Posted: Feb 02 2005 at 3:44pm | IP Logged

Hey, my brother has a Titan 4x4 off-road and while crossing a small stream about 2 feet across and 3 inches deep the wheels spun ( he's got Goodyear wrangler MT-R tires), so he put it in 4 low and locked the rear. The left front wheel spun and threw mud up inside the wheel well where the air intake is. It sucked GALLONS of mud up through the intake and into the engine! The engine is dead...

Anybody else have problems with this? I'm trying to gather any information he might need for insurance or warranty information to help him out with this problem.

Thanks in advance

If anybody goes off-road in their Titan think about this before you go since the intake is in such a stupid location.

Posted: Feb 02 2005 at 5:06pm | IP Logged

The truck had a stock intake?

Posted: Feb 04 2005 at 7:48pm | IP Logged

brendan wrote: It's not operator error... As it turns out it seems like the plastic fender liner was loose so it could allow the mud to fling up off the tire and into the intake snorkel. If you don't have any helpfull input feel free to not contribute.

(alligator tears)

Posted: Feb 05 2005 at 7:09pm | IP Logged

Had me looking. Hit a big puddel at a pretty good pace. (street) Thought mabey it was enough pressure to move the plastic fender well. Not the case. All is good.