The owner of one Nissan Pickup truck failed miserably while trying to cross a river in Canterbury, New Zealand.
The scene was shot by Jamie Jack who posted the video on his Facebook page. In the clip, which already has over 35,000 views, you can see the beginning of what turned out to be a very bad idea.
The video shows the vehicle beginning to cross the Ashburton River, shortly before it tipped over and sank underwater in a hole described by Jack.
Sea Motor 1 The Ashburton River is a braided river, a type of river common on the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand’s South Island. Unlike a single-channel river, braided rivers spread over wide, flat gravel beds that continually divide and rejoin in ever-changing channels.
This geography makes them deceptively dangerous to cross. Water depth can change drastically within a few meters, and what appears to be a shallow passage can hide a deep channel that has been washed out by recent water flows.
In Jack’s case there was also a risk of water getting into the engine. According to the magazine NZ4WD It can be very labor intensive and expensive to rebuild an engine that has been swallowed by a river.
Luckily, according to Jack, draining the oil pan and removing the water from the glow plugs was enough to get the pickup running again.
However, it is important to emphasize that water ingress into engine oil, transmissions, differentials and electrical systems can cause problems that may not be immediately apparent. Whether the Nissan will remain fully functional in the long term is therefore an open question.
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