Did you drain the intercooler? Did you drain the fuel tank? Before doing any sensor replacement, I would strip out the headliner and hose out the whole vehicle inside and out to get the salt out.

 

I removed all the interior (seats, carpet, headliner, electronics) and pressure washed it the day after the sinking. Figured it would not matter if I was replacing salt water with fresh water.

Also drained fuel tank and changed filters.

No I did not drain the intercooler, that my next plan.

 

I hope the HPFP is not toast since you started it and then it quite on you. Then you found more water in intercooler.

As you pull those injectors and fuel rails I suppose that there maybe tell tale signs for metal. That will tell you.

Also look at those fuel filters. If you were able to start it then fuel most likely cycles to the lower filter. See what it looks like.

 

Wow Terry - Big job here!!!!
It sounds like you've got a pretty good handle on what you need to do - now the tedious job of execution is at hand...
Soldier on - you've got a number of us watching and reading in amazement...

 

Don't forget to spray oil into the cylinders before letting it sit.

 

Subscribed and I really hope you get it running right. Sorry for the PITA factor for you. Keep on!!

 

thanks for all the support, it is much appreciated. CAC is drained and flushed. I put all injectors back in, cranked it over a good few times to see if anything else was sucked into the cylinders, removed injectors and cranked again, nothing was expelled. Am hoping that means all the water is out, not sure if any made it into the turbo though

 

how do the fuel filters look? Did you pull the lower one again to have a look.

 

pulled lower one for a second time and it seems fine. after I first flushed the tank, I put another 5 gallons in, then flushed again using the fuel pump and running pipe from after top filter into bucket. I then replaced both top and bottom filters.

so far so good, am going to try to start engine again tomorrow

 

Good news, glad you did it that way. So you should be ok in that area at least.

 

I'm guessing you might want to replace the injectors since they probably were exposed to salt water. Last thing you want to do is get it running and have an injector tip rust and snap off causing even more expense and problems.

 

Man, bad luck. But this is throwing good money after bad!

Call it a lost.

 

After all you've been through and done with this truck, I'm pulling for you to get it running again!

Not saying that's what I would have done, but restoring flood vehicles is not my hobby either. We all have our things.

So no useful mechanical advice here, but I am interested in seeing how it goes. Best of luck, and post video (with sound!) when you get her going.

 

I'll try not to pile on too much, but at some point you have to look at cutting your loses. You are going to sink an untold amount of money, above the $30K you've put into it at this point, and still have a truck worth close to nothing at the end of the day. If it can't be insured, you'll never be able to sell it, except for close to nothing, i.e. the truck isn't really worth much to anyone except you.


Like someone already said, you are throwing good money after bad. Plus, if the brakes failed for no obvious reason, I'm not sure I'd be looking forward to bombing down the interstate at 75 mph if you do get it running.


And your wrecker guy was a complete idiot. There is no way that truck should have ended up on it's side, at any point in the recovery.


Adam

 

Wow. You have one of the most interesting hobbies/businesses that I've ever heard of, repairing flood damaged Mercedes'es...

I say more power to you. Price wise, a diesel truck is not all that different than a Mercedes, actually.

I say go for it.

Also, the guy didn't say the truck could not be insured, he just said he cannot get comprehensive insurance on it, which covers sinkings, I guess.

I guess if you got hit by a torpedo that would be...collision insurance, which you could get coverage for ?

You go man.