Deepest you've taken your landrover crossing water

  • Not crossed any serious water yet...

    Votes: 64 32.7%
  • Feet

    Votes: 31 15.8%
  • Knees

    Votes: 37 18.9%
  • Balls (Brrr!)

    Votes: 31 15.8%
  • Chest :O

    Votes: 25 12.8%
  • Neck!!!

    Votes: 2 1.0%
  • Mouth!!!!!!!

    Votes: 6 3.1%

  • Total voters
    196
Just over the bonnet in mine with about 5"-6" of water inside! would love to have a go at this (in the summer :D)

If thats Farley Quary in Somerset - you just wait until i get my hands on that tosser - its tw*ts like that that gets quarys like that closed by the land owners.

For the last two years the owners of Farley have closed it off from the climbing comunity because of people doing stupid things like that (its one of the best climbing sites in somerset (apart from cheader obviously))

Rant over .
 
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ive had it over the bonnet comeing in through the heater vents **** it was cold. snow melt from the malvern hills in a local ford at first it seemed to go over the roof but i dont now that was without my snorkle connected or wading kit .datf really but when you see lots of water and are in the landy conventional thinking goes out the window
 
Ok people - some basic physics here - water is heaver than air - that's why it's on the ground :) - a defender has the air intake on the side of the wing , around half way up.

Therefore logic dictates that if you have the bonnet under water this will be as well.

As I'm sure some people have found out the hard way, a diesel engine sucking in air (+/-a turbo adding another 0.5-1.5 time negative pressure to this) is going to suck in whatever is on the outside of the air intake pipe. Therefore clearly if this air intake is under water (see above) you are going to suck water in.

Thankfully this water will stay at the bottom of the pipe, and firstly fill up the air filter box and the lowest point of the it intake system and keep filling up until this lowest point is full/ it reaches the level of the intake manifold, by which time it gets propelled into the cylinders. Piston then comes up and tries to compress water (wwhich students of physics or chemistry will know is incompresible) this then causes the obvious distruction of the engine.

Bottom line is that if your claimiming it was over your bonnet and you did not have a snorkle fitted, some or all of the following are correct

1) the water depth was not infact that deep and it was just the bow wave comming over the bonnet

2) You'r incredably stupid

3) You like rebuilding engines

4) Your engine is nackered.

Comments on a post card please :)
 
If thats Farley Quary in Somerset - you just wait until i get my hands on that tosser - its tw*ts like that that gets quarys like that closed by the land owners.

For the last two years the owners of Farley have closed it off from the climbing comunity because of people doing stupid things like that (its one of the best climbing sites in somerset (apart from cheader obviously))

Rant over .

its farley quarry in Ironbridge, Telford in the west mids so calm urself down
 
Ok people - some basic physics here - water is heaver than air - that's why it's on the ground :) - a defender has the air intake on the side of the wing , around half way up.

Therefore logic dictates that if you have the bonnet under water this will be as well.

As I'm sure some people have found out the hard way, a diesel engine sucking in air (+/-a turbo adding another 0.5-1.5 time negative pressure to this) is going to suck in whatever is on the outside of the air intake pipe. Therefore clearly if this air intake is under water (see above) you are going to suck water in.

Thankfully this water will stay at the bottom of the pipe, and firstly fill up the air filter box and the lowest point of the it intake system and keep filling up until this lowest point is full/ it reaches the level of the intake manifold, by which time it gets propelled into the cylinders. Piston then comes up and tries to compress water (wwhich students of physics or chemistry will know is incompresible) this then causes the obvious distruction of the engine.

Bottom line is that if your claimiming it was over your bonnet and you did not have a snorkle fitted, some or all of the following are correct

1) the water depth was not infact that deep and it was just the bow wave comming over the bonnet

2) You'r incredably stupid

3) You like rebuilding engines

4) Your engine is nackered.

Comments on a post card please :)

you can get away with it over the bonnet if you have a decent bow wave as it will then drop down below the air intake in the wing. I personally wouldnt risk it but ive seen people do it. as long as you have a good bow wave you can create an artificial low and so the air intake remains above the water. so yer ur pretty much right on those 4 points :D
 
I like it, it's crazy but the mavericks out there push the limits and get away from screwing their engine by the nick of their teeth.
But should they stall or 'bog-in' what happens then? Who can tell?? :)
 
lol I love it James, It James Cronin science corner :). Nearly done with my degree but maybe ill pick up another one while on this forum lol. But, mine is only in Biological sciences, but me knows that you dont go diving without ya snorkel!
 
haha either way Ill pay to play, I aint diving free styly! I cant wait to fit the winch and everything! Im going to go deep sea diving in my landy! 20 ft snorkel?
 
yep, good snorkel thats properly sealed and you'll have no probs, provided the water don't go over the snorkel :D
 
The trick is to fix air tanks in the back, to feed the engine and your lungs then you can go as deep as your body will take the pressure.

Oh and thanks for the endorsement of my new degree course :)

I think for the cost of a snorkle v the cost off a new engine and the time to fit it, unless your insain the choice is simple
 
Up to the bottom of the windows, but don't like doing it just in case. Don't want to spend lots of money just to say the water's been up to here.
 
I guess were talking with full wading kit fitted and not a standard defender with the it intake on the side of the wing? :eek:

took my defender (2 inch lift, 33 tyres but no snorkel, and wing mounted intake for 300tdi) through a 4 foot deep ford in november
 
i assume taking me 110 to Frog land on the Eurostar doesn't count - that's got to be 100s of feet below water
 
no snorkel :crazy: 33's only

and it DID come over the bonnet, but was mostly the bow wave! my feet didn't get that wet mind as i went through at a steady pace. if i stopped the water was probably just below the headlights

probably seen the pics, but here they are again!!

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