van stalled and wont start after driving thru flooded street

97 dodge caravan with 3.0. My wife drove the van onto a flash floored
street. Went into walmart no rain, came out FLOOD. All streets were
flooded, dont know how deep but now the van wont turn over. Trying to
start but just wont turn over. I suspect the fuel pump or something to
do with fuel. but is not sure. Any ideas for anyone outthere. what
would most likely go when hit by water. The water must have been high
because i saw a rag hanging on the muffler pipe. The rain was so hard,
and so fast that I saw water settled on top the power steering cap. I
dont think the water was that high but I think it found its way in
under the edge of the hood with wind force and the amount of rain.

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:18:08 -0700, pchotspot wrote:

> 97 dodge caravan with 3.0. My wife drove the van onto a flash floored
> street. Went into walmart no rain, came out FLOOD. All streets were
> flooded, dont know how deep but now the van wont turn over. Trying to
> start but just wont turn over. I suspect the fuel pump or something to
> do with fuel. but is not sure. Any ideas for anyone outthere. what
> would most likely go when hit by water. The water must have been high
> because i saw a rag hanging on the muffler pipe. The rain was so hard,
> and so fast that I saw water settled on top the power steering cap. I
> dont think the water was that high but I think it found its way in
> under the edge of the hood with wind force and the amount of rain.

Teach your wife how to drive.

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