Fingers crossed for you Steve...
I did this in my old 5hitroen ZX 1.9 (non turbo) diesel a few years ago,I was in the middle of nowhere in Wilts - drove into this mini lake that was a LOT deeper than it looked,but I was lucky and could still turn the engine over,given the choice of getting (very) wet or risk damaging the engine - because it was a cheap runaround I just put it into first and cranked it out on the starter motor LOL.
Once safely on the far shore I pulled the air filter out and threw it in the boot - it was a sodden mess - dried out the filter housing/intake as much as possible and managed to get the engine started,she was smoking and stuttering like hell LOL so I drove without an air filter to the nearest motor factor (15 miles) to get a new filter.
On the way there the engine gradually stopped smoking and smoothed out - I drove that car for another 2 years before I sold it and went back to a turbo.
I had only bought the ZX as a stopgap when I wrote off my xantia by driving slowly into a Range Rover : )
I did this in my old 5hitroen ZX 1.9 (non turbo) diesel a few years ago,I was in the middle of nowhere in Wilts - drove into this mini lake that was a LOT deeper than it looked,but I was lucky and could still turn the engine over,given the choice of getting (very) wet or risk damaging the engine - because it was a cheap runaround I just put it into first and cranked it out on the starter motor LOL.
Once safely on the far shore I pulled the air filter out and threw it in the boot - it was a sodden mess - dried out the filter housing/intake as much as possible and managed to get the engine started,she was smoking and stuttering like hell LOL so I drove without an air filter to the nearest motor factor (15 miles) to get a new filter.
On the way there the engine gradually stopped smoking and smoothed out - I drove that car for another 2 years before I sold it and went back to a turbo.
I had only bought the ZX as a stopgap when I wrote off my xantia by driving slowly into a Range Rover : )