Ok, I went mud riding in my 2001 4wd yukon, i ran into some deep *** water and got stuck, so the truck was running with the exhaust under water, water came inside the truck up to my gas pedals,, and up to the botom of the headlight in the front. it was runni9ng for about 10 -15minutes and the battery was slowly losing voltage and it shut off, and after that nothing would come on. Ok, so bout 5 hrs later we pulled it out, hooked up jumper cables, cranked it up and it ran for about 5 minutes shooting water out the tail pipe and smoking, trhen it started choking out and died, towed it home and so far i know it has oil in the transmission, oil, and the spark plugs were fowled out. insurance appraiser is coming in the morning to check out the damage. my question is say they total it out...what kinda probs might i be looking At and would it be a good idea to buy it back from them
2007-02-22 15:29:57 · 4 answers · asked by floridaboy_2004 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ GMC
Plus, starting it without checking for water in the crankcase first was foolish. Who knows what sort of problems you might have caused which will only show up later.
2007-02-23 02:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by InjunRAIV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you buy it back the title better say 'salvage' to protect you from future owners claiming refunds for 'flood damage undisclosure' in the court of law. The liability will be on you no matter the number of times it passes hands if the title is not corrected to state this ranking.
2007-02-23 15:17:53 · answer #2 · answered by racer123 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go ahead and buy it back if you just want it for an off road rig but it probably wouldent be very reliable as a daily driveronce you submerge them the electrical system tends to corrode and it will be in the shop constantly
2007-02-23 04:33:10 · answer #3 · answered by Russ S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get rid of it, the computer is gone.
2007-02-25 16:52:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋