300 Tdi Disco wading depth
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Grippa
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Have you actually seen how deep 600mm is when you're driving in it?
Without a snorkel the danger is you'll suck water into your injun & kill it big time. Also if your axles are hot they could suck water in through the breathers. Your gearbox & transfer box have breathers that can suck water in too unless you fit extended breather hoses running at least as high as the top of your injun bay.
When you drive in water you aim to create a bow wave of water in front of you. This creates a lower area of water under your injun and most of the length of the vehicle. Get it wrong, drive too fast or drive into water too deep & this will break over your bonnet. With a wading kit fitted, no problem, without you could do serious damage.
Also, unless you've waded the water yourself (or got someone else to do it - Eh Adz?) you may find potholes which could cause you problems or cause a stall.........then you've got water flowing up your eggsauced too!
It's better to have the kit, or take it easy & don't push your luck...........spesh if you're wading/fording on your own!
Without a snorkel the danger is you'll suck water into your injun & kill it big time. Also if your axles are hot they could suck water in through the breathers. Your gearbox & transfer box have breathers that can suck water in too unless you fit extended breather hoses running at least as high as the top of your injun bay.
When you drive in water you aim to create a bow wave of water in front of you. This creates a lower area of water under your injun and most of the length of the vehicle. Get it wrong, drive too fast or drive into water too deep & this will break over your bonnet. With a wading kit fitted, no problem, without you could do serious damage.
Also, unless you've waded the water yourself (or got someone else to do it - Eh Adz?) you may find potholes which could cause you problems or cause a stall.........then you've got water flowing up your eggsauced too!
It's better to have the kit, or take it easy & don't push your luck...........spesh if you're wading/fording on your own!
Grippa
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Have a look at this, bunch of us fording last weekend: YouTube - TOSSERS do fords
The water depth was around 2' or so......wassat in new money? Anyways, you wouldn't want to be driving through any more than that without any kit.
The water depth was around 2' or so......wassat in new money? Anyways, you wouldn't want to be driving through any more than that without any kit.
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Both owner and workshop manuals say that the wading depth is 500 mm.
Grippa
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Weeeeeeeell, 600, 500, 19 or so inches, 24ish inches, so much is down to speed/technique & it's so easy to get over confident &..........er, find yerself out of your depth I wouldn't go risking too much without some kit on yer motor anyways! 
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i love the water in mine, as far as now i would say i have been lucky mate as in my tdi i have had the level upto the windows fro a short period of time but i am willing to drop a new engine in if it all goes pete tong, if yer wanna do it get the breather kit and a snorkle, i just have a breather kit but dont stop moving and just crawl through it dont overtake your bow wave or go through backwards for now mate.
