Would you agree this is what flood damage looks like?

[greenjeepster]

I found this picture somewhere and was wondering if anybody else would agree that the silt sitting on the motor is from flood damage?

 

[Stalwart]

Not to me, it looks like very dusty conditions and it stuck to the oil on the engine and also accumulated on horizontal surfaces.

 

[gunboy1656]

Same here, just looks like it came from the desert area. And missed going for a wash.

 

[dittle]

If it was silt I would expect to find in on every horizontal surface around the engine bay, not just where it is. I think Stalwart is pretty good on his guess.

 

[jmh4x4]

I'm thinking the same thing, a little oil leak, a recently plowed field, and you got dust all over your truck

I would think that if it had flooded there would be a silt line across the firewall

 

[Farmun]

When I was growing up, and farming, all our trucks looked like that. Almost all the time.

 

[glcaines]

When in the Army, all our engines looked like that when they weren't washed if they had been driven in the dirt. There is always an oil film on an engine that dust adheres to.

 

[todds112]

I agree, dust sticking to a oil/greasy engine. Vehicles I have seen recovered from ponds and rivers have an even coating of slimmy dark mud/silt everywhere. Usually lots vegitative matter (twigs, grass) lodged everywhere too.

 

[Scarecrow1]

I see a lot of engines that look worse than that ....If your going to bid on it or buy it by law it has to be disclosed if it is flood damage

 

[greenjeepster]

Thanks for the input, just wanted some other opinions.

 

[timntrucks]

the main item that you can tell if the truck was a flood truck.. is the gauges.. all nasty , rusty, and you cant read them hardly at all

 

[Sgt Hulka]

Dust on oil. Normal... My M1009 was at Ft Hood. Filled with that fine Texas dust in the void spaces...

 

[tm america]

.looks like dust on oil to me .flood damage is on the inside of things not on the outside,if it were submerged it would hav rust in the diffs, trans and motor.water lines on the inside of doors or underside of dash would let you know how deep the water got. other than that these trucks are mud trucks and get dirty . condition is rarely known on a deuce as they have many different drivers and situations they have been in . whos to say if fluids were changed or not .if the engine or trans was changed after it was submerged or not.

 

[bgekky3]

It looks like mine from the southwest

 

[saddamsnightmare]

January 22nd, 2010.

GreenJeepster:

I could show you pictures of ConRail diesels that looked like that all over the cabs, hoods, and bodies, except it would be iron oxide dust from being around the steel mills. Most deuces worked in dry areas will have dust deposits like that, unless the crew has washed the engine bay out. What I would do is check the AC element to see if there is evidence of mud there, not dust. If there is mud in the AC then the engines been hydrolocked. Just my .02 for what its worth,

Cheers,

Kyle F. McGrogan

 

[73X]

Dust not flood.

 

[markmontana]

That motor looks like all my cars and trucks-- out here in the dusty desert.

 

[kadetklapp]

Looks to me like just dust sticking to oil seepage.