RaptorXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- New Jersey
Today I went off roading with my Dad which was only going to play in the sand and puddle hop then home. Well the woods was a flooded a lot more then I was expecting. Long story short I got stuck with no turn around and had to go through a puddle (lake-ish) I shouldn't have. Jeep got stuck, ruined my come a long, had to call a friend to tow me out.
This is the first time I have ever got my jeep stuck in water, let along deep water up to the intake. Engine did stall a few times, cleaned the distributor cap on the trial. On the way home jeep didn't really want to go over 3K RPMs so I didn't floor it to force it, runs pretty rough. Check engine light is on (its a 1994 OBD1 too). Tranny fluid looks good but engine has some dirt/mud looking on the inside of the oil cap, the dip stick oil is super nasty light brown. Looks like there maybe oil/water mix also on the dip stick. Luckly engine does run so didn't hydrolock it out on the trail as I made it home (20 miles)
I need sugestions on how to clean this mess up and the maintenance I should do now to the jeep. With real help on what to do about the engine oil that bad. Should I pull the valve cover and clean all of that and just change the oil or is there more I should do like a tune up now? Plus I guess change the differentials gear oil and transfer case fluid?
Thanks for any help!
This is the first time I have ever got my jeep stuck in water, let along deep water up to the intake. Engine did stall a few times, cleaned the distributor cap on the trial. On the way home jeep didn't really want to go over 3K RPMs so I didn't floor it to force it, runs pretty rough. Check engine light is on (its a 1994 OBD1 too). Tranny fluid looks good but engine has some dirt/mud looking on the inside of the oil cap, the dip stick oil is super nasty light brown. Looks like there maybe oil/water mix also on the dip stick. Luckly engine does run so didn't hydrolock it out on the trail as I made it home (20 miles)
I need sugestions on how to clean this mess up and the maintenance I should do now to the jeep. With real help on what to do about the engine oil that bad. Should I pull the valve cover and clean all of that and just change the oil or is there more I should do like a tune up now? Plus I guess change the differentials gear oil and transfer case fluid?
Thanks for any help!