Originally posted by Gorn
I am by no means a Mopar mini-van expert but its been my experience that the water floods the ignition system and shuts the engine down then the water enters the engine thru dip stick and crank case ventalation (low points). I would have pulled the plugs before trying the engine tho. But a starter should not have enought torgue to damage the engine so that should be OK.

So back to the main question is Does it crank? How high did the water go? If it made it to dash level your going to have tons of problems in the future. Most insurance companys total cars that have been in floods to the dash level cause they know the car will be returning over and over again.
Back in the early 80's i worked in a body shop in Joliet. After a heavy rain this young couple brought in their Brand New Olds Cutlass. It had stalled under an overpass in the water. It was TOTALED. They didn't have insurance in force yet and hadn't even made their first payment yet. What were they thinkin' driving without ins. ????????????? Talk about payin' fer' a dead horse.