Anybody seen these?

[KyooX4]

Holy crap!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...latedh ... ?v...lated

What's keeping the water out of the cabin, much less the intake?

[fueler]

i dont know how you found these vids but WOW !!!! I LOVE IT!!!! you never see QX4's wheelin hard !!!

i can easily say that ive been in water that deep (as the first vid) but without the heavy flow. As long as you drive through it quickly and get out of there, the water does not get in the interior. The door seals stop it. But if he was to stop and chill in the middle for a few minutes then i imagine water would start getting in.

The intake opening faces up and its behind/under the left headlight. Then its a resonator tube which is loosely (not air tight) connected to the filter box that also has a few small holes in it. If you DO get water in the intake, there is several spots for air to still get in (at the connectiion from the lower resonator to the air filter box is the major one) and to let water out. You really gotta sink the front left corner to at least mid headlight and floor the gas pedal at the same time to hydrolock it.

[korbeano89]

yea iv seen them awhile ago i dont think i could do it to my q, dont want to get water in eveythin

and whats more crazy is they look stock too
Modified by korbeano89 at 9:38 PM 9/2/2009

[KyooX4]

i dont know how you found these vids but WOW !!!! I LOVE IT!!!! you never see QX4's wheelin hard !!!

i can easily say that ive been in water that deep (as the first vid) but without the heavy flow. As long as you drive through it quickly and get out of there, the water does not get in the interior. The door seals stop it. But if he was to stop and chill in the middle for a few minutes then i imagine water would start getting in.

The intake opening faces up and its behind/under the left headlight. Then its a resonator tube which is loosely (not air tight) connected to the filter box that also has a few small holes in it. If you DO get water in the intake, there is several spots for air to still get in (at the connectiion from the lower resonator to the air filter box is the major one) and to let water out. You really gotta sink the front left corner to at least mid headlight and floor the gas pedal at the same time to hydrolock it.

Haha, I just went on youtube and searched for 'qx4 offroad'.

Thanks for the info, good to know!

I went off-roading earlier today (first time! ) . It was raining and it had been raining off and on before that, and last night we had a big storm, so there was LOT of water. I know there were at least a few times the water got up to my door and I was wondering how I none got in. Since I cut the bottoms off the resonator, would I have an increased risk of hydrolock? I KNOW there were quite a few times where the water got up to the resonator.BTW, my Q is totally stock.

Kinda leads me to my next question. After about half way through my adventure, my service engine soon light comes on. My Q rides fine and idles fine though. It's not making any abnormal noises, no abnormal smells. Performs like usual. Having said all that, and taking into account what I said above, what could it be? My friend was saying that maybe some water got sucked up. Would that cause the SES light?

Pictures coming soon!!

[miamiheat3332]

hook up a code reader and check? not that hard, and sorry for being harsh if you dont have one ; ] lol,

[KyooX4]

I don't.

[fueler]

i also removed my resonator. i removed the airbox too and replced with jim wolf air filter

i dont think removing the lower air pipe affects the risk of hydrolock. either way you gotta dunk the air filter box pretty good and give it throttle and you'll be done

Nobody will predict the SES light for you. It could be anything. My guesses will be either the rear O2 sensor, knock sensor, or "evap leak" as those seem to be the most popular in mine. After checking it, I simply reset and i wont get the same code for a few years.

[fueler]

You need to find someone with a code reader and borrow it. Or ask them to check it at your next oil change - most oil change places should have an OBD-2 scanner and should at least tell you what it is for free. i know mine does

u used to be able to rent them for free from autozone but a law passed that prohibits that

[volp]

u used to be able to rent them for free from autozone but a law passed that prohibits that

You can't rent it but they can walk outside and check it for you. Just did it yesterday

[Empty V]

Holy crap!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...latedh ... ?v...lated

What's keeping the water out of the cabin, much less the intake?

Wow those dudes are ballsy for braving such a fast current, sucks to be the last guy. Honestly I'm surprised that the first guy across didn't have some kind of tow line already laid out just in case.

Billy

[naladude911]

In the last video, look at the blue QX4 with the light bar. Looks pretty sick

[KyooX4]

Well, I'm hijacking the thread, but it's mine so whatever.

I went to advance auto earlier and had them hook up a code reader. It showed a P0140 code (O2 Sensor Circuit No Activity Detected (Bank 1 Sensor 2)). This is downstream, so performance isn't affected, correct? Do I really need to replace it? I live in florida and we don't have inspections.

[exvin]

HAHA!!! Holyy That was sick!! That white qx4 is my hero

[exvin]

Even this one is awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...lated

You cant embed on nico?
Modified by exvin at 6:30 PM 9/3/2009

[sixty4]

The last one.. def took some H20 in it! Cool, once again, how you find these?

[KyooX4]

I just went to youtube.com and searched for 'qx4 offroad'.

EDIT: Look at the related videos too if you haven't already!


Modified by KyooX4 at 1:02 AM 9/4/2009

[KyooX4]

Well, I'm hijacking the thread, but it's mine so whatever.

I went to advance auto earlier and had them hook up a code reader. It showed a P0140 code (O2 Sensor Circuit No Activity Detected (Bank 1 Sensor 2)). This is downstream, so performance isn't affected, correct? Do I really need to replace it? I live in florida and we don't have inspections.

I ran some errands today and my SES light isn't on anymore (knock on wood). Do these things fix themselves, or is it possible some water just got up in there and dried out or something?

[fueler]

^^ thats normal. it means its not a very urgent problem. The code is still stored though, can only be erased with a scanner. If you dont erase the code, your check engine light will come back in the next few weeks, guaranteed. Might even take a month or more.

[korbeano89]

i think are qx4 and pathys could do this, better than the ford does,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...lated