Flooded diesel engine

[AB]

Thanks Timbo - reckon I'll need more than a cuppa to stop my hands shaking.

Cheers for the info Hippo - obviously I didn't drown mine as bad as you but thats some great info to keep a lookout for. Your list of problems was what I was expecting as soon as the engine cut out but since none of my trucks fluids had any sign of water it looks like I could be in the clear!

Hope you didn't sacrifice your truck for the sake of a Toyota!

Cheers, Lachie

Get your hands on a Nibbler to cut the hole mate, you can't go wrong with a nibbler.

[lachiek]

Cheers AB, just been looking at your DIY snorkel install - bloody good look!

[Yendor]

Hi Lachie.

Did the engine stall in the water or did you shut it down?

I would say the cause of your oil light coming on is a stuffed sender (full of water).

But to be sure you can take it to a mechanic and get them to check the oil pressure.

Cheers Rodney

[lachiek]

Thanks Yendor, yep the engine stalled. The sender is stuffed so I'm going off the pressure gauge until i can source a new one.

Cheers, Lachie

[Yendor]

Lachie, it sounds like you were very lucky not to do any major engine damage.

You could try removing the sender and flushing it out with wd40 and then blow it out with air.

It is possible that you may also have some water in the sender unit for the oil pressure gauge as well, this could be why it is reading slightly higher.

[lachiek]

Yeah tell me about it! Biggest problem now is how paranoid I am that something is gonna go bang any day. Didn't help that the mech how changed all the fluids left the bloody dipstick out - by the time I realised I'd done 2 hrs on the highway and there's now oil bloody everywhere so I've spent the long weekend scrubbing it off.

I'll try the sender remedy - thanks for the tip.