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Flooding question
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:27 pm
by NicknLiz
With all this flooding that's been going on I just realised that I don't know how deep water I can drive through... Whereabouts is the air intake thingy?
Cheers
Nick
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:30 pm
by Peg leg Pete
Above the radiator, do you drive in floods that deep?
Air Intake
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:33 pm
by Vanmanerik
The air intake thingy is just under the bonnet level with the top of the grill, about 1.5mtrs high but I wouldn't like to go quite that deep in floods.
The charge air cooler thingy is just below the front bumper so you could fill this with water, wouldn't do much harm unless you hit the water at a great speed then you may do some damage.
Re: Flooding question
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:34 pm
by Tom Cruise
You might find that once the exhaust is blocked the engine will cut out though, which is why most off roaders have the exhaust diverted upwards. Not that I have tried it.
Ta much
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:06 pm
by NicknLiz
Cheers guys, hoping never to have to find out, but the only way into my village (not the gay...) involved driving through about a foot deep of fast running water coming off the fields...
No way of turning around and thought it'd be fine, but I had that nasty "Hmmm... What if it were a bit deeper..."