Landrover swimming

delta0 · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:13

The vehicle was designed for it. No problem.

matthab · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:19

Don't see anything wrong, the land rover is capable of driving through that.

shifty_uk · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:30

Yep - as said...don't see anything wrong with it.

Out of curiosity, what prevents a landrover engine from being flooded unlike a conventional car engine?

Kenai · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:35

shifty_uk said:
Yep - as said...don't see anything wrong with it.

Out of curiosity, what prevents a landrover engine from being flooded unlike a conventional car engine?

Probably had a snorkel.

http://www.roverworld.com/images/Products/SnorkelMantec-01.jpg

Raises the air intake

PMKeates · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:35

shifty_uk said:
Yep - as said...don't see anything wrong with it.

Out of curiosity, what prevents a landrover engine from being flooded unlike a conventional car engine?

The air intake is mounted very high.

_lecro_ · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:36

shifty_uk said:
Yep - as said...don't see anything wrong with it.

Out of curiosity, what prevents a landrover engine from being flooded unlike a conventional car engine?

Usually LR enthusiasts planning on deep wading will get a snorkel thats gets air from around the roof line and being mostly diesel dont have issues with water as a rule.

Brookert · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:41

I love how the article specially mentions the water coming into the cabin. The defender laughs in the face of water. What a load of tosh

Deleted User 234324 · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:48

Water coming into the cabin, it was barely a trickle of water despite the vehicle being in 1.3m deep water.

Muffin` · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:56

The problem is that people see videos like that on the internet then try and copy it, then come unstuck and have to be rescued, that's why the Police speak out against it.

Fuzz · 1 Dec 2012 at 23:06

I've been scalded by the GF already at wanting to fit a snorkel to the new Disco.

She says it'll make it look ugly!!

Like a 2m high 7 seater Disco 2 looks pretty to start with??????

Women!!

(it's getting one for Christmas anyway and sod the flack I get.

)

Vampire · 2 Dec 2012 at 09:28

There's slightly more to it than just a snorkel, the diffs have breathers on them which you either have to plug up or put breather tubes (same idea as the snorkel but much smaller) on them, and the clutch casing also has a breather hole (threaded so you can put a plug in it).

But yeah, with a snorkel and all the breathers plugged, just just keep the revs up which stops the water flooding up through the exhaust and off you go.

I took my mum out on flooded roads almost as deep as that video once, she was crying with fear.

You'd obviously feel a bit of a tool if you got stuck and needed rescuing though I guess, or drowned...

Skeeter · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:25

Kenai said:
I think they're just trying to dissuade the general public from deciding they're offroader gods and having legions of people get themselves in trouble thinking 'i could do that too' before promptly failing and requiring ridiculous amounts of money to go and rescue them solely due to their own stupidity or laziness.

True, but the video isn't of a stranded Micra up to its aerial in water.

Did they give the same warning to the tractor driver?

PMKeates · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:26

Differential breathers aren't what prevents the engine from stopping, though

Kenai · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:31

Skeeter said:
True, but the video isn't of a stranded Micra up to its aerial in water.

Did they give the same warning to the tractor driver?

People aren't as liable to copy someone that has clearly failed as they are someone who did something successfully.

There's not really as much need to warn people 'don't do what this obviously stranded and now completely ruined car did'

4T5 · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:37

Good effort but this Dude takes some beating

Wait till you get to 30 - 60 seconds.

PMKeates · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:48

Just a small puddle in that video

fadetoblack · 2 Dec 2012 at 12:02

Conscript said:
Don't really understand why this video is newsworthy, or why the police are moaning about it. So someone drove a Defender, a vehicle designed with fording in mind, through a flooded area, successfully - so what?

It's a range rover it will break down and the police will have to rescue him

Minstadave · 2 Dec 2012 at 12:43

Impressed with the car driving out to the landing craft, surely it's just floating for most of it?

miniyazz · 2 Dec 2012 at 15:17

Minstadave said:
Impressed with the car driving out to the landing craft, surely it's just floating for most of it?

It's 2 tonnes of metal, it'd sink

It's a landing craft, it's in shallow water!

Finglonga · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:13

PMKeates said:
I don't see why someone with a capable vehicle (though he's probably over the recommend wading depth) can't do that if they want. If you get stuck, that's unfortunate, and we should try to help.

It's not like he tried to go through it in an Audi A6 or something..