under water help!!!
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From: TInley Park ILL
under water help!!!
what to do after going through 5ft of water in my bronco it clicks and lights flick any ideas?
i have 3" body lift and 33's
help
it sat over night maybe dried out
but as soon as i hit the water it stopped running
snorkel is in the works now
i have 3" body lift and 33's
help
it sat over night maybe dried out
but as soon as i hit the water it stopped running
snorkel is in the works now
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Did you get water in the air intake
Take your spark plugs out and turn the motor over and push all the water out of the cylinders??
It won't turn over if the cylinders have water in them. Also change oil. It's probably full of oil by now if you got it sucked in the intake.
Then just hope the rods aren't broke.
Take your spark plugs out and turn the motor over and push all the water out of the cylinders??
It won't turn over if the cylinders have water in them. Also change oil. It's probably full of oil by now if you got it sucked in the intake.
Then just hope the rods aren't broke.
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From: Savannah, GA
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Drain and change every fluid in the thing, oil, power steering, tranny, coolant. front and rear differentials...
As was mentioned before, remove ALL of the spark plugs slowly rotate the engine, and use a shop vac to make sure you get ALL of the water out of the cylinders.
And yes. Pray that there isn't a broken rod. Do NOT try to start it because if only one cylinder has water and it fires, you're going to look like this dude..-->
As was mentioned before, remove ALL of the spark plugs slowly rotate the engine, and use a shop vac to make sure you get ALL of the water out of the cylinders.
And yes. Pray that there isn't a broken rod. Do NOT try to start it because if only one cylinder has water and it fires, you're going to look like this dude..-->
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From: Boise, ID
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Also pull the distributor cap and spray some WD-40 under the cap and in the dizzy to dry it out.
It sounds like you got the electrical system wet. Go through the whole thing plug by plug and blow them out with compressed air. Did you get water in the cab? You fuse box may be soaked.
It sounds like you got the electrical system wet. Go through the whole thing plug by plug and blow them out with compressed air. Did you get water in the cab? You fuse box may be soaked.
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From: TInley Park ILL
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i got it running last night
no water in te motor but there was a faulty batt clamp and i sprayed with wd 40 and it is back going
need to change fluids i did ceck water in clyinders
it won't be swimin again for a while
no water in te motor but there was a faulty batt clamp and i sprayed with wd 40 and it is back going
need to change fluids i did ceck water in clyinders
it won't be swimin again for a while
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All crutial components have breather lines. If you are getting a snorkel and want to put this thing in any water at all, make sure to run hose from the breathers on your diffs, tranny etc into your cab. If you use silicone like bugeyed suggested on electrical and around your plugs and have good weather stripping around your doors you should be able to go through a lot of water. If you don't have breather lines ran properly it is very easy to get milky oil in your axles and it can be very difficult to clean it all out. I've been hood deep before and I wished I had my breather lines higher than I did. It would have saved me alot of time and effort.
Safe Swimming!
Safe Swimming!
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Originally posted by 66MercMan
All crutial components have breather lines. If you are getting a snorkel and want to put this thing in any water at all, make sure to run hose from the breathers on your diffs, tranny etc into your cab. If you use silicone like bugeyed suggested on electrical and around your plugs and have good weather stripping around your doors you should be able to go through a lot of water. If you don't have breather lines ran properly it is very easy to get milky oil in your axles and it can be very difficult to clean it all out. I've been hood deep before and I wished I had my breather lines higher than I did. It would have saved me alot of time and effort.
Safe Swimming!
All crutial components have breather lines. If you are getting a snorkel and want to put this thing in any water at all, make sure to run hose from the breathers on your diffs, tranny etc into your cab. If you use silicone like bugeyed suggested on electrical and around your plugs and have good weather stripping around your doors you should be able to go through a lot of water. If you don't have breather lines ran properly it is very easy to get milky oil in your axles and it can be very difficult to clean it all out. I've been hood deep before and I wished I had my breather lines higher than I did. It would have saved me alot of time and effort.
Safe Swimming!
Chris
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