Hey guys. A buddy of mine sunk his 90 Toy in a lake last weekend. Submerged the right side up to the cab. It turns over and gets spark but wont kick. What can we do to get that thing road worthy again, and where would we start.
Thanks.
Maxx

Oh f#ck, did you turn it over with the spark plugs in or out?
you'll prob need a new cap+rotor, wires, spark plugs, air filter,
and if you tried turning it over with the spark plugs in and water in the cylinders...you're f#cked. time to rip it apart...
good luck....

I served 20 years on submarines. We always shut the hatches before we dove. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Ok, I'll be serious.

Was the engine running when she turned mermaid? If so, it may have ingested water into the intake. That's not good for valves.

Otherwise, you still need to do a whole buch of stuff. You should drain the gas tank and flush the complete fuel system. Drain the engine oil and refill, change the oil filter. Disconnect all electrical connectors and blow them dry, then lube them good with proper anti-corrosion spray.
Same with distributor. Toss the air filter. Change all drivetrain fluids. Maybe repack all wheel bearings and consider pressure flush of brake and clutch fluids.

Drill holes in bottom back side of headlights to drain water from them....nah, don't do that. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Pull spark plugs and crank her thru several times, then squirt a little oil down each plug hole.THEN do a compression test. If she blows hard on all cylinders, you got good valves and she is in proper valve timing.

Locate spare ECU as you will probably need it eventually.

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Ok, OK...I'll stop with the jokes.

I was thinking that the ECU being under water pretty much is the prob....maybe remove the ECU and open up the cover and let it dry in the sun for 2 or 3 days MIGHT bring it back.

Water doesn't lubricate bearings as effective as oil. If it ran a little with water in it, there may have been some damage to the bearings. I just ripped apart a 3.0 that had been in a similar situation and all of the rod bearings were toast. (somehow the main bearings were fine) If you can get the oil pan off without too much trouble you may want to check atleast the rod bearings if it makes any funny knocking sounds when you do get it to run. The 3.0 I ripped apart could have been saved by rolling in new bearings before the po. ran it and killed it.

Just something to think about once you do get it to fire up.

Hey at least it isnt seized! Hopefully all of the rods are fine.

1. Do what Zuk said and pull the computer, open it up and let it air dry for a couple of days.

2. If it were mine, I would completely drain all fluids including the brake, clutch, coolant and reservoir

3. Then I would flush everything with Kerosene and I still doubt that you will get all the water out of the Tranny, T-Case and front and rear end.

4. Once you get that all, done I would take WD-40 and blow out all of the electrical connections including the disturber and TPS

5. With all that done I would fill the engine oil with a 50/50 mixture of the correct oil and kerosene. Start it and let it idle for 15-20 minutes. Drain mixture and do over again. Make sure you change the oil filter each time. Drain and fill with 100% oil and drive about 500 miles and change the oil filter again.

6. At that 500-mile interval, I would also change the Tranny, T-case, and front & rear diff fluid again.

Remember oil floats to the top of water so any left over water will be at the bottom and you will never get it all out unless you take it all apart.
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Ok well I finally saw pics of it and it was sunk pretty good on the entire right side. We had it in the shop drained the fuel cleaned out the lines put in a new fuel filter, changed the oil, plugs were dry so we brushed them up and re gaped them (hes doing a complete tune up next week). Checked all the necessary electronics, during the week we took teh comp out and cleaned it out really good and let it dry out. So when it came time to fire it up, it cranked for a while them she kicked to life, sputered and died. Added some more gas and lit her up again and had the driver hit the throttle and it caughed out about a gallon of water and mud. So now it runs as though nothing ever happened. So thank you all for the advice, it helped alot. My buddy thanks you as well. Later

Maxx