What preventative maintenance do you carry out on your own vehicle each time you take them off road through deep water and sloppy mud?
I think to best way to protect the vehicle is through thoughtful, gentle driving, allowing the machine to clamber its own route at its own pace, rather than allowing t to bang and clang about , which shock loads the suspension and driven and puts extra load on the steering.
After each run in your Land Rover 4x4 vehicle blast everything underneath until the chassis, under body, suspension, and running gear are cleaned of muck. Check the radiator and, on yours, the intercooler. Wash these with gentle hose if the matrices are clogged with mud.
Then leave the vehicle outside until it’s properly dried which may take a day or a week, depending on the weather. When it’s dry, I get it into its garage and have a good look for oil leak and attend to anything serious. Check the transmission oil levels every couple of months and, if you have been wading a lot, drops the oils to check for water getting in.
Mine is the petrol engine, so daren’t deep wade. On you’re, fit wading plugs to the timing cover and bell housing if going in the drink, and then remove them afterwards so that any oil leaks can drain out without contaminating the clutch and timing belt.
After each run do a visual check of suspension and steering components, check the drag link and track rod for impact damage and make sure no underside pipes or cable have come loose and dropped down . Exhaust pipes usually sty well up out of harm’s way, but check the downpipe from the engine a hit here can damage the seal to the exhaust manifold, or even crack the manifold.
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