1997 Ford Taurus Not sure what's wrong.

1997 FORD TAURUS
147,690 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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JMISHMASH
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I went through some water about one or two feet deep and my car stalled. My friends came 10 minutes later and helped me push it out and I drove it home, but the engine was very loud. I tried to start it the next day and i found that my oil pan had a hole at the bottom. I figure i should fix that first and try to start it and see if it works. I was wondering how i could replace the oil pan and what other kind of damage could it have?
Jun 24, 2008 at 10:17 PM
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2CARPRO JACK
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WOW, sounds like you may have hurt the engine.If water gets into teh cylinders, it will "hydraulic" causing the rods to bend, crank to break, all sorts of damage.Remove the exhaust, then the pan will come out. Im guessing you are going to see a broken rod, that is what made the hole in the pan, unless you ran over something in the water and punched the hole, then the engine was run without oil, so you may be in the same boat regardless
Jun 25, 2008 at 7:45 AM