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How far can you submerge a cruiser?
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Was this diff breather part of the lift kit?
I see 28.5 inches or 72.5 cm to the base of the battery belly pan. no idea if that may help but i was already under the LC.
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Not that I've found, all that is pictured is a hose with the OEM breather on the end, would need the correct threaded hose barb for the axle.
Correct.. for the non metric crowd.. that is a fraction over 27.5 inches.
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So after watching that video again, maybe I’m not understanding this right… but was he saying that water was somehow pushed up into the air box and into the hybrid components from there? From the speed he hit that puddle? I don’t understand how that could happen if that is what Toyota was saying.
No it’s the intake for the HV battery ventilation not the engine intake. Those flapper vents, he also may have had issues with the motor generator.
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I think I’m even more skeptical of that. Or maybe shocked is the right word.
Hmmm... I've already ran thru a couple big "puddles" about knee deep, real fast like that and mine didn't die...
but good to know about those vents in the rear bumper, I probably got lucky this time around
but good to know about those vents in the rear bumper, I probably got lucky this time around
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So what I can tell from the PDFs.......... the only air intake from the Hybrid system are located just behind the rear seats on the cargo side trim panels. I assume his Hybrid Inverter fried ........ but something is missing from the story, no way a splash like that got enough water through the flapper vents or doors seals to flood the Hybrid battery area and short out the Inverter.
Maybe the Motor generator has air cooling? I wouldn't think so but also haven't looked? He could have got the HV box under the hood too maybe, haven't looked to see what this is either?
Either way hitting water at speed like that in any vehicle isn't too smart, lots of possible hidden stuff below the water and good chance to get water ingestion and hydro lock your motor.
Either way hitting water at speed like that in any vehicle isn't too smart, lots of possible hidden stuff below the water and good chance to get water ingestion and hydro lock your motor.
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I’ve had two tacomas before the cruiser, that I modded into pretty capable off-road vehicles, hit hundreds of puddles just like that. Submerged both in crossings and had both stuck in feet of water for 5min or more. Granted this is a hybrid and has a lot more going on, but I’m with EOD guy on this one, there has to be something else that happened here. There’s no way he generated enough force to push enough water up through those vents to fry anything.
Just curious, is this a difference between the US Spec and international spec?
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I have no knowledge of international spec LCs
I don't know anything other than what reviewers have said online. It appears the American-spec hybrid is the only one of its kind. All other specs have different electrical system utilizations, which would make sense, coupled with your data provided here, that ours may not have the same ingress points. I can neither confirm nor deny this, but it seems logical.
