P38 Submarine

[intheozone]

Hi

Well after another epic weekend of 4x4ing. I almost killed my car (again) by wading through water a bit too deep reminding my self that the P38 is not a Submarine.

I must have taken a whole heap of water through the air intake, Air filter was full of water and the engine choked her self to death. I managed to get out and get the engine started, dried as much water as I could from the air intake and the funny looking bits on the bottom of the pipe from the air inlet to the air manifold.

I eventually nursed the car home. Now to get her running normally again. what do I need to clean, what should i look out for? Obviously a new air filter..

any help greatfully recieved..

I also had a bit of a bang on the exhaust which is now sitting up behind the rear bumper I will probably just use a mallet and bang it back down.

any other hints welcome.

Thanks guys

[FiveSPDDisco]

Hi

Well after another epic weekend of 4x4ing. I almost killed my car (again) by wading through water a bit too deep reminding my self that the P38 is not a Submarine.

I must have taken a whole heap of water through the air intake, Air filter was full of water and the engine choked her self to death. I managed to get out and get the engine started, dried as much water as I could from the air intake and the funny looking bits on the bottom of the pipe from the air inlet to the air manifold.

I eventually nursed the car home. Now to get her running normally again. what do I need to clean, what should i look out for? Obviously a new air filter..

any help greatfully recieved..

I also had a bit of a bang on the exhaust which is now sitting up behind the rear bumper I will probably just use a mallet and bang it back down.

any other hints welcome.

Thanks guys

What motor?

[intheozone]

Sorry,

year 2000 4.6 v8 if that helps

[PaulP38a]

Well, if the engine is still running you did not water in to the cylinders.

On my P38 submarine adventure a few years ago, it did get in... another (sad) story.

I did have a semi-sub adventure like yours a while back with similar results. What I did was:
- replace air filter
- clean all gunk out of air intake pipe, resonators, and MAF
- remove top intake manifold and clean all gunk/water reside/staining.

Sounds like your exhaust is cactus. Use this as an excuse to lose the single system and get a dual system with high flow mufflers and resonators so you and everyone around you can enjoy that lovely V8 burble...

All good, move along

[benji]

Just wondering, how deep was the water? I assume you had the wheel liner in.

[intheozone]

Hi Thanks for the replies

What is a wheel liner? I don't think I had one in???

Thanks Paul very useful.

I have cleaned out the Air intake pipe resonators and cleaned the MAF.

I have not yet taken the top intake manifold. Is that an easy job?

Car is running bette, until i put my foot down and she feels like she is being starved of air, She kind of bogs down and the revs drop off rapidly.

As for the exhaust, i bent the muffler back down however it sounds like there is a crack or hole in the exhaust somewhere as her normal V8 note has changes significantly.

Looking under the car there doesn't seem to be much protection for the underbody particularly round the fragile looking steering. Has anyone installed under body protection?

Keep the advice coming you guys are great.

[TheTree]

Hi

I would be thinking hard about changing my engine oil as well.

Steve

[Keithy P38]

Could be a restriction in the exhaust system causing your power losses.

My old P38 went swimming as well, I wasn't as lucky as yourself. It was towed home! I got it running again, had to change all of the oils as water was in everything. Also had half of the Murray River in the exhaust, so once I started it up again it was like a hydro electric plant flowing from the pipe and my driveway was mighty washed-down afterwards!

My advice would be to change every oil on your Rangie (including diffs and tranny/transfer case), replace air filter and see how you go.

It's likely that if you have ingested water you may have a valve or two that didn't like the ride and may be bent/warped/not seating properly.

If the damage is too much it may be a case for the insurance company to handle.

Cheers
Keithy

[intheozone]

Thanks for the advice

I have packed the car on a tow truck to get repaired.

For the first time in my life I am claiming on my insurance. Hope this does not take too long.

Anyone got any advice as to how insurance companies are for claiming off road damage?

Steve

[Keithy P38]

As long as its a marked road (ie it has a road name), you can't go wrong. I told my insurance company (suncorp) exactly what happened and they were only too happy to oblige. Two days later I had my $$ and went shopping for another Rangie!

Cheers
Keithy