Cooling diffs for water crossings

Thanks Michael. I recently did a Kimberley trip and went through several deeper crossings. I am thinking you may only need 10 minutes or so although some have said you need much longer.i am looking at putting breathers in though,

Ditto.

Ours are right up in the engine bay, almost touching the bonnet. We never race through deep water that's over the axles without a survey. So are we stopping? Yes, but not specifically to cool the diffs etc.

Same as we stop every now and then on heavily rutted or corrugated tracks to check out the views and places on the way. This also allows any overheated shockies as well to cool down. Never had any as yet. Broke shockies but not through overheating.

Unfortunately living at such a southerly latitude means that we have to "push it along" to get to the end of the bitumen up north or in the center but that's all the rushing that we do.

We also treat our car with respect and don't race around like mad rabbits. This allows the natural cooling to stop the drive train from get excessively hot anyway.

Phil

Please don't ask about white vs. black tea ....... hehe

+1
Never had diff ingress problems with breathers extended,
But I did buckle a disk giving me uneven breaking. I guess I underestimated the strain on the breaks, when towing, stopping for the water crossing, best to give it a few minutes
CJ

I buckled the discs on a TD5 disco at Ivanhoe crossing should have expected that from a rover. I usually start slowing down early for crossings I know are there that's where diesels engine braking helps you don't need to brake much.