ok so i sank my jeep into a lake doing some wheelin at moses lake in eastern wa. i got it to my camp sight where i drained the oil took out the plugs and cranked it over. no water shot out but there was about half a quart of watter in my oil. i got new oil and filter in it and it started right up but clyinder one on my inline 6 is not firing. i checked all the plugs wires and dist cap..... any ideas on why one cylinder is not firing? could it be a valve?

 

it also only has about 30psi in that cylinder... but maybe the damn gage wasnt workin right. lol

 

if you have 30psi of compression on #1, that's why it is not firing. Check all 6 with your comp. tester and post up the results.

 

30 psi...
Squirt some oil in the cylinder and see if it comes up. If so its rings, if not, its valves.

 

alright will do thanks.

 

if it went in runnin, there is a good chance it's a valve.

 

if it took in enough water, it could be a bent rod... can't compress a liquid. any noise?

 

nope no noise. i went out and re did a comp test and it has full compresion now. i got a new dist cap wires and plugs and she started to runn great but now whe i am driving at lower rpm's it starts to bog...

 

You probably still have moisture somewhere. Did you drain the fuel tank? Could be water in your fuel.

 

ya i have already done
that...

 

is it ok to clean out a throtle body with starting fluid/ does it do the same thing?

 

Its similar, but not quite as strong.


How deep did you sink it?

 

up to the hood in to front and bumper in the back.

 

With that angle, it looks like you submerged the air intake.

 

if only i had photos of what my jeep ended up going through.... lol.. i had water over the hood with no snorkle or lift... i made it through the hole than about 12 feet out of it the water got up to the filter and choked the motor out.