Major Trouble, sunk my Dakota
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I have a 2007 Dakota 4x4 Crew cab it's a 3.7 v6 and as you can see on my last thread I was in a bog hole and about half way through the truck completely shut off. As we pulled it out of the water we noticed oil was leaking. The truck wouldn't start after we pulled it out. Battery is fine. Oil pan isn't busted either. I think the engine was flooded but that's my opinion. Any ideas on how to fix it? Or even what's wrong with the truck?
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02-23-2014, 06:40 PM
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I'm not that much of a mechanic, but i know many concepts. i think we all need more information. I tried looking for your other thread and i can't find it. I'm sorry if i'm asking questions that you've already answered before.
What happens when you turn the key to on, does the dash light up? what happens when you try to start, does it turn over? Where was the oil leaking from? Any strange noises that were not there before.
can you also take pictures all around the engine so people can see if there are anything visual that we can see, like something disconnected, or something that doesn't look right. Or a video of the engine trying to crank so we can hear what's happening. you could have swallowed some water into the engine and blown something internal (connecting rod, crank shaft, the block etc...). You could also have gotten water in the injectors and could have blown your injectors. Again, if you answer these questions, someone else with more experience in this should be able to give you more info.
oh, and by looking at the truck in your album, if that's the truck and the bog your truck died in... then it's an 08+, not an 07 based on the fenders, grill, bumper... and it's deep enough that with water splashing around your intake could have swallowed up some water at that depth, if you were going fast enough. That's why you should always traverse water slowly unless the air intake is designed for deep water crossings. I don't know how fast you were going, i'm just stating general rules of offroading.
What happens when you turn the key to on, does the dash light up? what happens when you try to start, does it turn over? Where was the oil leaking from? Any strange noises that were not there before.
can you also take pictures all around the engine so people can see if there are anything visual that we can see, like something disconnected, or something that doesn't look right. Or a video of the engine trying to crank so we can hear what's happening. you could have swallowed some water into the engine and blown something internal (connecting rod, crank shaft, the block etc...). You could also have gotten water in the injectors and could have blown your injectors. Again, if you answer these questions, someone else with more experience in this should be able to give you more info.
oh, and by looking at the truck in your album, if that's the truck and the bog your truck died in... then it's an 08+, not an 07 based on the fenders, grill, bumper... and it's deep enough that with water splashing around your intake could have swallowed up some water at that depth, if you were going fast enough. That's why you should always traverse water slowly unless the air intake is designed for deep water crossings. I don't know how fast you were going, i'm just stating general rules of offroading.
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I'm not that much of a mechanic, but i know many concepts. i think we all need more information. I tried looking for your other thread and i can't find it. I'm sorry if i'm asking questions that you've already answered before. What happens when you turn the key to on, does the dash light up? what happens when you try to start, does it turn over? Where was the oil leaking from? Any strange noises that were not there before. can you also take pictures all around the engine so people can see if there are anything visual that we can see, like something disconnected, or something that doesn't look right. Or a video of the engine trying to crank so we can hear what's happening. you could have swallowed some water into the engine and blown something internal (connecting rod, crank shaft, the block etc...). You could also have gotten water in the injectors and could have blown your injectors. Again, if you answer these questions, someone else with more experience in this should be able to give you more info. oh, and by looking at the truck in your album, if that's the truck and the bog your truck died in... then it's an 08+, not an 07 based on the fenders, grill, bumper... and it's deep enough that with water splashing around your intake could have swallowed up some water at that depth, if you were going fast enough. That's why you should always traverse water slowly unless the air intake is designed for deep water crossings. I don't know how fast you were going, i'm just stating general rules of offroading.
I'll try to get some videos uploaded tomorrow! Thanks for the help guys!
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