1980cj5
Well-Known Member
So tonight at a local wheeling spot, a buddy in a 92 toy pickup with a 3.0 and stock intake tried going through the deepest mud hole. He hit it a little hard and it died with water half way up the drivers head light (the same side that the intake is on) he tried to start it and the starter just clicked. So we got it to dry ground and pulled the air filter and all of the plugs and the starter still wouldnt turn it over, so we tried to bump start it, and it just spun the clutch. After that we just put the plugs back in and towed it home. So is his motor probably toast? Or should we be able to pull the plugs suck out the water, turn the motor over manually, then just give it a tune up and call it good as new? Oh yeah with the plugs out we could actually see water in some of the cylinders.