killed my maverick

[chrismaverick]

drove through a big water filled ditch about 2000 rpm
cut out and wouldnt turn over
removed air filter and the water was full in the housing and the turbo pipe
glo plugs out cranked for a while and refitted
started with a rattle and lots of white smoke
drove home about 10 miles with loss of power and smoke but got better as the jeep got walmer
need to do a compression test tomorow but think a rod is bent
gutted

[Toseland]

ooh ouch..

no snorkel or leak int he snorkel?

[timp]

Sorry to hear that

Its easy to give advice after the fact but if you stall in water, you shouldnt try crank it over till you check the engine is water free first.

compression test definitely required

I once seen a TDI VW Passat take in water, 4 bent conrods replaced, engine still wouldnt run right, eventually turned out that the crankshaft twisted slightly

[chrismaverick]

my own fault been through lot deeper water before but just rembered my new tyres were fouling the inner plastic arch so i hacked them off a bit ,looking at it now the water has a clean line up to the inlet where before was protected
ah well things happen
remove the winch and wheels/tyres and on ebay for spares mabe if the comp test dont go well

[timp]

[aniesigh]

where in the country are you? i know of a terrano 2 2.7tdi engine that needs a fuel pump

[chrismaverick]

south wales nr swansea

[aniesigh]

No idea if it is the same engine or not but guessing the block is the same at least? it was removed because of the fuel pump so if thats all that is different you could stick your pump on and you're away. the engine is in North Devon but could put it on a pallet

[chrismaverick]

Ok thanks I will get back to you when I know what's wrong
I grew up in ilfracome so I know the area

[Terrano]

Just came across this post randomly, my father in-law has 2 engines that I know are 100% running, one out of Maverick and the other out of my old Terrano, if your interested I dont think he would want anything for them as hes getting his earbent off his wife about cluttering up the garage...

PM me if interested...

[Whatmot]

They're tough engines to kill...

This was my mates one: Video

After this we reassembled his engine and he drove it home fine. The electrics have a habit of getting wet and making it sound/look worse than it is

[mudplugga]

I did that to a company Landrover 110 many years ago, the mechanics kept saying the rough engine was a bent con rod after I'd got stuck in a flood, and they'd get around to doing it.
Three years later, at full revs towing a 3 ton generator up a steep hill and flat out in second the engine exploded, there was oil and bits everywhere, the engine was complete scrap !

[chrismaverick]

Cutting my losses and scraping her Saturday
Sold the hubs and two old tyres I had for 100
Bought a vitara for now so I can still play
My new simex copies and the hilux split rims are now not much good to me so I will sell them off can't see 255/75/15 going on a vit easy

[ABCAB]

From experience (yes I drowned a 2.7TD Nissan to around windscreen level), the engine is toast. Here by us (South Africa), the rebuilding of this engine is very expensive and hardly ever lasts or works out.

I replaced my motor with a Jap Import at a very good price.

That video is misleading and will cause damage as done here. Once you have turned out the glo plugs, turn the engine by hand. The starter is too fast and the holes for the glo plugs too small to allow that amount of water out that fast. Many guys do more damage at this stage than the drowning itself.

My motor dropped the cylinder pressure from 24-26bar to 10-12 bar over all four. The water pump decided to spring a leak at the same time, but the motor got me back home just over 200KM later. I had to stop every 15-25km to add water. My only indicator of low water being when the car heater stopped pumping hot air into the cab.

Three years later, I am still working on my snorkel, I just don't get it finished. In the meanwhile, I just stay out of water