For those who are hesitant to get a snorkel for the FJ, I urge you to read this.
Washington state right now is under a flood watch and we have been having heavy rain since Sunday the 2nd.
I left for work about 3 am this morning, and about 1.5 miles form my home where Auburn Way South has the onramp to highway 18 I noticed a police car sideways sitting past the street.
He must have been getting ready to warn people to what I was about to encounter.
Underneath that overpass it floods quite often when we get rain this hard.
It was dark, and I did not see the small lake in time, and I hit it at about 25+ MPH.
The rig slowed down pretty quickly but tracked straight, but I had a wave wash up over the hood and windshield.
I could not see anything for a bit, and the area I had to cross like this was a good 60' or so.
As I got into shallower water, I waved at the officer.
Now had my air intake still been in the fenderwell, I would have sucked up some huge amounts of water.
Seeing that wave come over the hood was a little freaky, I had never been in water that deep before.
But I just smiled as the snorkel intake was well above the danger zone.
I bought the snorkel mainly for dust control during the summer months up where I go off roading, I had not really planned on using it for water while out off roading.
Little did I know that it would save my engine in the asphalt jungle less than two miles from my home.
I encountered a few other large washes like this on the way into work from streets having their storm drains clogged.
Sign me a believer in snorkels.
Washington state right now is under a flood watch and we have been having heavy rain since Sunday the 2nd.
I left for work about 3 am this morning, and about 1.5 miles form my home where Auburn Way South has the onramp to highway 18 I noticed a police car sideways sitting past the street.
He must have been getting ready to warn people to what I was about to encounter.
Underneath that overpass it floods quite often when we get rain this hard.
It was dark, and I did not see the small lake in time, and I hit it at about 25+ MPH.
The rig slowed down pretty quickly but tracked straight, but I had a wave wash up over the hood and windshield.
I could not see anything for a bit, and the area I had to cross like this was a good 60' or so.
As I got into shallower water, I waved at the officer.
Now had my air intake still been in the fenderwell, I would have sucked up some huge amounts of water.
Seeing that wave come over the hood was a little freaky, I had never been in water that deep before.
But I just smiled as the snorkel intake was well above the danger zone.
I bought the snorkel mainly for dust control during the summer months up where I go off roading, I had not really planned on using it for water while out off roading.
Little did I know that it would save my engine in the asphalt jungle less than two miles from my home.
I encountered a few other large washes like this on the way into work from streets having their storm drains clogged.
Sign me a believer in snorkels.
