Drowning my Grenadier (a sorry, soggy saga)

[Tinerfeño]

The engine could have been choked out, less then hydro locked. But assuming you were not at full throttle its possible to not have any damage.

Petrol engine maybe, but compression ratio of diesel engine does not allow practically any water.

 

[MattA]

I have been on a trip where a 3l diesel Patrol drowned in a massive bog hole, he had an air filter and turbo full of water when we dragged him out after the car just stopped. The water was over 1 m deep and deep and well over his bonnet, pulled the glow plugs out, drained the air box, pulled the turbo off and literally drained a good up of muddy water from it. Turned it over for about 3 minutes to squirt all water out the glow plug holes , put it all back together and it fired up.
It can be saved on a odd occasion

 

[lightning]

Yep, if you are lucky. l hope the O/P doesn't need a new engine.

 

[LRNAD90]

For what it is worth, Scott Brady (Expedition Overland) discussed in one of his podcasts removing a Grenadier with a dead battery from a shipping container. He confirmed (as noted earlier in this thread) you can move the transfer case shifter between H and L positions to achieve a neutral condition and rolled it out of the container.

So how deep was it? It certainly doesn't look that deep. I was never a fan of the side intake, can only say it is really disappointing to hear that is all it took to take down your Grenadier. IMO, it should take water over the hood level to stop these trucks (particularly diesels). If that is all it takes to get water into the intake, it is a poor design at best.

I would think engineers could design it (particularly with a side intake) so there is a rather deep draining 'reservoir' that would have to fill before air taken from the top could make it to the engine intake. Add a floating 'door' to close off the intake and stall the engine, but not allow it to ingest water.

Really disappointing to hear, and sorry you have to go through this..

Rather Infamous area that floods, this one was at three ft or so..

Many Land Rovers make it through without issue..

 

[landmannnn]

I thought this post a year ago is worth reading

As mentioned earlier this is not a snorkel but a Raised Air Intake mainly for dusty conditions (Standard Air Intake is close to the front wheel). Because of the design of the Air Intake system inside of the Fender you would need to go for a long distance at 1000mm height of water to start to get water ingress in the Engine , the vehicle has a reccommended Wading depth of 800mm . I am sure the aftermarket will find a solution and produce a Snorkel, alternatively you could add further fixings to the RAI/Fender to create something more robust and seal all the entry points using some kind of flexible sealant. A full blown Snorkel was not a business case for Ineos at the time and it was decided to focus on a RAI . How do I know.............I am the Lead Engineer for Exterior inside Ineos and this is my design.