You know whats nice?

[Z()LTAN]

This is nice

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[Cossie]

Oh shit!

Thats not real good news. Diesel motor by the looks of it?
I assume its dead?

[Dee]

my condolences for your loss of nissan.

[Z()LTAN]

nah, shez perfectly fine.

Thats as far as it got

this pic was taken over a month ago

[mickyd555]

ill put mony on it that you have bent no4 rod

[macca81]

ya lucky it didnt slosh into the intake while driving... it needs a little one way valve at the top left corner there, let it all drain out on its own

[Z()LTAN]

no damage

[turps]

I have had that much if not more in my old diesel. Had it up to the lip when the air cleaner was taken out.
Nissan air intakes are crap. I had what I thought was fully sealed mine with sealastic and hi-temp gasket goo. It still leaked. And it wasnt coming in thru the nipple thingo on the pre-cleaner. First time it happened to me. I only pulled over cos it didn't sound right and was abit lumpy when trying to rev.
To the best of my knowledge its still going. But I was lucky.

My new old car is going to be sealed heaps better I hope.

[macca81]

thats why the pre-cleaner in the MQ diesels are so good. and water that does get in there, just drains out a little one way hole in the bottom. have even had water above the intake with no probs.

[mickyd555]

no damage

give it time, it will keep bending till you are able to notice it.

[Z()LTAN]

mate, i'm pretty sure there is no damage, you only get damage from hydraulic lock, which is where the engine stops.

This engine did not stop so therefore no hydraulic lockup.

I'm a diesel mechanic too...

[nastytroll]

ya lucky it didnt slosh into the intake while driving... it needs a little one way valve at the top left corner there, let it all drain out on its own

should be able to get the valve from any donaldson distributor

[JemmyBubbles]

I have had that much if not more in my old diesel. Had it up to the lip when the air cleaner was taken out.
Nissan air intakes are crap. I had what I thought was fully sealed mine with sealastic and hi-temp gasket goo. It still leaked. And it wasnt coming in thru the nipple thingo on the pre-cleaner. First time it happened to me. I only pulled over cos it didn't sound right and was abit lumpy when trying to rev.
To the best of my knowledge its still going. But I was lucky.

My new old car is going to be sealed heaps better I hope.

hehe new old car

Fk yeah that is lucky mate...

I've always had it drilled into water + diesel = nevaaaahhh, unless you've spent time with a rool good snorkey, I'd even avoid splashing too fast through puddles.

There was a bloke up home, whom nosed into a river and bang crash - had a snorkle too. Was a nice white gq shorty with purple barwork, 4" lifte and 33's - non turbo. Booked it in for a rebuild and, because of all the extraneous stuff like alternators and starters, it ended up costing him > $10k so.

But then there is your story which is always good to hear, a drop of water doesn't necessarily = dead.