Shoua

Okay. First, the story.

It was just another Sunday afternoon wheeling the usual place. I'd been in the river before, and it was shallow enough that I could drive in it up to my doors. It looked innocently shallow enough (underestimation of the century!). So I "dove" right in (now that I think about it, I didn't go in slowly and gradually like I usually do...), and when the water came up to the window on the driver side, I cranked the wheel all the way to the other side and gassed it, but it was too late. I had hit a drop-off, and my truck started to slide. The water was coming up near the intake, so I quickly shut off the motor.

Me to friend: "Dude, we're stuck."
My friend: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?"
Water starts to rush into the cab.
My friend: "Oh crap!"
He jumps out into the water and onto the shore.
Me: "I'm coming too!"
I grab my camera bag and jump out also.

My friend had a t-shirt and shorts on, I had my Adidas and pants. We were a LITTLE wet. At first, it was sideways with the driver side mostly in the water. As some guys were trying to get me out, they pulled on the tow hooks on the front of my truck, and in return the rear end slid underwater (about 7-8 feet).

After I called two of my friends, we hooked up 4 Toyota trucks (a new Tacoma TRD V6, a '91 pickup with a V6, and 2 '84 pickups with the 22r), and with the power of my own truck, which was mostly underwater still, and finally came out. About 6 inches of water came out of the cab, and about 2 gallons out of the exhaust.

So everything seemed okay. We started to drive home, then halfway back to the asphalt, it just died. We couldn't restart it. It had fuel, it had spark, but seemingly no ignition. So we towed it back to my in-laws' place.

Anybody have any suggestions of how to get my truck back on the road?

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Shoua

Whoops again! Here goes:

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ozziesironmanoffroad

thats why i dont like playing in the water... unless i walk out first and it doesnt come to above my knee. in any spot. maybe your ignition wires got wet? try replacing the plugs, or taking all the plugs out and cranking, blow the water out. maybe the engine got hydrolocked....

olharleyman

Thats a hell of a way to wash your truck there dude. Just be thankful your truck did'nt go all the way down.

Green93

Man you're lucky. That would have been scary.

ozziesironmanoffroad

true, good point. i think i may wash my truck soon using the new style . problem is, as far as i know, vegas doesnt have any rivers. lol.

Shoua

LOL. Ignition wires are dry, distributor is dry, got spark, got fuel. I'm thinking maybe water from the soaked air filter got in later, but it still cranked. Today it won't crank at all. Most likely electrical, and possibly some water in the fuel tank, I think. Oh yeah, ECU is dry, it didn't touch water.

Elton

good job.... also drain the diffs etc fuilds asap

Knuckles

I'm glad you had your camera ready.

the last time i got stuck i forgot my camera.

AxleIke

Possible, but unlikely, that while you were in the water, some water leaked into the air intake, and you pulled it into the block driving home, which would be a hydrolock. If that is the case, you have a rebuild on your hands, or a truck replacement.

However, if you are getting no electrical now, I'm suspicious of that. That makes me think it could be electrical. Check out your alternator. Make sure it is still putting out the correct amperage, as you likely completely soaked it. It may be toast, and on the way home you toasted your battery.

Good luck.

Henrythewound

DaAAAyyuuummmm! That looks terrible! At least it wasn't muddy. I hesitate at crossing a trickle even when it's a work vehicle (I tend to get stuck in fine river sand easily). Hope you get it rolling again soon.

dropzone

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I think you should change your avatar...

rayl82

if not remove the plugs and try turning it over a few times, toyotas don't generaly have problems like that my 89 4-runner was compleatly under water for about 4 hrs and i drove off the trail and like you it died and whould not start i replaced the mas air sensor and take a liik at your computer look for a burn out there easy to spot and a bread tie works great as a jumper mine has ben running on one for 2 years now if you have to many burnt spots on the computer dealer ship wants about 1000 for a new one i found my spair in a j-yard for 100 so look around.. good louck, nice puctures!

tc

The water is so clear - that's awesome!

There are several threads on what to do after being underwater. I'll sum up:
- replace the air filter, check for water in the intake
- remove the plugs, spray some WD40 in each cylinder, and crank the motor to make sure there isn't any water in the cylinders
- replace ALL (diffs, tranny, motor oil, everything) the fluids, none of them work with water in them

Shoua

It's not hydrolocked, as when it died, it still turned, but wouldn't start. That night my friend towed it (which I heard was illegal around here by the way) to my in-laws' place, where it sits right now. I immediately pulled the spark plugs and pumped out whatever was left in the combustion cambers. My brother said a slight bit of water came out, but not very much at all. The next day I went to go check it out, and it wouldn't even crank this time. It had electrical power, the ECU was dry, the fuses good. Unfortunately, I didn't have my multi-meter with me, so I couldn't check electrical connections.

My brother said that during the day when he was washing his car, suddenly white smoke poured out from under the hood of my truck, on the driver side (which was the side that went under) for about 5 seconds he says. He states that it smelled like an electrical burn. I checked and couldn't see any fried wires. I think my problem right now is definitely electrical. Unfortunately, that's where my mechanical skills lack the most.

tc

The wire from the battery to the starter is constant hot - could have shorted out, blowing the fusible link.

4x4spaz

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Where were you at when this happened?

Shoua

I was driving.

4x4spaz

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Gee, I never would have guessed...

RunnerUp

lol, thats some DEEP water, good luck finding the problem