Last night was riding around & went to the river. There is an area that is called the beach. It has nice sugar sand. We was riding around & went to turn got stuck. Put it in reverse ended up in the river. The exhaust pipe was about 1foot under water for 30 minutes. We was on an incline so no water was near the motor. After help arrived the truck cut off. Now I can't get it to start. I've checked the oil its clean. Someone told me about an etna (sp) switch to reset. Does anyone know where this switch is located? Its a 99 expedition 5.4L 4x4.
Had a boo boo last night
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walnuts4x4
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if its the switch... look behind the kick panel for the front passenger... look in your owners manual for a pic...
alexhozee
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I think you mean the inertia switch, this switch stops the fuel pump in case of an accident,
It's located behind the right kick panel of passengersside, remove the plastic bottom strip on the floor where you get in the car and then you can remove the kickpanel.
You don't have to screw anything, just pull gently.
It's a small black box with a grey connector, at least at mine expy it is. The RESET switch is on top of it.
At mine expy it's written on the kickpanel.
I use this switch to release the pressure when changing the fuelfilter, run the engine en disconnect it, it runs a few seconds and then stops.
good luck!
Alex
It's located behind the right kick panel of passengersside, remove the plastic bottom strip on the floor where you get in the car and then you can remove the kickpanel.
You don't have to screw anything, just pull gently.
It's a small black box with a grey connector, at least at mine expy it is. The RESET switch is on top of it.
At mine expy it's written on the kickpanel.
I use this switch to release the pressure when changing the fuelfilter, run the engine en disconnect it, it runs a few seconds and then stops.
good luck!
Alex
Yeah that sounds more like it. I found it & it wasn't tripped. Anymore suggestions? Thanks for all the help
nvycrmn
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dumb question but you didnt try to start it while she was still in the water did you?
panda24619
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the charcoal canister is also back there. idk if that got water in it or something who knows. its a ********* cylinder almost looks like an air tank. it could have got water in it and sent water into the engine.
nvycrmn
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yes, it should still start in 4wd. since you tried to start it while still under water, you could have sucked water up. yes, check the black canister that panda mentioned and pull the plugs. hopefully there isnt too much water and debris in there and it all just needs to dry out. chances are you are going to have to change all of your plugs, and your oil, at the minimum.
alexhozee
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got no answer for your question, but what is the function of this black canister?
panda24619
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its a charcoal canister. i had to look it up in the repair manual. i dont remember wht it dose. i did when i had auto shop a few years ago. every fuel injected car has one. its for your fuel vapor. it takes them and filters them and sends them back to the throttle body. something like that. i dont remember. umm... look it up. i do know that some cars have them right on the firewall for easy maintenance and what not. anyways it has to do with fuel and sending it into the engine. thats all i remember. that could be why u have water in ur block.
thanks for the info on that. I was thinking I was going to have to buy another one. I almost have the fuel tank out. I have to buy the disconnect tool. I don't know what size I need though. I pulled 2 of the plugs out & turned the motor over & no water came out. I guessing/hoping no water got in there. I am going to clean the gas tank & change the fuel filter to see if that will get it back running. If not then I will pull all the plugs. Which I really hope I don't have to. I'm also going to change the oil even though there is no water in there. Wish me luck! Oh does anyone know the size of the fuel line disconnect tool I need? Thanks for the help. I am so happy this site is mobile friendly!!
nvycrmn
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you should be able to buy the tool at the autoparts store. it should have 2 ends on it. cant remember which one for ours. as for the gas tank, you may not have to remove it, unless you already did. when you try to start it, she turns over yes? but just doesnt wanna catch? you can try changing our fuel filter, which you are already doing, dry out the charcoal canister, may have to buy a new one but probably not, and run a couple bottles of DRYGAS in your tank. It is normally used to remove moisture but if you dont have that much water in your tank, could help out.
I already removed the tank. It wasnt that bad of a job. I think its slam full of water. I'm going to let everything dry out for a few days especially the canister. I'm also going to blow out all the fuel lines with the air compressor. Yes, the motor does turn over. It wanted to start a few time just never would catch.
alexhozee
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The special tool has 2 ends, the small one you need, I believe it is 5/16.
I'm more common with the metric sizes so I hope I gave you the right info.
I'm more common with the metric sizes so I hope I gave you the right info.
Woooo Hoooooo!!!!! Its back running. I removed the fuel tank, charcoal canister & the fuel filter. I cleaned out the tank & canister, replaced the filter. For future reference it takes a 5/16's fuel removal tool. Thanks for all the help!!!
nvycrmn
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awesome bro. glad its runnin. could have been very expensive fix.
