XC90 wading depth

[Whyman]

Originally Posted by Tannaton

Yes I would agree, best course of action would, if possible, be not to take the risk.

The Mrs loves to watch the Rufford Ford and other videos on YouTube of lots of cars getting stuck, either by driving too fast or the water is just too deep anyway. They annoy the hell out of me as each one is likely a £5k-£50k insurance claim which we are all paying for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1HHFXFN788

Rufford ford has been closed for the last few months and is likely to be closed permanently if the council have their way. It adds 5 miles to my journey compared to going through the ford. This is small price to pay for the peace and quiet we now get and the almost elimination of the Macdonalds detritus thrown out of the windows of passing cars.

The only people who will really miss it are the recovery firms and the garages that got the jobs of replacing the engines and other ancillary parts that were ripped off by the water mainly due to excess speed and not realizing the effect the water has on the cars.

[The Thong]

Get a Toyota Land Cruiser, 700mm fording depth. It get an XC90 with a snorkel.

TT

[GSOKR]

The original Defender and its earlier incarnations of 90 and 110 only had a wading depth of 500mm. I have taken mine through water, but I don’t know how deep, certainly over 300mm.

The danger of taking a car through water is you don’t know what is underneath, has a manhole blown out? Where will you be putting your wheels. You should always walk the route and probe around to make sure it is safe.

Enter slowly and keep your speed down, you should push the water in front of you, creating a bow wave which will mean there is an area of lower water level around the engine area.

Be aware that wading will really clag up your radiator, which will need to be cleaned to allow cooling air through. I don’t know where Volvo places the breather tubes for engine, gearbox or differentials, but if they are low they could suck in water which would destroy everything. My 110 had plugs that would fit into the gearbox bell housing to seal it. My starter motor was still clagged up with mud and failed to work until cleaned. Good job I had a starting handle. Picture shows how filthy the 110 get after wading. It should have been green, not brown.

Edit. I have no idea why the picture is upside down, nor how to correct it..

[Tannaton]

Originally Posted by GSOKR

The danger of taking a car through water is you don’t know what is underneath, has a manhole blown out? Where will you be putting your wheels. You should always walk the route and probe around to make sure it is safe.

Many years ago when I worked in the motor trade I was out with the dealer principle of a Nissan site in his brand new Patrol demonstrator picking up another car. We were coming into a North Yorkshire village, I want to say Castleton but I’m not sure, and there was a flooded Ford. As we hurtled towards it at 30+ mph there was a chap furiously trying to flag us down, but no matter the Nissan would cope with the depth. And it did, but we found the reason he was so keen to stop us is his moped was in the water…..

[Jayo70]

Originally Posted by GSOKR

The original Defender and its earlier incarnations of 90 and 110 only had a wading depth of 500mm. I have taken mine through water, but I don’t know how deep, certainly over 300mm.

The danger of taking a car through water is you don’t know what is underneath, has a manhole blown out? Where will you be putting your wheels. You should always walk the route and probe around to make sure it is safe.

Enter slowly and keep your speed down, you should push the water in front of you, creating a bow wave which will mean there is an area of lower water level around the engine area.

Be aware that wading will really clag up your radiator, which will need to be cleaned to allow cooling air through. I don’t know where Volvo places the breather tubes for engine, gearbox or differentials, but if they are low they could suck in water which would destroy everything. My 110 had plugs that would fit into the gearbox bell housing to seal it. My starter motor was still clagged up with mud and failed to work until cleaned. Good job I had a starting handle. Picture shows how filthy the 110 get after wading. It should have been green, not brown.

Edit. I have no idea why the picture is upside down, nor how to correct it..

That puts a slightly different slant on things, the fact that old Defenders had 500mm wading depth. Although I’m now unclear as to whether XC90 has 450mm WD, as I originally thought, or only 300mm as an earlier poster said.

The flooding we get in our village, although quite regular these days, would be of no concern to a twenty year old Landy, I have total confidence in saying that.

[andy_d]

if deep water is your Only reason for a 4x4 , a xc60/xc90 really isnt the car for you , multi reasons inc wading depth of air intake, cabin water ingress, breathers on the gearbox + rear axle, hosts of expensive electronics under the bonnet, etc etc etc
zero "snorkle" fitment is also there, as fitting one with the rest of the issues, aint going to be cheap

a xc90 isnt Really a "off road" wade through deep water car, its a big capable car, with 4x4 capacity, but with the above issues,

go with A n Other brand car for deep water wading,

[The Thong]

There’s always one of these

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxoVh...dlMjRlYjZlMQ==

TT

[Pidgeonpost]

Although I’m now unclear as to whether XC90 has 450mm WD, as I originally thought, or only 300mm as an earlier poster said.

The 300mm was a mistake on my part I believe and refers to the Cross Country model as pointed out in an earlier post.