Thread: Series 3 Beach

Series Rovers have been driving on beaches since I was a kid. That’s a while ago. Don’t overthink it. Sure, there are a million things that you could do, but you don’t need to do most of them. Obviously you need to make sure that the car is in as good a shape as you can make it.
remember you can’t drive the way they do on YouTube cos you don’t have the power. As for rust, a good thorough wash down with clean fresh water at the end of the trip is about 90% of what you need, getting into all the various parts of the chassis. A drain cleaner attachment on a pressure washer is excellent for this.
Paul ( scarry) might have a few comments here.

As above. Let the tyres down to about 15psi or even 12, and you will have no issues, just drive smoothly. You really need to have some way of reinflating the tyres when you get back on hard ground, and you need a good pressure gauge.

Afterwards, as noted above, a thorough clean as soon as possible is what is needed. A good sprinkler under the car for an hour will usually do a good job, provided your water supply rules allow it.

My dad used to stick the garden sprinkler under his S3 for an hour after going up the beach, that would wash most of salt & sand underneath, the inside we would wash out with a garden hose. The only two problems he had was water getting on the distributer, so give the cap a good spray inside & out with WD40 & if we drove through water & exhaust manifold was hot, they cracked, can remember having to replace at least 4 manifolds over about 6 years.

If running tubed tyres take a couple of spare tubes,as they are not the easiest things to get these days.Or patches,and repair kit.
Running low pressures doesn’t do them any favours either.
And you will need to have the gear to change them.

Although what we do is take two spares,puncture kit,and a spare tube,last time we went to a Fraser that was the only issue we had with the Series 1,one flat tyre.We run them at 18 to 20 PSI which seems fine.
Sand is pretty hard there ATM anyway.

We always take a spare fuel pump as well,and other bits and pieces.Don’t know if your has an electric pump?

As for the actual vehicle,as others have said,a good hose out a couple of times when you get back,and keep an eye on it after that.We use Tectyl on some places of the vehicle,it can be brushed on nice and thick or sprayed into places we can’t reach with a brush.Do this before you go and monitor once you get back,maybe re coat.

Have fun,it is a great place.

I didn't know there was a dingo problem on Moreton Island.
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Originally Posted by B.S.F.

I didn't know there was a dingo problem on Moreton Island.
.W.

Hmm,Thanks,i cocked that up,will mod the post.There are pigs….and we have had them turn up during the night looking for food,knocking over things,etc.