2015 rdx water drive through depth
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2015 rdx water drive through depth
I am wondering how deep a puddle the 2015 rdx can go through before it ingests water. I noticed the air intake is on top of the engine. A friend of mine has an a6 and went through a deep puddle and water was sucked in engine. I also had a cayenne turbo and noticed the intakes were under the wheel liners .. much lowè than the rdx. Any thoughts on this.
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Ingesting water is only one consideration. Modern cars have significant amounts of electronics fairly low down. Additionally, it takes less than 6 inches of moving water to wash an SUV away. A rule of thumb for a consumer vehicle (ie no one intended specifically for driving through water) is that if the water is deep enough to reach the wheels (so about 3 inches for the RDX) then there will be some damage.
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RDX is not going to have issues running through 3" of water. I would not go through water that is deeper than the ground clearance of the vehicle which in this case is about 8 inches with driver. IF the water is moving at all then I would not go through it.
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