Thread: New Chum's Expensive Cape Trip

As for the D2,out of the owners manual is the following.Recomended wading depth 500mm.Also there is a warning that if the vehicle is stationary in water above the door sills,damage to the vehicle may occur.

How ridiculous putting the auto ECU under the passengers seat

Could Land Rover engineers find a lower place in the vehicle to put it?

As for the Puma,sure the engineECU is up high in the rear of the engine bay

But there is another one under the seat

Even my 11 year old Freelander has its ECU higher than the engine and standard air intake and that is close to a meter off the ground. So I think TD5s which were built later should have had their ECUs higher.

Garry

... I see a lot of comments about wading depths // in reality, these are designed as cars ... IE: Land transport ... not designed as boats

If you want to wade water ...design it like this ...



Mike

Mike, this is a land rover forum... I think you meant this instead

..... ^^^^ That should get the "brains trust" motivated^^^^

Rather than sealing the ECU would it be easier to seal the seat box?

I have never bothered to look at this but couldn't a new ECU loom be soldered in and the box relocated to a better position ?
Just curious !

You can shift the position of the ECU without any re-soldering. Take a look at Post #22 on page 2 of this thread. Shifted to the rear bulkhead on the original cables.