+O Canada .

You forgot a part: clean for 8-hours. 👈

+Secured Circus I always left my truck mud covered. enter field... take field home with me.

O Canada The struggle of taking a new vehicle off pavement

O Canada that is me haha

Hermen Marshall it works for me but I don't rev to high

Got to spin those mud tires to clean out those lugs.....

JD Mogol k

@@djredhareaus38 Which means you aren't flooring it lmao

@@zeallust8542 Unless you're just pumping it

Amen brother!!

speed and power solves many thing

Clarkson himself learned that that doesn't always work. When they were in Africa.

Polar Bearon j

If in doubt...WRAP It Out vavavaroooom

+Denny Rachmansyah Unless you're already moving, then POWERRR is most definitely the solution. :)

+Denny Rachmansyah When in doubt, throttle out.

Hahaha POOOOOWWWWWAAAA!!!!!

+Denny Rachmansyah Well if anything breaks, you can just fix it with a hammer!

POOOOWAAAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kiliab Gonzalez man, u crazy 😜

Then cars aren't for you.

too many colors lol

Dude's explanation skills match that diagram.

😂😂

Most guys aren't gonna have those tires though.

if you're doing what would be considered anything more than riding dirt roads you will have those tires or you will be stuck and afraid to push the gas. then then dreaded calling mom to ask her to come drive her mail jeep out of the hole.

Engineering Explained Explained "Engineering Explained" Engineering

the only thing you really gotta do is grease things again when you get home. the check is drive down the road and see if it feels normal.

i wasa thinking that too. why not just pull out the engine and have a look inside it too.

🖕

Thinks this guy is having a stroke because he’s sitting in the car alone waving hands around.

Right? I was going to say thanks EE for perpetuating the stereotype of the Asian photographer.

Bruh

That’s DENNIS FROM LINUS TECH TIPS

haha! great video as always!

Especially the 3 cylinder diesel!

+Engineering Explained You channel is awesome. Two additional tips for next time: 4WD won't help you when you are skidding downhill and "all season tires" are crap in real Winter conditions.

+hossguitar The first one isn't right. having drive on all four wheels when going down hill will improve traction and will make it easier to control your vehicle.

Bravo11090 I know but that's a bit academic. I was talking about people who think a 4x4 will break better than a 2x4. ("It doesn't skid so it won't skid downhill, doesn't it?")

The problem is not the lack of traction control, it's the lack of his skill and maturity as a driver.

***** he is actually a novice race car driver. He has been racing for twenty years and he also drives a gasoline truck for a living so you'd think he knows how to drive. His problem was overconfidence.

***** I bet you think you could do better? Turning off traction control is called Track mode in and its called that for a reason. Its for race tracks not public roads.

Overconfidence was pretty much what I meant when I said lack of maturity, assuming it was a public road. I actually don't need to be a better driver to comment because I think I have a fair idea of my own skill and choose not to drive a Chevy Camaro with traction control off.

***** exactly.

Yes.

Americans do it as well but I guess we're not supposed to

yeah, there are a lot of pussies here that have no clue how to drive and no business near the go pedal in the first place..

No the Australian way to get stuck is if you drive a patrol

+Brayden D Then you wait for the land cruiser to pull you out

thus is true . snow/mud will clogg your threads .flooring it will throw the mud/snow out and restore the grip

+kleetus92 Yep, that's true and it is something to remember for beginners. EE should say about cleaning the tread from mud in this video. Sure, it's not a good idea to keep it floored for all the time, but in sticky mud there is no other option to drive thru it than step on it for time to time.

+deborah barry Haha I do know, I used to live at a beach you could drive on for a summer job. :)

#clickbait

if you have a low range gear in your car if you get stuck in sand,mud of any kind of terrain your car can easily come out.

If you are buried up to the chassis, it won't matter if you have low range or not. A snatch strap from another vehicle, winching, traction boards, or just digging out are your options.

all hail the long handled shovel

+Chris Weghorst Just in case you happen to be driving through a corn-starch swamp haha.

+Engineering Explained it's not funny! I was driving through a small patch of woods in Iowa and as I got close to a corn field, WHAMM!! I almost didn't make it out alive. Friggin GMOs I know it... Anyways, they do exist.

if you're not gonna take an SUV off road, you don't deserve an SUV.

right lol. but I don't think he was saying that you shouldn't

Tavit Kassardjian s

I wouldn't want to take a brand new $105, 000 Navigator off road, not to say it can't but some SUVs are more offroadable than others lol

Why drive a SUV when you aren't using it off road?

I was about to bring this up.

Amrit Ramsubjag it's a mistake I've made myself before. Wondering why I couldn't get out lol.

Going muddying should I go 4 auto or 4 high or 4 low? 4 auto for ice and snow right?

@@Mattyv7 4Auto is good for ice and snow on road and for slippery off-road conditions like a graded dirt rod after a hard rain but not for more than a few inches of mud. If you’re gonna hit a pit with the boys go 4H so it’s fully engaged. If you get really stuck sometimes 4low will help you get out but if you’re just screwing around and cutting doughnuts and slinging mud 4high is fine.

@@gibsonwill18 what about towing a boat?

+Junaid Mahomed Awesome to hear. Junior and senior year were most certainly the most challenging for me. Because math must always get harder. Best of luck to you!! It's worth it in the end. :)

+Junaid Mahomed Congrats on following through. Good luck in your final years. :)

Zach Novosad never? Your off-roading must be very spontaneous. Do you make a day of it and take a picnic?

Michael Sedgley I'm not talking about gravel drives or trails. I'm talking about true offroad. Street psi doesn't allow the tire to bite into the surface. Plus airing down allows the tire to have more surface area.

@J Thorsson It allows your tires to conform to the uneven surfaces giving you more traction, while spreading the points of the terrain across the rubber lessening the likelihood of puncture. And it can help your effective suspension up-down travel to keep your vehicle from bouncing around as much.

Thats for rock crawl

@@znovosad555 what do you do when you are going back home on the pavement ? with low psi?

Motley Crue Morris i was gonna say this, but only if your tires have self clearing lugs. If they don't then it wont help either

Mudding is very specific and not really what he was talking about. If you have a purpose built mud truck then yes, wheel speed is your friend. If you have a slightly modified jeep on 31 inch all terrain tires, enjoy getting stuck when you try to throttle out of a mud puddle.

I pull people out weekly for $50 a tow with my truck. I just hook them up, throw it 4 lo and floor it. I haven't gotten stuck yet

Anthony Haines I'm so sorry your Jeep sucks at wheeling you should get a samurai next time

TyTamTew I was just using a jeep for an example because everyone has one. Same applies to a samurai though.

Playing with Legos! haha, thanks for watching!

Ahh you mean you want your vehicle to actually get out of its own way LOL. Traction control is nothing more than a nanny control for idiots who have no business driving period.

I was thinking the same thing about the traction control in the snow. Traction control is an excellent way to end up rolling backwards on a snowy hill.

Exactly. His explanation seems good in theory but just doesn't work in the real world.

Only works with mud terrain tires bud

+Levy Simanjuntak Humans have created some amazing things! It's definitely inspiring to see innovations within the engineering world.

+Engineering Explained yep definetely, wondering how vehicle engineerings had developed many years later :)

+Engineering Explained can you explain the Korres P4?

So where is the hack that'll "get you more interest in engrish"?

I had a 94 Toyota 4Runner that I used as a tow vehicle for my Yamaha Rhino and 5' x 10' ATV trailer. Out hunting one afternoon one of the guys says hey let's try that road....about 3/4 of a mile down the road the mud just kept getting deeper and deeper, I said well hang on because I can't stop otherwise we will get stuck and I can't stop to put it in 4WD. That damn 4Runner made it through a foot of mud in 2WD pulling a 2,000lb UTV/Trailer.

Welded diffs: Try to avoid them as much as possible, but if you must, keep it on the track.

+Braden Wuesthoff is that 240z or 260z yours ?

+Teedjay Gendron 280z

Braden Wuesthoff Nice!

why there pretty self explanatory. weld the gears together in the dif for 50/50 traction. obviously don't take it on solid roads a lot or it will hop and sound horrible. like the dude above said keep it on the track or on the mud.

+888TopGear888 Quick - if you're in the sand/mud should you have traction control on?!

+Engineering Explained - no then you can have full power ! test passed

+Engineering Explained African or European? ;D

rhkips I don't get it

LeNouveauWestern You must have been the smart kid in school.

I believe in S P E E D

***** I suppose so, but I wouldnt be taking that '4WD'ing then. But they can still have more fun that this rubbish with out wrecking it. Ive had a few 4wd's with out taking any damage. Just need to know what you are doing and dont push it into dangerous territory.

Also the post never mentioned how pricey a vehicle, was just more 'Dont do it' . Princesses and cotton wool driving .....

there is more than these vehicles out there, but I know what you are saying. Im not trying to be a dick about it

Well today's version of "offroading" is driving over a curb at the mall....well with many of today's crossovers & SUV's...aka Station Wagons will just get high centered and get stuck LOL.

All I've got is abs lol

@@guy_incognito7538 What's ABS? I've got brakes.

@@jannespor8178 Antilock Brake System. It will sense if a tire is rotating less or locked up using sensors and if it finds one is, it will apply and release the brakes on that one tire to give it more stopping ability. Because a tire in motion has more traction than a spinning/skidding tire.

@@guy_incognito7538 In fact, I was joking. But thanks. :-)

@@jannespor8178 oh lol I'm a bit slow... an r/woosh for me :)

Except for drifting

+Borntokirune understeer

+Borntokirune Not really, so much more weight with a 4wd system. Audi's quattro system might be great but it does nothing but understeer on a track.

+SwordsMasterGallade For an inexperienced driver in an improperly tuned car, perhaps. It's fairly easy to overcome understeer in AWD cars.

+Liquid Vision I think the fastest production cars on the Nurbur' is AWD.

@therockkkkher You shift to chosen gear after putting the transfer case in 4lo. You can drive in reverse in 4lo or 4hi with same considerations as driving forward.

+Nathan Soper And jackass

+JT4GM4K3R while in a hummer on a dirt course... lol

Like Steve-O

+allen Henry Yep!

+allen Henry Yes

+allen Henry except in snowy slick conditions, mainly just not on dry pavement. I have found if you are driving in the the snow on roads you might find you need 4wd and a lot of times it can be too late and you are already sliding into a ditch...

+allen Henry It has mainly to do with speed. Doing 120 kmh while your 4x4 is engaged is never a good idea even if you are off road. Your vehicle manual will probably say what the recommended top speed is when 4x4 is engaged. For my 1992 Feroza the recommended top speed is 80 kmh.

+Xterraforce Listen again, spinning in the mud/sand is fine, as mentioned...

+Xterraforce lol, it's more about momentum than spinning. If you're already stuck, and have no forward momentum, you don't want to spin. If you're moving and have forward momentum, it's better to spin than slow down, so your momentum can carry you through.

Haha the transmission does too

Happened to my ram... Tire fell off lol

+TheExplosiveStunts hahahaha

Yeah my jeep has maybe half the bushings and tie rods lol

+johnny hirt half the bushings and tie rods?? that's something to brag about? lol jeep owners are scrubs

300bhpton the reason why wheelspin can be good is because it can clear out the tread on more aggressive tires. go slow your tread packs with mud, go fast you sling mud out from the tread via centrifugal force as well as allow the tires to hopefully continue digging forward.

Most 4X4s have normal TC for on road use that doesn't help off road Most Jeeps and Land Rovers don't have TC Can TC work if you have diff locks? Ether way diff locks will beat no diff lock

FuNot FuMe jeeps TC doesn't cut throttle like a normal car or truck. Jeeps apply brake pressure to the wheels which then also helps get the other tire in an open diff spinning and helps to get you unstuck.

I think he's talking about casual off-roaders or folks that didn't intend to go off road that might get stuck somewhere with street tires. Those aren't really gonna clear from wheel spin.

even with decent tires after your high centered spinning them don't help.

Exactly. 1966 Chevy 4 wheel drive truck will do better than any new vehicle.

+Brian the Brain that's just false lmao

James Young I'm a thermodynamics engineers. For longevity, reliability, an durability, the older mechanically simpler designs are much better. The US DoD and most military branches still use carburetors on their large trucks and heavy haulers because they are more reliable than fuel injection.

***** "1. Large trucks and heavy haulers use diesel engines which do not have carburetors. " -The M35 series 2.5 ton trucks used Hercule's multi-fuel engines capable of using both diesel gasoline, or JP-8. Thats the ones I'm talking about. Try putting in bad or contaminated fuel in a fuel injection system. It will *immediately* fail. "2. Fuel injection is orders of magnitude more reliable than a carburetor. A carb will need rebuilding a couple of times in 100,000 miles, a well engineered fuel injection system will go 500,000 miles without servicing of any kind. I've been fixing my own cars and bikes since the '70s. I've rebuilt quite a few carbs, I've never had to fix a fuel injection system." -Depends on the carburetor system. A fuel vaporizing carburetor will never require maintenance. Ever. . . . . . . . Ever. Again, specifically that is the kind of carb I'm talking about. The M35 uses a fuel vaporizing carburetor when burning gasoline. "Very few if any '60s chevys could have done that, and certainly not a chevy 4x4 that was getting beat on. I actually had a '73 chevy C15 4x4, I couldn't get away from that piece of crap fast enough. It did have a carb though." -70's and up is when things started getting really bad. I have a 1966 one ton dump truck over 1.5 million miles on it and its the most reliable, cheapest to maintain and repair truck I can think of. I also tweaked it to get 58 MPG on the highway via a fuel vaporizing system and a custom turbocharger. Disappointed if you dont get 500k? Well then you're probably going to be very disappointed. Cars in the modern era are planned obsolescence. Nothing is designed to last longer than ten years. And if you need top fix something yourself, good luck finding reasonably priced parts and definitely good luck doing the job yourself. I can drive my 69 C10 to any transmission shop in the country and have it rebuilt from top to bottom for 800 bucks. Because its a manual transmission. "It's already got 70,000 on it and still drives like new" -And it will until the 200k mile mark or so. Then it will start falling apart faster than you could believe. And since you dont know what a thermodynamic engineer is, I'll post of a link to a description. study.com/articles/Thermodynamic_Engineer_Job_Description_and_Education_Requirements.html I design and develop plasma based detonation turbines, waste management and waste to energy systems, and a bunch of other stuff for a living. I then market the IP to company's that pay me big royalty for using my technology. I know engines very well. Its all about converting heat to energy. Then again, you probably dont know what causes the pistons in an engine, or the blades in a turbines, to work, do you? Hint: Its not pressure. Pressure is a side effect.

Are you proposing we should all drive old vehicles with horrible emissions? Why do you help with the latest and greatest of high efficiency turbines and clean waste management... I would expect an engineer such as yourself to have some respect for the work us other engineers integrate these days as much as I respect the work of engineers in other fields. I'm an electrical engineer myself and I have to say, I really hate working with engineers such as yourself. Good luck finding a woman that will put up with your stubborn ass.

I think that if people who never driven vehicles without traction control tried them would just crash in a few days...

Joseph. Realize that 100 years ago everyone learned how to drive their first time in vehicles with non synchronized transmissions requiring double clutching techniques, AND they didn't have traction control or ABS. In fact, they had to manually adjust the timing as they drove.

welcome to the future!

+SufferingAddict I hope you're joking even if you're a pro driver something can happen and all of those safety features in cars are for your own good makes driving easier and smooth

Brian the Brain on a scale of 1-10 how good is your driving

+Sayuj Raphael One time I was in my Dad's Ford Bronco and the brakes blew out at the top of a hill, he used the E-Brake to get it all the way back home. If the E-Brake doesn't work, try rubbing against the guard rails and turning as much as possible, or find some dirt on the side of the road to go on for a while.

I've heard stalling it in gear could help or just put it into reverse, might destroy the transmission though.

+Sayuj Raphael I wouldn't try putting it in reverse for any reason unless you're looking for the fastest way to take your transmission out of your car. My suggestion would to use a combination of downshifting and the hand break to come to a stop.

if you are driving a manual transmission car. just downshift and let the clutch out quickly. it will slow down the car.

+parish 9483 u can downShift on auto too

+Rick Edmondson I don't mean to offend, but the first 2 are common knowledge and shouldalready be known if you have 4wd(like I said no offense intended, but its part of knowing how to drive). The 3rd point he made is misinformation and I stopped watching after that

+footbalr074 I think he has never seen super swampers, boggers, ground hawgs, etc.

+footbalr074 What was "misinformation" about not flooring it when you're just burying yourself?

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@@zeallust8542 I mean he's not wrong.

@@caironerf5986 he's not, but it's not really like, idk. Relevant atm?

+Andy Brown I'm guessing you're British? I say that because I've noticed British media has this really bad tendency to mesh all of these terms into one when in fact they're mechanically very different. AWD is not the same thing as 4WD/4x4, regardless of brand or whether it is symmetrical or not. But anyway, if you drive a manual, Subaru AWD uses a viscous coupling, which allows the rear wheels to spin at a different speed than the front wheels. On an automatic, the rear wheels are electronically separated from the front. On top of that, AWD cars don't tend to have locking differentials. All that being said, 4WD is better for off-roading, AWD is better for bad weather conditions and speed.

#american

+Peter Schmidt RWD is better for speed

RzVids First of all, irrelevant point. I was comparing AWD to 4WD. RWD has nothing to do with this. But secondly, no, RWD is not better for speed. The _only_ reason RWD can out-pace an AWD car is the reduced weight and moving parts. Otherwise, RWD is physically limited by only 2 wheels having power. You might point out "yeah well there are Corvettes in top of the Nurberg Ring" but that's because they have gigantic tires that are incredibly sticky and are pretty much only good for a couple uses. AWD is more sustainable and doesn't depend on special tires for decent acceleration traction. Watch any 0-60 tests with a RWD and an AWD car of similar weight and power, and you'll find the RWD is slower due to more wheel spin. Again, Corvettes with fresh sticky tires are the exception.

+Peter Schmidt "If you remove an advantage that something naturally has it won't be as good" Thanks Captain Obvious

Adam Wood on Hummer H3 it helps a lot

+Lansdrow lol

+Lansdrow I have agreed with that thought all my life, but when you have 2 kids sitting in the back, that perception changes...

Capt Mifune​ The only times I've slipped the road regularly was when I was fighting traction control. I got so stuck falling off the road in a blizzard. . . . . . What I decided to do was get off the freeway and lose control of the car on purpose where it was safe over and over and get myself out of it. When I realized my Saab 900 SE drove the same in snow as 300 hp fwd cars that would spin on Gran Tourismo 4 on dry pavement with too much throttle, I finally gained control. I solved every little slip with gentle steering wheel control and a little extra gas....just like the PlayStation 2. :) THEN and only then was I safer with traction control. I was very good without it because I had a lot of snow driving experience with no help.

Lansdrow Oh I for sure understand you both fully. I have kids, but except rare winter days, I've moved away from the snow.

+Capt Mifune that's why I don't have kids

+cjhawk67 Happy to hear it's all working properly again!

2017 TRD Pro?

It's good, but credit where credit is due, the JK Rubicon is the most capable off-the-shelf consumer off roader on the market in North America. I'm not even a fan of Jeep (would never buy one again), but the front and rear locking diffs, remote disconnectable front anti-sway bar, beefy armor (including rock sliders), fantastic gearing, aggressive LT-rated tires from the factory, integrated rated recovery points, and fantastic geometry make it a far better off road vehicle than any of the Tacomas. This is especially true when you consider the Tacoma's horrible departure angle and funky Atkinson Cycle engine.

For being a truck though, the Taco has pretty good departure angle.

+Mr. Tbag It's not horrible, but it certainly isn't great by 4WD standards. I would certainly add an armored bumper to take the hits. Even only XTerra I've managed to slam the tail pretty hard on some of the more difficult trails - and that with 5" of lift and 285/75/16 tires.

BlindIo42 Can't argue with that.

+francesseven It's possible up to 2-3 mph, as mentioned in the video...

+Engineering Explained I meant it's not only possible it's actually recommended by the manufacturer

+francesseven Ahh very cool, thanks for the info! Checked out the Wrangler manual: "Shifting into or out of 4L is possible with the vehicle completely stopped; however, difficulty may occur due to the mating teeth not being properly aligned. Several attempts may be required for clutch teeth alignment and shift completion to occur. The preferred method is with the vehicle rolling at 2 to 3 mph (3 to 5 km/h). Avoid attempting to engage or disengage 4L with the vehicle moving faster than 2 to 3 mph (3 to 5 km/h)."

+Engineering Explained You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. I can't believe you actually went and checked it :) Keep up the good work I love your videos by the way.

Just try and engage it at a complete stop LOL, most times it won't engage.

*momentum

+Eric Fortune its low geared means less rpm to gear ratio

+madmax2069 Especially if you are trying to climb an icy driveway. I had a rental Chevy Sonic that wouldn't let me turn off TCS. Had to park it on the side of the road by my house.

I take traction control off in the snow so I can drift lel

For deep snow, you are correct. For packed snow in town or on the highway, mixed snow and wet/dry pavement, or higher speeds then traction control can be a lifesaver.

You got lucky there then. Barbed wire or S-wire can even disable tanks if used in decent quantity.