Good evening, just got back from a grand night in the woods. I went wheeling with a buddy when we got to an intense water crossing. Just to be safe we hook the truck's butt up to the 80's winch in case things went wrong. I don't have a snorkel and when I bought the truck it had the ricer air intake, very lame indeed.
So off I went, free spooling the winch behind me. It gets hairy but I make it up the other side pretty quickly. We disconnect, then discuss the route as my buddy cautiously surveys the crossing. He goes and we make it. So onward we wheel until we have had our fill and it's time to go. We get back to the crossing and the 80 makes it first. I go for it thinking "made it before, just slow and easy and it's nothing". Of course I stalled in the middle, not the first time I've swamped a truck in freezing weather.
After a 15 minute ordeal the truck was pulled free from the water. I cleaned my intake and pulled the plugs. After getting the water out SUPRISE
, it won't start.
So far I have pulled the dist cap, rotor spins and sparks work.
The "check engine" light works and the water level only got up to the bottom of the computer's plugs. I pulled the connecting plugs and they were all clean and dry. Fuel pump works and fuel is getting to the rails. The air flow meter's plug was wet as were the coil's plugs. I cleaned and dried them all. I dried every part of the air flow meter I could reach, then I pulled off the meter's top cover. Everything was dry inside. I had a topped off tank going into this, I didn't think I could take enough water in to fowl things.
When I turn the key everything sounds normal, even feels like compression is normal. I think I got too much water in electrical things that hate water. My buddy offered to tow it home but I've had enough tonight. We towed my beast up to a camp site and ditched it. Tomorrow morning it's coming home under it's own power or otherwise. I've got a buttload of fresh fluids and grease when I get it back. If there is anything I may have overlooked I could use the help. I'm bringing the compression gauge too.
So off I went, free spooling the winch behind me. It gets hairy but I make it up the other side pretty quickly. We disconnect, then discuss the route as my buddy cautiously surveys the crossing. He goes and we make it. So onward we wheel until we have had our fill and it's time to go. We get back to the crossing and the 80 makes it first. I go for it thinking "made it before, just slow and easy and it's nothing". Of course I stalled in the middle, not the first time I've swamped a truck in freezing weather.
After a 15 minute ordeal the truck was pulled free from the water. I cleaned my intake and pulled the plugs. After getting the water out SUPRISE
, it won't start. So far I have pulled the dist cap, rotor spins and sparks work.
The "check engine" light works and the water level only got up to the bottom of the computer's plugs. I pulled the connecting plugs and they were all clean and dry. Fuel pump works and fuel is getting to the rails. The air flow meter's plug was wet as were the coil's plugs. I cleaned and dried them all. I dried every part of the air flow meter I could reach, then I pulled off the meter's top cover. Everything was dry inside. I had a topped off tank going into this, I didn't think I could take enough water in to fowl things.
When I turn the key everything sounds normal, even feels like compression is normal. I think I got too much water in electrical things that hate water. My buddy offered to tow it home but I've had enough tonight. We towed my beast up to a camp site and ditched it. Tomorrow morning it's coming home under it's own power or otherwise. I've got a buttload of fresh fluids and grease when I get it back. If there is anything I may have overlooked I could use the help. I'm bringing the compression gauge too.
. It wasn't revving into the water and when things died I didn't jam on the starter. 
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Be careful installing the Safari Snorkel as the template is inaccurate.
