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bobtailed disco:
After going through some deep water at 3 holes i now have a a couple of things 2 sort out.

When i removed the wading plug out of the timing cover it was full of water  :'(   (gonna hope for the best and use it ) ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GOOD
The alternator has packed up   

And the rev counter has packed up (gesing it is the alternator)

Couple of questions

I was thinking about removing the alternator (it is only a offroader) any1 no how it would run 4 b4 it dies (there will be no other elecs running apart from cb)

The other thing any 1 got any advice on what to do about water getting in the timing cover

Cheers
rob

diggerdog36:
It wouldnt run very long without an alternator, you say you are only running a CB, but you would still have the ignition on which will use power and your lights or still brake lights.
Dunno about the timing cover!!
Sorry!

clbarclay:
I'm not sure how much drifferance there would be between no alternator and a fubar alternator, but either way your on borrowed time. Leaving engines running to avoid restarting is not very fun to say the least.


When you say full of water, just how full actually was it? its not unheard of for some water to creep past wading plugs, but assuming the 'full' is not too exajerated then start looking carfully for any obvious places the water could get in. Water could get in through a crak, but unless you were in the water for a long time then it would have to be a fair size hole to get a lot of water in.

ben_haynes:
My TDi only went for about 4 miles at night in rain which was around 40 mins with traffic

so i wouldnt run with out an alternator, the best thing is

what electrics are there on it, as there will be Temp guage, and other stuff, assuming it is a 200TDi

if it is a 300Tdi then there are all sorts of electric Gizmo's that will be on the vehicle,

bobtailed disco:

--- Quote from: clbarclay on October 03, 2008, 23:50:02 ---I'm not sure how much drifferance there would be between no alternator and a fubar alternator, but either way your on borrowed time. Leaving engines running to avoid restarting is not very fun to say the least.


When you say full of water, just how full actually was it? its not unheard of for some water to creep past wading plugs, but assuming the 'full' is not too exajerated then start looking carfully for any obvious places the water could get in. Water could get in through a crak, but unless you were in the water for a long time then it would have to be a fair size hole to get a lot of water in.

--- End quote ---

i was in the water for about 10 mins and iw was about a mug full.
as for the alternator any idear what i can do to make the new 1 last a bit longer (do thet do anything waterproof??)
cheers
rob

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