rar110,

My personal opinion/advice would be to look at your planned application. I've driven Safari snorkel equiped 300Tdi's through 1400mm of water (not planned, heavy current pushed me off a submerged causeway) with no ill effects except for stinky river water halfway up the seat backs. The thing works as a "snorkel" and with some proper sealant in the right places and raised breathers it's bulletproof in deep water. I volunteered in the Worcestershire Flood Response Unit and every winter my 300Tdi 90 Hard Top would wade in water as deep as the top of the bonnet fetching floating BMW's and the like, Safari is your definite choice.

There is however no way on this earth I would contemplate a crossing like that in my Puma. It has more electronics than you can shake a stick at and a deep wade gone wrong like the one above, would without a shred of doubt kill it. Unless you rebuild every electronic containment device on the car, there is no "wading kit" that will allow a Puma to swim.

I chose the Mantec "Raised Air Intake" for just that. The aerodynamics apparently limits dust intake, but as others said below, that is all it guarantees to do.

Cheers,

Lourens