Thread: How deep can I go

watching with much interest !!

Really water ingress is most important in wheel bearings, suspension bushes, Ujs etc.
The thing is to keep going and not sit there.

Seals do not really seal if you are stopped.
Probably good to wait and cool down before any crossings.

I hate water and mud, and when you see how many repairs that the 4X4 hoons have to do, you would hate it also.

Of course if you sit in 700MM or more of water your car will be a write off so remember that of you are temped to go on to Nolan's Brook..

But by all means go to Fruit bat falls. I don't remember that creek in as being at all a barrier in my RRC towing my camper trailer. I did my fan in on the creek that you have to do a 180 in.
Regards Philip A

Id make sure the snorkle is properly sealed before departing on ur adventure...u lucky bugger

The snorkel fitted by ARB so hope they knew what they were doing , I did ask about that at the time

I think fruit bat falls ok, no river but to get to other two need to go through as Scrubby creek which is deep

In a pinch I will just skip them, plenty of other things to seem
Richard

I've got a 2014 D4 TDV6 as well, and estimate the deepest I've been through was approx. 850mm without a snorkel.

Suspension was set to emergency extended height (via GAP IID tool), and turned DSC off to reduce the risk of losing momentum. I crossed at a steady enough pace to maintain a good bow wave at the front, which results in a shallower trough right where the air intake is, and according to the water mark on the side of the vehicle, I probably had a couple of inches to spare. No water ingress found. I doubt I'd have attempted that depth without knowing it had a good rocky base with no obstacles to get hung up on, and I'm not sure I'd want to go much deeper even with a snorkel, but maybe you can.

Interested to hear from the more experienced...

Grrr. Water. No matter whether you walk it or not, you inevitably never walk where the tyres go on both sides. I did Yardie Creek in Exmouth WA. At the time it was low tide and reasonably shallow. Inevitably I found the only decent sized rock in the creek (which I couldn’t see) and split a Cooper LTZ sidewall.

Originally Posted by wbowner

The snorkel fitted by ARB so hope they knew what they were doing , I did ask about that at the time

I think fruit bat falls ok, no river but to get to other two need to go through as Scrubby creek which is deep

In a pinch I will just skip them, plenty of other things to seem
Richard

Thats good. Its just that i think ive read somewhere that one of the joints on a D4 is just a foam strip. Not watertight. Cheers Rod

Richard I have crossed Scrubby Creek to camp near the falls in mine without a snorkel.
You will be fine unless the water level is very unusually high compared to a normal winter time level.

Scott