How deep can a TD5 go?

TWEETS said:

I've gorra new coil pack (hundernfiftybastidquids) and new magnacore leads (eightyfookinquids) waiting to go on, hoping it will solve my problems.....

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The caps on new leads seal much better than worn ones. It made a shed load of difference ter mine.

ratty said:

He wuz just demonstrating recovery techniques.

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yup
someone had to

Grippa said:

The caps on new leads seal much better than worn ones. It made a shed load of difference ter mine.

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I just seem to have no power under 50mph, if I put the boot in in 4th/5th she don't go anywhere, well she does slowly, worse going up hill too, V8 should have the power and torque to cope with what I'm throwing at it, that and I know how she was when she was running right, what hills she pull away on at 50 in top gear, driving along the beach front in top gear at 30, plant the throttle to the floor and it takes 3 days for her to decide what shes doing, before she used to pull away with ease

Think part of my problem is the coil pack at the back of the engine has come loose and it rattling about all over the place.....

you do have some problems tweets

mentally, mechanically, physically and financially

well i wasent going to say that but yes

it's alright, I don't mind, say what ya want....

TWEETS said:

it's alright, I don't mind, say what ya want....

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Yer a bastid


Yeah poncho power seems to work quite effectively I woss well impressed! See "the T*O*S*S*E*Rs wet one" for effidunce!

What is poncho power?

Tell me summat I dunt know heff

robpenrose said:

In theory, how submerged could a TD5 get? Obviously a snorkel would help, but what about the electrics, such as ABS sensors, and all that sort of stuff. I know its a Landrover so im guessing they should be waterproof, but are they really??

Anyone had any experiences?

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Yep, I managed to kill my TD5 in a deep urban ford in Hall Green, Birmingham www.wetroads.co.uk, a couple of years ago after some heavy rain.
The depth guage said 3ft but the water managed to flow over the bonnet right to left at about the height of the tax disc completely submerging the bonnet by a couple of inches and the water came about half way up the drivers window!!!

Luckilly the ford is not very long and the car chugged outa the otherside. but the engine died accompanied with it's little light on the dash

The air filter was bone dry, so no water had got into the engine!

It was the current flow of the river that killed it. The ECU is in the battery box over the wheelarch and the force of the water against the right side of the car/wheelarch filled the battery box and the ECU with mucky river water and cause the engine to chug to a halt. After the RAC man had sucked his teath and recovered me home. The ECU was left on the radiator in the house for three days before it fired back up!

The ECU had now been sealed with silione, but I wont wade my TD5 anymore even though its done many a trip down Strata Florida with water flowing over it's bonnet....Well... maybe once more for luck!!!

TWEETS said:

worse going up hill too

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Well you did buy a red wun... wtf did you expect?!

I like red.....

battenberg said:

Yep, I managed to kill my TD5 in a deep urban ford in Hall Green, Birmingham www.wetroads.co.uk, a couple of years ago after some heavy rain.
The depth guage said 3ft but the water managed to flow over the bonnet right to left at about the height of the tax disc completely submerging the bonnet by a couple of inches and the water came about half way up the drivers window!!!

Luckilly the ford is not very long and the car chugged outa the otherside. but the engine died accompanied with it's little light on the dash

The air filter was bone dry, so no water had got into the engine!

It was the current flow of the river that killed it. The ECU is in the battery box over the wheelarch and the force of the water against the right side of the car/wheelarch filled the battery box and the ECU with mucky river water and cause the engine to chug to a halt. After the RAC man had sucked his teath and recovered me home. The ECU was left on the radiator in the house for three days before it fired back up!

The ECU had now been sealed with silione, but I wont wade my TD5 anymore even though its done many a trip down Strata Florida with water flowing over it's bonnet....Well... maybe once more for luck!!!

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At least it didnt stop in the middle and get dragged downstream. So it didnt cost anything then, once the ECU had dried out??

robpenrose said:

At least it didnt stop in the middle and get dragged downstream. So it didnt cost anything then, once the ECU had dried out??

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It cost me two nights sleep in worry, but nothing financial.

It was Mr RAC at the roadside that once he'd plugged his laptop in and recieved 'Scrambled Garbage' back figured it was a drowned ECU, and once he'd got that far. we whipped out the ECU and water/oil poured out of it! (that's when i was first aware of the oil in loom problem!)

I would suggest anyone with a TD5 thinking about fitting a snorkel, plug the 4 little holes in the ECU first with silicone. your engine may be able to breathe underwater, but the ECU may fail you when you need it most..!!!

In fact, I'd suggest anyone with a TD5 plug these little holes, as the location of the ECU is vunerable to any broadside water from the right hand side.

oil in the loom?

TWEETS said:

oil in the loom?

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early TD5's suffered from a badly designed injector harness seals, which caused over time, engine oil to find it's way back down the loom to the ECU multiplug. In some cases the oil shorts out the electrical contacts at the ECU causing starting problems, lumpy running, misfiring and other engine related issues.

replacing this injector harnes with a newer one is the cure, or keeping an eye out for oil and cleaning it out.

ouch

TWEETS said:

ouch

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Nah. It's only about £38 for a new injector loom