Thread: New Chum's Expensive Cape Trip

second pic down is not a bow wave its a bloody tsunami!!

The stupid thing was that his mate had walked it first, but clearly this bloke didn't listen and just plowed through.

I think I walked all the crossings up there, didn't see any crocs except the one at Weipa in Johns photos in the distance.

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Bugger , could be expensive - although there is a few rivers up there I wouldn't walk through either!!

thats why you sholdent go alone go with mates and get them to walk it

Originally Posted by Rosco

Well ... I finally caught up with him today. It seems Nolan's Brook was his nemisis .. But it was only the ECU, no drinkies for the engine.

What happens when you 'drown an ECU'? Does it get water inside the ECU box and fry the electrical components? Or is it water in the loom that is enough to kill things.

I've take out my ECU a couple of times, and they look like they are 100% watertight. You can't even open them without a special tool.

Originally Posted by JohnR

I think Psimpson7 drowned an ECU up there as well but got going after a good cleaning??? Pete?


Cheers,

Hey John,

No, I did my ECU a good few years ago in a much deeper, colder, and muddier hole in the welsh mountains. As you say, cleaned and dried it and all was good

Spudboy,

They aren't waterproof, there are about 6 small holes in the base. water shorts them out inside, but it seems to depend on how you do it. Mine stopped on tickover and seemed to not suffer at all, but I have heard of several people who have been revving and so on, and damaged them badly.

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Rgds
Pete

Originally Posted by JohnR

.........it wasn't too bad if you went left or right, the middle was a bit deeper ..........

Exactly ... Before he went I told him .... stick to the right (going North) and you'll be fine ....

Great pics BTW ..

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Spudboy,

They aren't waterproof, there are about 6 small holes in the base. water shorts them out inside, but it seems to depend on how you do it. Mine stopped on tickover and seemed to not suffer at all, but I have heard of several people who have been revving and so on, and damaged them badly.


Rgds
Pete

What would happen if you injected a bit of silicon into these 6 small holes? Would being airtight harm things? I can only think of changes in temperature/altitude creating slight pressure/vacuum but can't see that messing up the way it works.

Wonder why they didn't seal it completely?

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Hey John,

No, I did my ECU a good few years ago in a much deeper, colder, and muddier hole in the welsh mountains. As you say, cleaned and dried it and all was good

Spudboy,

They aren't waterproof, there are about 6 small holes in the base. water shorts them out inside, but it seems to depend on how you do it. Mine stopped on tickover and seemed to not suffer at all, but I have heard of several people who have been revving and so on, and damaged them badly.

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Rgds
Pete

Thanks Pete, BTW I wasn't dobbing you in, I just thought your experience might be able to help this poor fellow

Cheers,