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I think you have posted this in the wrong forum. Thats a Mk2 Octavia.

Although, it will be relevant to any car. They will all stop working if you drive them through water which is too deep.

Apart from James Bond's Lotus Esprit.

I think you have posted this in the wrong forum. Thats a Mk2 Octavia.

Although, it will be relevant to any car. They will all stop working if you drive them through water which is too deep.

Apart from James Bond's Lotus Esprit.

Apologies if that is the case as I was going by the registration plate.

I must admit I did think the headlights looked wrong for the Octy 3.

Edited 3 February, 201412 yr by jonnybgood

It says he didn't exceed the wheel height, but I thought I read they can only go in as deep as the sill, which is a lot lower.

 

Interesting to know what actually caused it to die, though.

I've got a Scout - and you do have to be quite careful. Even at slow speed (like walking pace) in water sill-deep, the front end is very flat makes a bow wave that easily comes over the bonnet. Looking at the air intake, its quite well designed to prevent water intake at the top of the rad, but a big wave up the front could still fill the intake.

The handbook says no deeper than the sill.

 

You could in theory go a lot deeper than that as the air intake is right at the top of the grille/bumper.

 

Maybe he hit it a bit too fast and either water splashed up to intake level or the electrics got wet.

 

Phil

Also found that with ground clearance only being 180mm - you don't have to be much deeper to float! If you imagine the car as a 2x4m boat - getting the bodywork in 125mm = 1te of water displaced! (Apols I'm an engineer!)

_{http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/145454-water-fording-in-octavia-scout/?p=2326567 - this is what I mean - I had water onto the bonnet and upto the windscreen.}

Edited 3 February, 201412 yr by London Les