hey, i swamped my 2001 ford ranger really bad, i need help, what steps should i take to get it running again? and i also lost all oil pressure, any ideas of what it could be? and is their anything else i should change or check to get it back to running condition?? any help would be greatly appreciated

 

needs more info

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what were you doing to do this

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what kind of motor and trans do you have.

 

well i sunk it to the frame in a huge mud hole, and its got a v6 4.o liter and the stock trans i guess, and it was in the water for about 2 days

 

i would pull the spark plugs turn it over to get the water out of the motor (if it did suck up water). Put the plugs in then change the oil. see if it runs if so change the oil more frequently. Do a compression test.

 

in the water for 2 days? Truck sounds totalled to me ... cant imagine any of the wiring or ecu being good anymore

 

^x2...time to call insurance...

 

Oil PSI fell off likely due to the water in the engine. In other words, not enough viscosity in water-logged oil to maintain oil pressure. If you tried to start this thing before draining the water-logged oil, that was a foolish idea.

2 days in the drink is quite alot of time. The vehicle is likely done for but here's what I'd do after dunking something:

Buy about 8 gallons of oil and 8 filters and a set of plugs.

Pull plugs, turn motor over (don't start), check for water in the top end, drain oil, replace filter, fill oil, turn motor over (don't start), check for water in the top end, drain oil, change filter, turn motor over (don't start), drain oil, check for water in the oil, install new plugs, change filter, fill oil, start for 10 seconds, drain oil, check for water in the oil, change filter, fill oil, start for 10 seconds and repeat until no signs of water are in the oil.

 

i mean is their any chance of saving it? or am i looking at a having to buy new wiring and an ecu?

 

Thats going to be the least of your worries. My guess is you probably bent a connecting rod. There is probably rust in your cylinders now aswell.

Did you try to start it once it was out?

 

Electronics will work after being wet or even completely submersed in liquid so long as nothing burnt up once the liquid was introduced to the electronics while they were powered up.

Thing is, they have to dry completely first before powering up and hopefully nothing got fried as it came in contact with liquids.

The other problem is, you don't know what, if anything, was damaged electronically when the truck was submereged.... but I suppose those bridges will need to be crossed if you decide to persue recovering from this without contacting your insurance provider.

To answer your question, replace the wiring? No.

Replace the ECU? You won't have that answer until you try to fire it up. Before doing so, I highly recommend you dry out everything that has an electrical connection...ECU included.

Anything that was in the water needs to be dried out completely before you have the answers to your questions.

 

if u were only in up to the frame it shouldnt have even done anything to the motor....dead batt form sitting maybe?...lol

 

just make sure you change all the fluids if no water come inside the truck then it's not as bad as people are making it sound

 

I was thinking the same thing. We have all sunk them to the frame either in mud or snow and I have never seen one die from sitting on the frame. Gotta wonder how fast he was going when he hit the mud hole?

 

also might wanna check your trans fluid and the fluid in both diffs.

 

ok, thanks for all the help so far, but here is a step by step picture of what happened, first i sunk it, and the whole time it was sunk we had the truck running, and it died a couple of times but fired right back up, and then i had to leave it over night due to insufficiant vehicles that could pull me out, but then the big guns showed up and before he pulled me out my truck fired up in an instant from sitting in the hole over night, then i got pulled out and we immeadiatly drained the oil and changed the air filter and oil filter, and then i drove it about 400 to 500 feet and the oil pressure gage went nuts and just lost all pressure and then the battery went and it kinda went downhill from their, any ideas on what happened? and btw i was ****ing flying when i hit that mud hole !!!!

 

and yes i did get a little water in the interior but nothing deeper than about an inch on my passenger side floor, and when it was in the water the fan blades were sucking up water and throwing it over my engine

 

and all the time it was in the mud hole and after we pulled it out it fired up without a problem, it just had starting issues when i lost oil pressure

 

something might be starting to seize up internally

 

Anything come from this? I just read this now and it seems like a nightmare. Did you get it resolved?