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now this is what i call a flooded engine!!
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:55 am
by jungle-jim
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:09 pm
by Bubble
Well I have never gone that deep in my 4X4
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:22 pm
by Bladerider
I used to have a picture of my old Series III like that.
All you could see was the top of the snorkel, the corner of the windscreen and the drivers head !!!
Its the picture that convinced me to buy it off the chap
:roll:
J.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:42 pm
by Miniwilliams
i can't believe it! hows it keep going!
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:03 pm
by Bladerider
Easy,
If its a diesel then all you need is the snorkel so that it doesnt suck air into the engine and kill it.
If its petrol as my old Landie was then you need to use a heavy grade duck oil and sealer on the HT leads and then relocate your coil into a waterproof container. Mine was in a tupperware lunch box sealed with mastic in the passenger footwell. Also heavy waterproof grease on battery terminals and keep a good eye on electrical connections before going into water.
The rest looks after itself - just dont go blasting into icy water after a long run when the engine is massively hot as it can crack the block.
J.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:11 pm
by RobCallow
Bladerider wrote:
If its a diesel then all you need is the snorkel so that it doesnt suck air into the engine and kill it.
Dam all these years I thought that was the whole point of a snorkel!! :^o
:rotflol: :rotflol:
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:58 pm
by Ben
:-D very cool - silly bladey.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:16 pm
by Bladerider
See,
I get funnies in 10-1 to most other people, but the downside is that when people get them in on me they laugh ten times harder !!!
I would add that its wise to extend things like diff breathers along with the snorkel so you dont suck water into them too which ultimately causes damage as you create thinner and thinner mayo in your diffs !!!
J.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:18 pm
by jungle-jim
Bladerider wrote:See,
I get funnies in 10-1 to most other people, but the downside is that when people get them in on me they laugh ten times harder !!!
I would add that its wise to extend things like diff breathers along with the snorkel so you dont suck water into them too which ultimately causes damage as you create thinner and thinner mayo in your diffs !!!
J.
or just buy a bloody boat?
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:23 pm
by Bladerider
jungle-jim wrote:
or just buy a bloody boat?
Nah,
Ive never been into Rover's myself !!!