bluestu21
Member Since: 05 Aug 2010
Location: Herts
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Hi everyone,
Apologies as this is my first post but I have been reading up on the site for a few weeks now.
I bought my first landrover about 6 weeks a go. It is a 54 plate HSE diesel and I absolutely love it. My previous car was a grand cherokee, which for me was a great car, but the disco is so much better.
I drove the disco through a ford on the weekend, approx 10 inches deep and coming out of the ford the steering went totally stiff and I could barely move the wheel, then there was a screetching noise coming from the font end. I stopped the car and restarted it and all was fine.
Could it be that the drive belt got wet and started to slip, if so, is there a fix for this?
Thanks in advance!
Stuart
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 31st Aug 2010 9:39 am |
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PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
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If it worked fine once the belt had dried out then nothing to worry about  It's not unheard of for this to happen coming out of water.
Were you going a bit fast? 10" of water shouldn't be able to splash up into the ancilliary belt if you were going slow  2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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| 31st Aug 2010 9:44 am |
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bluestu21
Member Since: 05 Aug 2010
Location: Herts
Posts: 3
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Hi Paul,
Thanks for such a speedy response.
No, I was only going about 10mph and it didn't seem that deep. It does seem weird that water can get in that easily though.
I will be going through that ford quite a lot and I know that in winter it gets to about 2 foot deep.
Cheers
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| 31st Aug 2010 9:47 am |
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mik
Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
Location: Skoatland
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Tighten the belt
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| 31st Aug 2010 10:02 am |
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