the deep water as much as possible. Not worth it.

and 100 more > Mercedes Streeter
10/30/2015 at 13:11

See, I was on the opposite side... you see an E-Series stall right in front of you, but you decide, in your much-lower Saturn, that you obviously know what’s up, and decide to just go around?

And if you’ll notice, that Saturn was fucking floating... Not sure where that water is draining toward, but guaranteed, the car was no longer his to control, and it continued to drift with the stream after the video ended.

Assholes like this become casualties.

Mercedes Streeter > and 100 more
10/30/2015 at 13:15

Oh yes, I agree with everything you said there! I just thought it was amazing how the lower Saturn somehow kept running for longer despite the fact that the engine had to be sucking in some water long before it died.

And that floating stuff was scary. That’s one heck of a lightweight car. On the plus side, the water was still shallow enough for the driver to hop out and waddle away in shame.

and 100 more > Mercedes Streeter
10/30/2015 at 13:34

...the water was still shallow enough for the driver to hop out and waddle away in shame.

HAHAHA!!!