Charlie_Brown

Hasn't it always been that way hahaha

Pulled fuel pump fuse and disconnected distributor lead and finally got to that 6 bank spark plug and pulled her out. Cranked out the majority of the rest of the water but could still see and hear some in a few ports. Got two long straws from AM PM and duct tape. Melted the two straws together, wrapped in tape and taped it to the shop vac. Was able to get the rest of the water out and blow air into all but the 5th and 6th bank since it is so damn hard to get the straw in there. All ports were clear (obviously just guessing with 6) so I Cranked again to see if I could hear more sloshing. Put new spark plugs in and a new air filter. Soaked up more water in the air filer holster and cleaned the air intake as best I could and leading hose. Checked engine oil dipstick for a third time, still at same level and not milky . With everything buttoned up I turned her over to burn off the rest of water that could be in. What came next was a uncle buck show of white smoke from water vapor. Reved up till the smoke dissipated and the truck started sounding back to normal. I don't think all the water is burnt off quite yet however it sounds pretty good, idles, no knocks or new sounds just a little rough but nothing really noticable. This coming Saturday I'm going to have the oil changed since I ran out of time and won't be able to do it myself since I have other work to do. Oil looks good but I'm not chancing it. Thank you guys for your added input. Always appreciated

I drive a 92 pathy That is rough to hear about your truck but I'm glad you got it up and running again also awesome job on the snorkel! Looks good, I'll have to keep your version in mine when I go to make mine.

Yeah I made it clear out of the water to the other side when she finally sized so the engine never actually sat in water The water level war right below floor boards, is just got hosed up the engine while I was driving through it. Still not sure how it got passed the guard into the air intake but where there is a will there is a way I guess How would I turn them by hand? By turning the timing belt? Yeah I'm pretty hell bent on changing the oil so nothing else down the road happens afterwards. Funny thing is I was planning to repack bearing this coming weekend while installing new ball joints and UCAs. Haha I have had my eye on a snorkel for awhile now but it never made top list since I don't generally do water crossings. You can bet she jumped to top of the list now! Though I'll probably make one like many on this forum have with silicone and PVC. I'm thinking my electronics are fine, like I said water wasn't too deep like a Florida's storm haha. My distributer was still dry right after the incident and still is now. MAF will need some cleaning now though with the muddy water going through it like that but for the most part I think I'm good in that regard. Or maybe I'm just hoping I am By the by I thank everyone for their replies in helping me with this

California seems the land of WD21 then, I see at least 1 a day. Down in the bay area they are common. D21 is dime a dozen but never the Terrino

I hydrolocked time to make a snorkel after repairs

Smog shop will still (in my case) fail you even when you notify them about the ECU under the passenger seat. The guy actually got mad at me and borderline screamed at me unless I had Chevy or before 1990 that my truck had check engine light hahaha Really pissed me off actually in hindsight (Hense the post for others)

I took the hot terminal from the battery so I don't have any electrical charge through it. Didn't feel at that point that the neutral would be necessary since it is just return feed (my understanding at least) I'll pull the fuses just in case however, cant be too careful after all. How would you tell if headgaskets blew from looking at (or in) radiator? I should add that as soon as I went through the "lake" it hydrolocked on the other end. Didn't sit in water just stalled and died on the other side of a 20 foot water crossing. Only adding that because with that little of a distance I don't think the head gaskets could blow but I could be wrong. Currently have the air filter pulled out so it can dry and the case unbuttoned. All but bank 6 spark plugs are pulled so any sort of evaporation can happen. I'll pull the last in the morning when I can see. Too hard with it being by the fire wall at night. I rechecked dip stick, oil is still clean so at least it didn't get to far into the system before stalling. Since the water got in my engine through the air intake would you recommend I bleed my gas lines or would that be pointless? I'm just hoping water isn't in my pistons, I'd rather not buy a new engine yet

I am going to try to tape a straw to a shop vacation tomorrow to get more water out then try turning it over once more to shoot any more water out. Finally got the truck back home from a guy with a winch further up the road yaaayyy! Hopefully I'll also have the time to drop the oil pan and drain it there. If anyone has any suggestions for me that I'm unaware of with my limited knowledge let me know

I stupidly flooded my engine with water while wheeling (thought the puddle wasn't as deep was it was). After pulling spark plugs out and turning it over water shot out however there was still a lot left in it. Anyways know the steps I now need to do to fix this. I've never flooded a vehicle before so treading new waters. I should add I pulled my dip stick for engine oil and didn't see any water bead on that, my air filter is soaked even after cleaning as much water as I could from it

Looks good man!

Check your fuse If you have not already, probably blown

Same haha xD

Finally got around to ordering UCAS for 2" lift. Now need rear coils and ball joints. Also found a ped in the seat belt cover assembly. Not sire how one ever got there haha

This is why I love this thread

I had mine made at lowes when I damn near cracked my original in half (damn old stiff locks!) Both of my keys however didn't come out perfect, the first would unlock it but gridded against a tumble making it even harder to not break, the second just has its hang ups every now and again. I've since greased the locks and the key only gives me trouble once every 10 to 15 times but nothing big.

That is really rad and a testament to this community

I'm not really sure where to put this in the forums so mods feel free to move it where you feel it would be best however a smart phone app called AllTrails will show you any off road (only listed though not as great as a map) trail near you or what area you decide to search. Not only limited to this you have hiking, biking, horseback trails and loads of others. A good way to easily check out surrounding areas you have not been to and find new trails, see pictures and what others have said about it.

That's what I was thinking as well. I don't see why it wouldn't be fine so long as you kept your Vin. Just something I heard, figured I'd ask for clarification

Pick and pull or slowly repainting?

That plastic is a joke. Popped my door this weekend to lube the door lock and that might as well have not even been there at all haha. I think my previous owners cat got to it or something lol

Did you just drill and rivet back in the Vin? I have not really looked into this much but when I did I heard the legality of it was questionable

Thank you for sharing. My ignition seems to be slowly going out where I have to jiggle the key to turn over so I'll have to look into this problem.

I was thinking about using India ink for a permanent black stain without stiffing up the flooring as long as I can find bulk cheap. I'll have to check out the paint for seats

Looking to revive this topic for ideas. I was thinking about going the old route of Mexican blanket upholstery for the seats to offset all the red