Land Rover Discovery 300tdi wading through flood

[ffinvest]

Could you please tell me if water got into the car? Do not lie please! :)

[dsmclark]

@ffinvest yes some water got in but not too much. it mainly came in through the heater, that noise you can hear is the water hitting the heater motor.

[wodanowitz]

Pretty sure you had a good snorkel. Maybe from Mantec?

[dsmclark]

I have a safari snorkel fitted. prefer the look of them to the mantec

[TTFJ120]

Have you ever had your rover die on you during a water crossing. Friend of mine's died as soon as he went in. But started right back up like the water hit some safety switch. Any ideas? Nice job though!

[dsmclark]

Diesel or Petrol? if it was petrol then water on the distributer would cause it do cut out under water. also wading plugs are a must for deep water. in this video mine did slow down a bit, i think it might have been because the water was hitting the viscous fan

[TTFJ120]

Its gas. I'm in the states, not a lot of offroad diesels...only diesel pick-ups. Sad day, but if it got on the distributer caps wouldn't it take a while to dry it off? When he went to turn it back on it didn't even hesitate.

[dsmclark]

yeah it would probably missfire if the distributer was wet. does it have a snorkel and extended breathers or wade plugs? manual or auto because it could have just needed a bit more gas and he just stalled it. I use to have a range rover classic 4.2 v8 that didn't have a snorkel on and i went under the same bridge when it was a bit shallower with no problems.

[camdisco24]

What was that noise??

Nice video, awesome disco!

[dsmclark]

Thanks, does sound a bit dodgy. I'd forgotten to switch the heater fan off and it was trying to suck in the water.

[hannahlouiseclark]

Take me! I want a go!