How Deep is Too Deep?

[M35A2]

Too deep....

I would die if my truck looked like that. On Friday I went out for a play in the Surf, but the water was getting too deep too quick. So a trip home to get the Defender out. Worries over...

[MattF]

I would die if my truck looked like that.

You ain't alone.

[dieselboy]

im not going to say what that looks like.

when your car sucks in water, what happens?
do you notice a noise from the turbo first? or does it just happen too quick?
i know the engine wouldnt be able to compress water at 22:1, so do you bend rods? or does it just cut out?

[laser_jock@work]

I would die if my truck looked like that. On Friday I went out for a play in the Surf, but the water was getting too deep too quick. So a trip home to get the Defender out. Worries over...

Only took 1/2 hour to the Surf going again- no water in the airfilter. Main problem was the interior. Seats out, carpet and a good jetwash. Luckily I did it in April during our 'Summer' so the car was dry again in few days.

I have come close to flooding the engine on other ocassions......

[TobyJug]

And this..........................



Oh and Russians taking it too far..... http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...391&q=off+road

Haha just found this old post and watched the vid superb....
Now that is getting muddy lol

[black n bad]

its ok to go to about 3 feet only if you have a k and n filter and its not attached to the origanal on i did a three footer and kept going got a bit wet inside but not drenched so electrics ok lol pooed me self though lol

[dieselboy]

The air intake is positioned just behind the left headlight, so anything up-to that is just fine. If you create a nice bow-wave and keep moving you can go deeper, but I wouldn't recommend anything that was higher than the top of the headlight, and you must keep moving at a nice steady pace. You can gain a little extra by reversing the plastic elbow that connects the air-intake to the filter box so that it is sucking air in from the back of the engine bay.

Just remember however, if you get it wrong, at the very least you'll get very wet, and at the worst you'll be facing a big repair bill.

ok, so you start to go in, and the water is up to the bumper, but then it goes up above the headlight!

what do u do? quickly reverse or carry on???

[laser_jock99]

In case anyone was wondering here are my "too deep" images.......

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

ok, so you start to go in, and the water is up to the bumper, but then it goes up above the headlight!

what do u do? quickly reverse or carry on???

You forgot 'reach for the wellies'

[TobyJug]

You forgot 'reach for the wellies'

[Vultch]

That pic showing the air filter.....you were so so lucky...I'm about to operate fitting my snorkel, cutting the hole in the wing is not an issue...its cutting the hole in the engine bay for the snorkel to connect to the air filter...I'm frightened of weakening the inner wing...cracks appearing etc...

[surfenstein]

those pics looked a bit like my 1st gen when i killed it on the plains.except my air cleaner looked like a wet sock.ho hum.

[black n bad]

mmm ok i admit she aint standard she has different shockers and sits a tad higher than most, just thought itll be funny to see one of ya stuck lol sorry i am a bit warped .

[stormforce]

mmm ok i admit she aint standard she has different shockers and sits a tad higher than most, just thought itll be funny to see one of ya stuck lol sorry i am a bit warped .

come join us in september for the rtts and try the off roading at Baldhu.Theres some good water/mud pools there that will be really good to try

[Darren]

im not going to say what that looks like.

when your car sucks in water, what happens?
do you notice a noise from the turbo first? or does it just happen too quick?
i know the engine wouldnt be able to compress water at 22:1, so do you bend rods? or does it just cut out?

I went through a small pond a year or so ago,1st time very slowly to see how deep (about 2 feet) second time alot faster !!!! the wave went over the roof and the engine just died, tried to restart in the water and got some nasty noises like it could barely turn over, got it towed out the water and tried again eventually started and ran really rough for about 30 mins loads of smoke and struggling to tick over then slowly better and then fine and it's still fine a year later. Maybe I was lucky but it didn't seem to do any damage, wouldn't risk it again though, looking for a snorkle soon.
Darren