I know it is not the news you want to hear, but being in the towing business, any vehicle that we have ever recovered from "water", has been "junked" by the insurance company. But, with all of the other great suggestions that have been given, here is one for the interior. Put a dehumidifier inside the cab, and close it up. This is the best way to remove moisture from the inside.

Good luck.

Jim

 

Turns out I did have comprehensive insurance through State Farm, I tried calling them yesterday and of course it was next to impossible to talk to someone who actually knew something. The general consensus was that it should be covered under a comprehensive policy (I HOPE) but I won't know for sure until Monday.............

The crank case if full of water......interior completely soaked including dash and cluster....and wifes electronic Christmas present!!!!.......Rad and fan look ok. The truck was idling when it hit the water, so I am hoping that the rods didn't bend. I am in the process of draining all the fluids and am going to try and get the truck into our kinda heated shop. It's supposed to be 9 degrees tonight.


Tom

 

If it makes you feel any better, back when we had little enough sense to always be "4-wheelin'", hardly a week went by when someone's truck didn't get drove off in a hole that was deeper than it looked, usually getting a cab-full of water.

Most of these got by with little more than an oil-change, and a fan and radiator if the belts had been left on.


Properly sealed and vented, transmissions/transfers/rears don't let grease out and won't hardly let water in, unless submerged for a long time.


I wouldn't get too excited about the rest of the truck, until I made sure the engine was flushed out and clean.



We (un-knowingly at the time) bought a truck that a dead man had been found in, an old farmer that lived alone; he was found sitting in the truck on his farm after several days; the used car lot neglected to mention this little detail to us.

If we could get that smell out, you can get the dampness out of yours.

 

Under the insurance topic are you trying a claim under auto or home, be sure to check both. Next thing is to dry out as fast as possible. Have to stop the "fungisamongis" before it starts. I have my fingers crossed.

 

The weather being cool and the notoriously weak fan-clutch probably saved the fan and radiator.


Lets be realistic, you probably couldn't build the flat for what an insurance company is going to pay for a 15-year-old truck.

 

It's not a 15 year old truck it's a 2002!

 

Get to work FAST on it unless you are sure the insurance will cover it !!!!!!
The quicker you take care of it the better the results will be .
Get that engine drained and filled with diesel and a little oil in the mixture and get it turning over and flushed out .

I have a 2000 S-10 that had a clean water BATH when it was a few months old and had only 3 thousand miles on it!! The water got up to the speakers in the door i do not know how long it was in there it was in a parking structure that flooded with rain .

I bought it at the salvage auction and fixed it without much trouble (mainly labor,time,and fluids ) and i am still driving it today. To look at it no one would ever be able to tell it had happened.

 

You should be covered providing your policy is paid up etc. State Farm is pretty easy to deal with, I process dozens of claims with them every year (for customers not myself) and they pay good without a lot of hassle.

 

Well here is what I found....

1) No water in the cylinders, I could get a 360 rev. with a wrench on the crank

2) Water was in the oil pan....alot of it..

3) Water was in rear end, front end, tranny and transfer case.

4) Water was in turbo and intercooler was full. There was some moisture in the grid heater under the intake.

Tom (Who hopes this doesen't end up near as bad as I thought yesterday while I was standing in a freezing cold pond cussing myself)

 

sounds like you got pretty lucky, drain all of the above, fill em back with correct fluids, run for a day and change em again

 

Sounds like you are getting good advice.... My grandpa sank the John Deere 4020 (Diesel) when I Was younger on our spring fed pond in the winter... We drained everything, as stated above... 8 years later it still runs our augers, and feed mill year round.. Might be wise to see if you can get ahold of or rent some "carpet blowers" set them up to blow through you cab for a while...??? Good luck man!

 

wishing you the best any updates?

 

bump come on guys let us know what happened