pajero fording depth

**rlp1099** · April 12th, 2004 10:11 AM

what is pajero fording depth for all models?
curious lang ko

**Ungas** · April 12th, 2004 03:32 PM

Ideally, all vehicles should ford water 1/4 of its tire diameter. Anything higher than that will cause brake fade after getting the brakes wet.

**johnart** · April 12th, 2004 04:21 PM

also be careful when you bring your pajero into deep water. The lower part of the front grill of gen 2 and 2.5 has a small aux. fan for the aircon. If its gets wet often it may fail and if your going to replace it, very costly.

**OTEP** · April 12th, 2004 05:53 PM

According to the manual, it is about a foot or so of standing water. That of course is a conservative figure to avoid litigation in some law-suit happy markets.

Here is a more real world approximation of a Pajero's fording depth

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You shoul see how deep afrasay went in his GEN I (clue: lumubog ang taillamps).

P.S. My lower aux fan did malfunction after a few dunks. It costs about Php 400.00 to get it running again.

**promdiboy** · April 13th, 2004 01:15 AM

sir otep great shot.

toys for the big boys.......

gen 1 pajero turbo namin tumirik sa village lang namin. mga door handle height. less than a year old palang siya

. mula noon natakot na ako sa tubig. sabi ng driver namin lumutang daw then nagsink sa gitna. sa window na siya lumabas bittbit yung stereo.

**kiper** · April 13th, 2004 04:11 AM

door handle? eh ang taas na nun..baka napasukan na ng tubig ung makina. yan lang ang kinakatakutan ko...hwag sana mangyari sakin..hehehe

**promdiboy** · April 13th, 2004 04:36 AM

kiper na overhaul siya agad. warning nalang sa street flooding, I'm not sure kung totoo pero ang iniinsist ng driver. nakapreno daw siya pero nagfloat naraw yung kotse hangggang pinasok ng tubig tsaka lumubog. kaya napunta sa ganun kalalim.

**KCboy** · April 13th, 2004 08:38 AM

otep, wat silbi nung aux fan? connected ba yun sa aircon, if so, then mine myt be malfunctioning kc minsan lamig aircon, minsan hindi. wat u think?

**OTEP** · April 13th, 2004 04:33 PM

Btw, just turn off the a/c before, during and a little while after fording para hindi masira. Our old GEN I has done a headlamp deep bow wave. Actual standing water depth was above the bumpers. May patient kasi sa ospital. Kailangan makarating even in the middle of a typhoon.

KC,

Dalawa yun. The one behind the grille keeps airflow to the condenser to keep the aircon cool when stuck in traffic.

I think the other one (the one inside the bumper) functions the same. Pero sabi ng a/c tech ko, it also serves to avoid getting the a/c lines frozen. If the lines are frozen, the refrigerant will not circulate and the a/c will not cool. This could also lead to a high pressure build up which in turn could cause your a/c lines or cooling coil to spring a leak.