Flood damaged engine concerns...

[JScullin]

I've been reading that, naturally, a lot of the cars damaged during the past 2 hurricanes have been infiltrating used car lots now.

Some yards may obtain a few and choose to part them out to be listed on car-part.com, ebay and copartfinder sites. Since some members here don't refresh the 3.0l they buy should they look for any signs that the engine may have been submerged for up to a week in some cases?

The engines themselves may be fairly water tight, but some could've still gotten in through the airbox or the mix of chemicals in the water would cause premature wear on gaskets & corrode metals.

[DemonSVT]

Any internal rust is a tell-tale sign. (bolts, rings, etc)

For that matter any person that does not at the bare minimum check out the internals is just crazy. A few bucks for new bolts is nothing verses future problems. Some may not even show up right away. Many have learned the hard way too.

[bensenvill]

hmmm, I would've never thought of that jscullin, thanks for the heads up.