a couple of questions

[flemj]

Hi Richard,

Here is a link to 4 wheel drive Victoria.

http://www.fwdvictoria.org.au/default0.asp?First=

If you didn't want to join a club, 4 wheel drive victoria also runs driver training

John

[BillsGU]

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If you didn't want to join a club, 4 wheel drive victoria also runs driver training

John

Which they charge money for. Most clubs provide it for free.

[dsmith]

As has been said, a snorkel is important especially if you are ever going to do water crossings. What hasn't been made clear is that a snorkel is actually more important for a diesel than a petrol engine. The reason for that in layman's terms is because a diesel engine works different to a petrol and it just so happens that water entering a running diesel engine will almost certainly result in it instantly suffering major damage. Specifically it is because of the high compression of a diesel motor and the fact that water being a liquid does not compress under pressure. If the cylinder fills with water, the piston is unable to compress the water and this results in the connecting rods bending most of the time, which basically means the motor is stuffed and requires a rebuild. A petrol motor on the other hand, is still able to suffer similar damage but because they generally run much less compression then there is a better chance of avoiding rod damage. Take a 4 stroke petrol off road motorbike engine for example, they regularly get swamped. Rarely however do they break and all that is required is to dry off the spark plug, kick them over a few times to get the water out and they are good to go.