88swampedmj Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 good idea.. going out for a afternoon wheeling session. Image Not Found BAD idea.. going out for a afternoon wheeling session ...in a thunderstorm through a creek. Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found help didnt get there for awhile.. finally my sisters husband andrew came and helped.. starting it up was horrible.. there was tons of smoke and a weird clicking noise from the passenger side of the engine bay.. i think its a relay... it won't even start now....the water wasnt very high when i tried it.. but couldnt make it so i sat there as the water rose...
STROKERMJ Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Quick drain all fluids run it for about 15min and repeat. Did any H2O get in the intake, looks like it may have? I used to drive thru creeks in a local mud hole with my old XJ, flooded the motor with water drained it started it and the motor blew 3 days later sitting in traffic, all because I didn't change the oil....DOH.... STROKERMJ
88swampedmj Posted December 30, 2006 Author Posted December 30, 2006 yea tommorow i guess iam gonna drain the oil and stuff..
Rokhound Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 wow that sucks but man that looks like it good of been fun
comancheman Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 wow, sorry about the truck but those pictures are awesome
JohnQ Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Holy S#!t, that sucks! :eek: Make sure you change all those fluids. We also got hammered here in Houston too. My house with no roof got drenched again. :headpop: At least you got some cool pics! :D
sinnaevd Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 well look on the bright side, if it blows.... TIME FOR A STROKER
88swampedmj Posted December 30, 2006 Author Posted December 30, 2006 haha well id rather it not blow...its my dd still
jared Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 sweet pics, but not such a sweet story. i hope for the best man.
88swampedmj Posted December 30, 2006 Author Posted December 30, 2006 thanks man ... if i was locked in the front i woulda made it!! :roll:
Oizarod115 Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 so it DOES start? or you didnt try it? sucks. thats some crazy rapids man!
jbhill Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 pull the plugs to just incase any water did get in there itll dry out and squirt a lil oil in the spark plug holes so just in case it hopefully won't be siezed up.
STROKERMJ Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 well look on the bright side, if it blows.... TIME FOR A STROKER That's how my 4.6 came to life... STROKERMJ
88MJay Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Ya make sure you pull the plugs let it dry and and crank it over a few times with the plugs out to make sure you don't hydro-lock the motor. Bad things happen when you hydro-lock the motor. Good luck. Awesome pics by the way. The flowing water looks really cool in them!
88swampedmj Posted December 30, 2006 Author Posted December 30, 2006 well when i tried to start it as i was getting pulled out it made a horrible grinding noise... like the starter wasnt grabbing the fly wheel.. it started then blew smoke everywhere, i tured it off and it hasnt started since... i think it got a little water in there but not too bad.. i already drained the oil and am about to do the spark plug wires... but it still sounds like the starter isnt catching the fly wheel.. or is it somethin else?
ridergoatee Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 MAN!! I hope everything works out for ya, but i think that you would take 1st prize and money for your pics in any 4x4 mag!
jeepthing07 Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 i thought it was a joke at first that water looks like photoshop lol
88swampedmj Posted December 31, 2006 Author Posted December 31, 2006 haha i wish it was a joke.. but GREAT IDEA!!! iam sending those pics in to some magazines... i bet they would make it in.. here's one more... the worst i think... you can see my disbelief and horror
Bonkers Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 As a waterhog myself the first thing comes to my mind is hydrolock.
Oizarod115 Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 can't you prevent hydrolocking it by cutting the motor off before you suck up any water?
DirtyComanche Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 Yeah, but it's no biggy if you do hydrolock. Pull the plugs and turn it over with the starter.
88swampedmj Posted January 4, 2007 Author Posted January 4, 2007 i havent tried pullin the plugs and turning it over yet either... i wonder it a little water would squirt out.. then should i let it dry out if it does? or would it burn out?
JOMJ87 Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 if it gets in the firing chamber than you have a prob if you run it cause water don't compress to good and can mess stuff up. I would let it dry out as much as possible.IMO Cole
88swampedmj Posted January 4, 2007 Author Posted January 4, 2007 i never really tried starting it while it was underwater but i did after we got it out wich iam sure the air filter was soaked so it may have just a little in there hopefully not enough to lock it up.. but ill take out the plugs to be safe..
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