Normally I would not advise any of my client to buy a flooded car even for a thousand dollars because it simply means regular visits to the mechanic.
Anyway, since you already did, I guess and hope you got it for less than $3000. With that you can happily invest more money in fixing it.
If you are outside the USA, you may be lucky to find a good toyota representative in your country that will do a total rewiring of the car. Since it is flooded, I will advise you do not just concentarte on the parts you just mentioned because even if you do figure the problem, in a few months you sure will have more head aches with the car. Do a total rewiring like I said. It is very expensive, however, shouldn't be a big deal if you had gotten this car far less than I suggested. If you add up the cost of repair to that then not a bad deal at all.
Get a diagnostic machine from a toyota service agent in your country and have them evaluate the cost and do the job. If you do otherwise, i'm sorry; your car may end up being sold to be used as spare parts.
Please steer clear from flooded cars, they can ruin you.
Best of luck with your troubleshooting.
Jeanpaul
Monday, March 4th, 2013 AT 8:08 AM
