Thread: Just hit a kangaroo in my 1 week old D3 at 100km/hr.....

Yeah, for the gauge not to rise above it's normal temp... Strange. It was definitely getting hot mine that is. I pulled over a couple of times and turned it off before idling to 80kmh(1500rpm) again. It was still leaking coolant this morning so there was still coolant in the system. Just hopefully enough.... Gauge is useless i'd say...

Try a Scan Gauge2.
Cheap enough & gives real time Temp readings.
Jonesfam

Standard vehicle temp gauges will not give a true indication unless the probe has water around it. For it to stay low like that means there was no water to convey heat for it to read. And x 2 get a 'bar, beats the hell out off sitting on the side the road or worse. Glad you are all oki
It seems the newer cars airbags go off a lot easier than early models do.I know of an early model jackeroo that hit some big roos and the bags never deployed, yet when he upgraded to a later model they went off on a small wallaby!
As for hitting them, I hit a roo in the old valiant ute, He hit the bonnet, then the top of the screen and ended up in the back with all our swags and stuff! made a bit of a mess in his death throes!
Cheers Scott

Thanks schuy i was guessing it would run off coolant temp but wasn't sure. Mate this thing flew over 50M forward. Insane. Should have got a pic of just how far infront of the disco is landed after we had braked but i was a bit shaken up. Never hit one or had airbags go off before. I had to look aroubd to make sure that was what id hit as i didn't even see it jump.

Plus 6Metres to the right

Sounds like you and your passengers were very lucky.
I doubt they will fix your pride and joy,too much risk of engine damage,plus airbags are expensive to replace.
I had 3 near misses between here and Perth with my brand new at the time D4.Since fitting the bar the most Ive had to do is tap the brake pedal to turn the cruise off when seeing wildlife.Not even daring me to take them on.
Many city people lobby against bar work,they dont realise that they are a must have in country areas.
You want to try travelling to Perth at 5am at the moment,no water in the bush so the roos are out in force licking dew off the road.At least they are flighty at that time of the morning and head for the bush,you have more chance of collecting an overnite roadkill from a roadtrain than getting a live one.
Andrew

Originally Posted by schuy1

Standard vehicle temp gauges will not give a true indication unless the probe has water around it. For it to stay low like that means there was no water to convey heat for it to read.

Yeah I had a root go through the radiator of a Prado I was driving once. Coolant dropped out so fast the temp gauge never budged. By the time I noticed it was losing power, the plastic engine cover looked like a cheese toasty. Oh well!

Well before this thread dies it needs pictures of the awesomeness that is, the South West of W.A. Never get sick of this place. If my Disco doesn't make it back to the driveway(touch wood it does), I at least know after my short 550km journey that there's no other 4x4 i'd rather own and I will be back in another in no time.