86 gxl died in deep water,looked up the engine ! any solutions? please help

 

thats what the atf trick is for. put about half a cap full in each rotor and let it sit, then gently try and turn it over. how long has it been sitting like that?



mike

 

first thing you need to do is get all of the water out of the engine and fuel tank... you don't want to further your damage by pumping more water in there.... once you completely dry the engine out then do the ATF trick and let it sit for a day or two...then try to crank it...if that still doesn't get I'd try it once more and if no luck still then it's time for a rebuild



FYI : between whatever water left in your engine and the ATF the engine is going to smoke a WHOLE LOT...

 

thanks guy/gals, i got the engine to brake loose,im going right now to drain the water from the oil ect. thanks again

 

cool, hopefully it will be fine



mike

 

thanks again guys but now i have no power,can you help

 

does it idle smoothly?



mike

 

New spark plugs, spark plug wires, oil filter, and run some gas treatment through it also....basically do a tune up on it....

oh, you might wanna look at your tranny also... is it auto or standard? you prolly wanna change your tranny fluid....

and try the ATF trick one more time, you gotta let the atf sit in there for 24 hours...and since you got it to break loose make sure you get ATF on all of the seals by dissconneting your ignition (take off spark plug wires or pull the fuse) and bumping the starter, then pouring more ATF in....

 

okay guys , isort of jumped the gun o this one,got excited and tryed to drive the car no pwer,do ya think the atf trick will help, cant see how thiat much damange could have ocuurred ,only in the water for about ten min., figured the initial shock decarbonized the whole motor, please reply quick,this is the 3rd motoor ive been through ,i love my car but cant hardly go through all this again

 

thanks again