Water crossings
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 07, 2006 at 22:16
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zook
Ok peoples, I have had a look on the
forum posts, and have got some questions for you all.
I know that people say you should get a
snorkel for deep and even not that deep water crossings (tyre depth), and i understand how this will help keep the water out of the engine... but... how do you keep the water out of your transfer cases and diff's etc. etc.?
Do you have breather extenders? or is there some easy thing that I am just missing?
May seem like a silly question but
well, i am sure some people out there will know!
I had a chat to some people and they reckon don't go through water deeper then 3/4 of my tyres. (I drive a jimny... and that is not very deep)..
zook
Reply By: zook - Thursday, Jun 08, 2006 at 10:52
Thursday, Jun 08, 2006 at 10:52
Deepest I drove through (and this is why I asked the question cos had to then drain the transfer case as it had 1L of water in it), was bonnet height (the engine air intake in the jimny is behind the headlight so is pretty high), haha but with the bow wave came up on the windscreen.
Surprisingly, the car had no water inside it or anything so obviously
well sealed, but it did seem to float a little in the deepest section of the creek.. haha, so year 1 tonne is not that heavy ;-).
Anyway, on the transfer case its got a little button type thing, so do I remove the button before fitting the extension or just put the extension over it? - The button seems to act like a bit of a seal?
cheers
zook
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