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what to do after rolling a truck

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otisringle

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My buddy rolled his truck (tacoma). He turned off the motor as soon as we were upside down. Oil dripped out where the air cleaner is. what should he do before he starts the motor up. Pull the plugs? buy a chevy? any info will help out greatly. Thanks!
 
Pull the plugs and crank the motor over to force any oil out of the cylinders.

Refill the motor with oil, hope that the oil didn't foul any sensors. It will probably smoke for a while.
 
When i rolled my blazer i flipped it back over and just waited a couple days. then i started it back up and everything seemed fine. I ran the motor in a truck i bought shortly after the Blazer and it ran when i sold it
 
glad, i've never flipped 1, but playing in the mud ..doesn't really pose a flip hazzard. that would really suck b/c if it flipped, you may be stuck in the cab or possibly drown...
 
My standard flop procedure.

Check for human or pet injuries. Deal with these as needed.
Get on wheels as fast as possible.
If on wheels in less than five minutes and there is no oil coming out from anything bump the starter just a tad to see if it will turn over easy. Keep doing this till it has gone at least two revolutions. Then start.

If the starter stalls when you bump it over then there is oil in the cylinder someplace. Pull plugs and clear out the oil.

If it looks like the intake has oil in it or it has been over for a while I usually pull plugs and then turn it over for a minute to clear oil and reinstall the plugs and fire it up.
 
miniwally said:
My standard flop procedure.

Check for human or pet injuries. Deal with these as needed.
Get on wheels as fast as possible.
If on wheels in less than five minutes and there is no oil coming out from anything bump the starter just a tad to see if it will turn over easy. Keep doing this till it has gone at least two revolutions. Then start.

If the starter stalls when you bump it over then there is oil in the cylinder someplace. Pull plugs and clear out the oil.

If it looks like the intake has oil in it or it has been over for a while I usually pull plugs and then turn it over for a minute to clear oil and reinstall the plugs and fire it up.
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You know you're hardcore when you have a "standard flop procedure" :thumb:

But you forgot one step: "check underwear, change if needed"
 
muddermilitia said:
You know you're hardcore when you have a "standard flop procedure" :thumb:

But you forgot one step: "check underwear, change if needed"
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After the first time or two you don't need to check the drawers. They stay clean.

I really try not to fall over but sometimes it happens.:D
 
pulling the plugs and pumping the oil out is something ive never thought about doing, but is probly good advice.

when i flipped my 95 jeep wrangler (4.0L six), it sat upside down for quite a while before the tow truck showed up. once flipped i just let it sit for a good bit. and fired it up. you just have to accept that youre gonna be spraying for mesquitos for a while. (burned oil), obviously be sure to check all your fluid levels, tranny, oil, water, to make sure all is good to go.

have to say, that experience is the reason i bought my M1009. that jeep flipped three times driving through the snow, down a street, at 25-35 mph. although i will attest that the roll bar did its job and both my friend and i walked away with only bruises. even though she was thrown 30 feet from the car the first time it went over. no lie..... she was wearing a superman tshirt.
 
I've seen two motors hydrolock and get destroyed after a flop.

I would pull the plugs but most people I see just flip it back over and start it. As miniwally said its probably a function of how long the recovery takes.
 
Several years ago my buddy rolled his '91 Toyota Pickup 4x4 onto it's side. It was on it's side just long enough for us to drag it a few feet to the side and then with several guys push it back over on to the tires.


In hindsight we probably should have done like mentioned above and pull the plugs, etc but we didn't do anything other than make sure he was steady enough to drive and hand him the keys. That 3.0L fired right up and ran great. A few months later we pulled the filter while doing maintenance and noticed the bottom was SOAKED with oil.
 
funny thing was, the tow truck driver who flipped it over for me, looked me square in the face and said..

"well, i might as well go ahead and haul it to the shop, youre gonna need a full engine rebuild because the engine was upside down, ill get an estimate written up for ya."

soon as i mentioned i was a chevy mechanic and thought id be alright, his face drained and he just turned and walked to his truck and drove away.
 
My brother-in-law rolled his '98 S10 onto it's side a while back, and sat like that until it was hauled off to the impound about an hour later. The next day, we paid the fines and drove the thing out of there. It ran fine except it smoked like a freight train for the first few minutes.
 
Would you take the same procedures when you put it on the side as you do when upside down. I guess it would depend if there is oil in the filter, right?
 
I'd do the same procedure no matter what. Oil can get on top of the pistons without getting up to the filter.
 
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