NHR
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Apologies if this is a stupid question but assuming the car is used for wading at the safe depth as indicated in the guide book, are the door seals good enough to keep water out? Given the amount of electical stuff at sill level, I would have assumed yes, but there again....
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 23rd Jan 2008 10:31 am |
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heine
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So far so good - but it has all been short distances max 100 m
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| 23rd Jan 2008 10:35 am |
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Dom Harvey
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You'll be fine, never had a drop inside and I've been through plenty of water  2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
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| 23rd Jan 2008 10:39 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
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LR would be a bit silly having a wading depth of 700mm and make the door seals out of tissue paper 
As with any wading, keep going, don't stand in the water unless you really really have too.
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| 23rd Jan 2008 10:44 am |
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NHR
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Thank you for this. Nothing specific planned yet but we have had a lot of rain recently 
A friend in the UK had an old D2 years ago which lost power steering in puddles! He went to his LR dealer who asked if he was by any chance tirning left when this happened! He said yes. His LR dealer told him that if he was turning left the angle of the wheel threw up water into the engine bay causing the belt to slip. They also said that LR fitted a plate to export models to stop this happening but that as nobody went off road in the UK they did not bother with domestic models! Sounds an odd tale. Anyway, the upshot was that he told them to fix it and they did. Needless to say he does not drive a Discovery now but may consider a Range Rover in the future.
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| 23rd Jan 2008 10:45 am |
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heine
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Dom Harvey wrote:You'll be fine, never had a drop inside and I've been through plenty of water
Any other side effects though ?
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| 23rd Jan 2008 10:47 am |
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NHR
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[quote="simon"]LR would be a bit silly having a wading depth of 700mm and make the door seals out of tissue paper quote]
Or an EPB for an off-road vehicle which doesn't like dirt 
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| 23rd Jan 2008 10:47 am |
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simon
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NHR wrote:Or an EPB for an off-road vehicle which doesn't like dirt
mmm good point 
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| 23rd Jan 2008 10:49 am |
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NHR
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simon wrote:NHR wrote:Or an EPB for an off-road vehicle which doesn't like dirt
mmm good point
It just seems odd that LR could design such a magnificent vehicle only to let itself down with something as daft as a hand brake or careless wiring of fog lamps or whatever. I'm asure LR's profits would soar if the company did not have to pay for so much warranty work.
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| 23rd Jan 2008 10:58 am |
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simon
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I think the later model D3's are [in general] behaving far better than the older 05 / 06 ones. Time will tell.
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| 23rd Jan 2008 11:04 am |
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NHR
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That seems to be the case. Mine is OK so far and a couple of friends here have D3s a year old with no problems.
Of course, since this is my first Land Rover, first diesel and first 4x4 I may be driving in blissful ingnorance.
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| 23rd Jan 2008 11:07 am |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
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NHR wrote: are the door seals good enough to keep water out?
They are sealed so good that when in very deep water the car will actually float. This in turn induces the suspension to go into superextended mode as it tries to find grip in the bottom of whatever you are crossing In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 23rd Jan 2008 11:18 am |
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craig
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AndrewS wrote:NHR wrote: are the door seals good enough to keep water out?
They are sealed so good that when in very deep water the car will actually float. This in turn induces the suspension to go into superextended mode as it tries to find grip in the bottom of whatever you are crossing
Go on post the video - you know he needs to see it
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| 23rd Jan 2008 11:28 am |
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AndrewS
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rogue wrote:AndrewS wrote:NHR wrote: are the door seals good enough to keep water out?
They are sealed so good that when in very deep water the car will actually float. This in turn induces the suspension to go into superextended mode as it tries to find grip in the bottom of whatever you are crossing
Go on post the video - you know he needs to see it
The one where the idiot tried to cross the flooded stream.
Let me tell you a story. When Marie and I did the LR instructors course the Chap giving us our first briefing was going through the basics. And when he covered wading he told me that the D3 is water tight so much in fact that it will float, and he has seen a video of this bloke that tries to cross a flooded river up stream. He then used this idiot as an example as what not to do when crossing a river. He went bright red when I told him it was me at the end of the brief  In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 23rd Jan 2008 11:41 am |
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simon
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Classic 
Imagine all the trainees that saw that before he knew and are probably still seeing it
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| 23rd Jan 2008 11:43 am |
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