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:doh: I, live in NZ, and swear by my Landy. But last weekend, she has ended up, parked up, with me scratching my head.

Model: 1994 Facelift Landrover Discovery Series I, 3.9V8i ES

We went out for a drive, relaxing drive, along a dry river bed. Nothing compared to what she been through before. We stopped, parked up and went for a wander. We soon were rushing back to the Landy, as the West Coast rain was roilling in and the riverbed was not dry no more!!! We got in and it wouldn't start!! She would turn over, fire and then die, and couldn't budge it!! So, Hubby in his Hilux, came over to tow me out, the water was rising fast. BUT the hilux could not pull the dead weight of the Landy,and cut a long story short, I had to leave it there. And within 12hours, she was slightly on its passenger side, and under water!!!:eek:

So, NOW it is at home, after being dug and towed out by a D9 bulldozer, and sitting very sadly in the yard. My hubby is mechanically minded and thinking it a good start to change oil. filter, transmission oil, diff oils, and empty fuel tank, as well as me, with a bucket of hot soapy water cleaning the inch thick mud out of it. :eek:

:welcome2:Our Leap of faith on to here, is to anyone, who may have had a landy underwater, what can we do, to make sure we have dried out everything possible before turning the ignition and frying everything? I do not understand the electrical side of things and neither does hubby. Where do we start with that? Where do we start with finding the computer, or the electrics behind dash?:confused:

~~Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as this is our beloved toy, and great family mover in style with 3 children in Carseats in better than any wagon we come across~~!!!!:):):)
 
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Had mine in some deep stuff but mine is a 200tdi very Unlucky hope somebody will come along soon with ideas i be a little worried it's a V8 and not diesel , sounds like your going the right way ... Hope you get it sorted good luck .
 
remove spark plugs before attempting to start and crank engine over several times to make sure no water has entered the cylinders. Drain and refill your swivels with one shot grease. check that your brake and clutch fluid has not become contaminated with water and if so flush through with new fluid, as long as all electrics are dry safe to try to start.
 
What pics are you after, we got pics of it covered in mud, and the engine bay looks like a hay bale, and in need of some serious weeding, we not sure where to start with pulling it apart so some ideas would be greatly appreciated. Will load pics, but it just a muddy mess lol
 
Sorry to hear about the slightly damp landy :doh:.. I'm not an expert when it comes to landies but I've taken several of my enduro bikes into water that was just too deep and ended up pushing them out and having to dry them out before they would run again.. So I'll offer a little advice but its probably a bit generic (some may have already been mentioned):


  • Battery - tends to be knackered (unless its the sealed (gell) type you can get)

  • Change the oil and filter (on a landy I'm guessing also do the gearbox, transfer box and both diff oils).

  • Take the plugs out and turn the engine over to get the water out of the barells.

  • I'd also check the wheel bearings are still well greased, And take a grease gun around the underside pumping new grease into every grease nipple.

  • Drain the petrol tank and replace the petrol filter (If you can drain the lines as well do so (but I dont know how to do this on anything bigger than my bmw r80 dakar).

  • I'd drain the coolant system, flush it through and refill it.

  • Remove the air intake system/trottle bodies etc and give them a good clean (replace the air filter).

  • Electrics wise.. just check everything is dry/clean(sometimes worth taking units off and giving them a little shake to see if water comes out). I'd also remove the dizzy cap (on a bike it a coil pack) and give it a good clean/dry. Give everything a wipe/spray of WD40.
Oh and knowing (from experience) that disco's rust from the inside out.. might be worht pulling out every bit of carpet trim etc and drying everything out.. (might also be worht putting a dehumidifier in the landy for a few days to really dry it out


Hope you can get the old girl going again.. :)
 
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Remove the interior, get rid of the pesky sound deadening layer ( that will stop your far rusting in future) and then move onto your mechanicals.

Draining the oils will let you know where the water has or hasn't been. The interior can be washed out once everything is removed, and then basically let the car dry naturally for a week.

Make sure the engine etc is nicely lubed by turning it over with the coil disconnected when you put new oil on.

If you are meticulous, it'll be absolutely fine :)
 
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Sorry to hear about the slightly damp landy :doh:.. I'm not an expert when it comes to landies but I've taken several of my enduro bikes into water that was just too deep and ended up pushing them out and having to dry them out before they would run again.. So I'll offer a little advice but its probably a bit generic (some may have already been mentioned):


  • Battery - tends to be knackered (unless its the sealed (gell) type you can get)

  • Change the oil and filter (on a landy I'm guessing also do the gearbox, transfer box and both diff oils).

  • Take the plugs out and turn the engine over to get the water out of the barells.

  • I'd also check the wheel bearings are still well greased, And take a grease gun around the underside pumping new grease into every grease nipple.

  • Drain the petrol tank and replace the petrol filter (If you can drain the lines as well do so (but I dont know how to do this on anything bigger than my bmw r80 dakar).

  • I'd drain the coolant system, flush it through and refill it.

  • Remove the air intake system/trottle bodies etc and give them a good clean (replace the air filter).

  • Electrics wise.. just check everything is dry/clean(sometimes worth taking units off and giving them a little shake to see if water comes out). I'd also remove the dizzy cap (on a bike it a coil pack) and give it a good clean/dry. Give everything a wipe/spray of WD40.
Oh and knowing (from experience) that disco's rust from the inside out.. might be worht pulling out every bit of carpet trim etc and drying everything out.. (might also be worht putting a dehumidifier in the landy for a few days to really dry it out


Hope you can get the old girl going again.. :)
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Not sure why you would drain coolant??
 
As I said I'm no landy expert.. The reason I suggested drianing the coolant was due to experience from my DRZ motorcycle! Dirty river crud got into the coolant system due to a loose fitting cap (on the expansion bottle) it made its was around and blocked some/most of the small passageways in the rad casuing the bike to get very very hot... (bike didn't die in the river so I was still riding).. Luckily we stopped and checked only to find the coolant was a lovely brown colour!

Okay so a landy may not have the same issue (due to the size of the rad/passageways and a good fitting cap) and yes I do see the funny side of it but I was just offering advice from my experience.. Now that you experts have popped up how about offering some advice rather than just scorning mine?
 
Oh i see why you said change coolant now, cos your stoopid enough not to put your exp.bottle cap on :doh: you think every ones that stoopid.:D:D














































And as mr noisey says chill out :cool: were only avin a larf wiv ya, the rest of the things you mentioned were spot on, you'll get used to the banter dont take it personaly :D
 
Expansion tank cap should be closed? :confused: Knew I was doing something wrong! :doh: Next you'll be telling me that engines should have oil in them rather than honey! lol..

I'm :cool: honest... :)
 
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