Thread: River Crossing pic

My avatar pic is the Defender up to its bonnet in water. She floated at first at which time I was going oh crap. Once she settled fown I just drove out with a fountain in the cab. Was 1 cm below the ECU in its compartment though. And yes the vents were open.

Originally Posted by stooge

damn, awesome pics guys! A question for you tho. After a river crossing like that (deeper than the axels) do you do an oil change asap? What other 'servicing' does the Disco require after that kind of workout?

Just check the oil & check for water contamination... If water has got in, it'll be a milky coffee colour instead of an 'oil' colour!

As with everything, prevention is better than cure... Make sure that the breathers are extended (preferably to roof level) and when approaching the water try & do it slowly. As Matt (Ace) has already mentioned, hot components getting dunked into cold water have a tendancy to suck in water as they're cooling. The other thing is to make sure you approach gently and not at speed!!! Hitting the water hard & fast will only force water & mud past the seals and into the driver train.

HTH

Mark

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I bet that didnt drive out !

You're correct... but who spotted that they took the precation of blocking the snorkels before slinging them in.

M

Originally Posted by edddo

What color is your series landy-there was a lwb, yellow one drying out on the north side of the crossing when we went thru early July.

Edddo,
Ours is Sahara Dust ( beige in other words) and a fitting colour for a vehicle dubbed Dune Car by the kids, but its now retired to the underneath of the house while the garage sports a brandnew defender (10 weeks old now and 10,000Km on the clock!!)
I was relying on memories back to '94ish, but would love to do that trip again one day. For some reason that creek crossing just sticks in the memory!!

Numpty's Missus

Originally Posted by camel_landy

You're correct... but who spotted that they took the precation of blocking the snorkels before slinging them in.

M

Not me!

But I thought they must be fools to get 2 trucks in that predicament

My wife took the pic. Would you believe she took it too late? This is at Nolan's Brooke on the OTL, and not a second before the entire R/H side of the bonnet was under water, to the point where the L/H side of the bonnet was just starting to have water come over the top.

Spitting that she mistimed the photo, and damned if I was gonna go back and do it again As she only had a film camera, we didn't find out until we got back and got it processed

Originally Posted by edddo

On the Old Telegraph Line. Did I really do that to my discobaby?




ok.......dammit.....ummm...

here tis!



It got to the bootom of the pas side window at its deepest point. A GXL cruiser came to grief here not long before.

Well that answers my question. We were there in July. I sit 7" over standard and wan't real impressed with the depth, left wondering how more normal Disco's drive through. I still recall turning up and there were snorkellers in the water, and in the tyre tracks which were the most direct route through, they were standing at about tittie deep! Aloa's girlfriend took control of his Defender and went straight through the deepest part! She got through ok, but had a little flood from the front vents.

The fella in front of me in this pic was standing on a tree root so I wouldn't hit it - he jumped out of the way when I aimed for him.

your shot is taken almost exactly the same spot as mine-you can see the benefit of your lift--assuming depth of creek is similar in both shots.
Thats as deep as I have taken a 4wd and happy to leave that record unbroken....until I have 7" lift.