Wading too deep...

regarding water getting into the diffs, gearbox, transfer case etc....if oil can get out water can get in....added to this is the heat vs sudden cooling of water. Unless you drive out your driveway and cross a creek or have come to a stop and let your vehicle cool (think 1hr or more of cool time) all the running gear will be much hotter than the water temp...knowing landrovers and reading through here, you will get an appreciation of how hot the likes of the gearbox and especially the lt230 transfer case get....dunk these hot metal/alloy masses in a large body of water and things change quickly...some quicker than others.

so dont think you have to be parked in the creek eating lunch or wading through 2 meters of water for h20 to get into your running gear....

Thanks again for the advice,
[QUOTE=cal415;1609635]Def 9, you didnt say if there was any damage done? QUOTE]
As for any damage i am still yet to fully investigate all the potential problems. But i can say that i was aroung 150ks from home when I crossed the creek and stopped after crossing and checked the air box and found water, the filter was wet so i dried the airbox and the filter as much as possible and drove home with out any issues arising. its been parked since waiting for the time to check everything.

Cheers Lucas.

When I fitted a safari snorkel (I fully sealed all joints as best I could) to my 2010 def 90 I thought that my investigations confirmed that the diff and gear box breathers terminated up high at the rear of the engine bay.. Do puma defenders actually need the breathers extending? is this the sort of build quality thing that can differ greatly between defenders?

My Tdi and Tdci breathers are in the engine bay and I've only once had water in my oil and that was after a young guy drove my Tdi into a river that flodded the vehicle up to the steering wheel.Last month my puma waded through water all day everyday after the cyclone,the deepest 600mm on the gauge towing my camper but I hate water,I'll do everything I can to avoid it. Pat

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Originally Posted by Def_9

my other question is what is the best sealant to use on the air intake hoses or what are some of the better methods of doing this?

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I just did this exercise myself this morning. I used Selleys All Purpose Silcone, as I already had a tube of it in the shed.

I took off the top of the air filter and large rubber pipe connected to it. Un did all the screws and bolts etc, so I could giggle the ends of the pipes appart and smere silicone on them. There is very little room to get you hands in. Is there an easier way to do this?

Should I seal the drain hole in the bottom of the air filter box?, or is there an easy way of plugging it before a deep crossing?

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Originally Posted by Drover

Mulgo's X-Box is a perfect remedy, moving them up abot 200mm and provides more storage room in the now vacant seat box.

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Ordered an X-Box from Mulgo yesterday. The instructions on his website look straight forward.

I did a bit of a trip before christmas and was so preoccupied with getting the right line I forgot to close the air vents

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1A8MHgJkJg]Fender Vs Macallister - YouTube[/ame]

Thats one way to wash your feet:D

Anybody local to the Mornington Peninsula got a Mulgo Xbox? Would like to see it installed and hear how installation went. This must help the wading depth once all the air intake etc has been properly waterproofed.

Well, I'm feeling a bit lost with all this.
20+ years ago when I started driving my first 4x4 (series 3 swb ute), we had no lifts, "big tyres" were 30/1" Kumo's, no winch, nothing,, (ok, I had a highlift jack). We used to tackle everything and anything without a thought to getting water in anywhere. Consistantly we were crossing rivers etc which poured water over the bonet, (and in through the vents:eek:) . We did service our cars fairly well, maybe once a year ;), but never really found anything wrong in the "oil/water" dept.

I've treated all my 4x4's in the same manner. 2 x Toyotas, 1 x Disco.

Having just purchased my 110 Defender, we found ourselves up at Geehi at Xmas, and thus ventured to the Murray crossing at Tom Groggin Station. I've crossed this section of the river more times than I can remember, and for the first time in my life, I was apprahensive about crossing it in the Puma. :eek:
We did cross it,, twice even,, just because we could. :D The water was over the tyres.

My point is this, sometimes I think we stress too much on what our cars "cant/shouldn't" do, I think we forget what our cars "can" do. I do have a snorkle on, or is it just a "high rise", either way, I felt better with it on, even if its not sealed properly. But I will now check it :) , didnt worry about it on the day,.

I must say, I preferred the old days when we didnt discuss the pain/cost of things going wrong,, ;) we just got in and did it,,:twisted:

Lucas, my car has, I'm fairly sure, both breathers coming out in the engine bay, but I'll check this weekend and let you know. But you should check yours anyway for your own piece of mind. Its good to "know" your car.

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Having just purchased my 110 Defender, we found ourselves up at Geehi at Xmas, and thus ventured to the Murray crossing at Tom Groggin Station. I've crossed this section of the river more times than I can remember, and for the first time in my life, I was apprahensive about crossing it in the Puma. :eek:
We did cross it,, twice even,, just because we could. :D The water was over the tyres.

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I think you have reason to be cautious - I was also at Geehi just after Xmas and crossed Tom Groggin a few times - we went across OK (after one of us walked it) and went a couple of Kms along a track and then came back - when we got back to the crossing a jap dual cab towing a trailer had drowned and was just towed out - all the people ran down to watch us drain but we knew where to drive. The water was only wheel height but about 3' deep where the jappers had driven.

Garry