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Offline roeman

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engine stop in water
« on: April 06, 2005, 10:33:29 PM »
Hi, if i go into a reseaonaly deep puddle say 1-2 foot, with a little bit of speed my engine cuts out.

Any1 got an idea of how to slove this problem,
is it the electrics??

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Re: engine stop in water
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2005, 10:48:47 PM »
If you are splashing through it, your probably getting water on the distrubtor. Try duct taping a plastic bag over it the next time you try it and see if it fixes the problem.

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Re: engine stop in water
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2005, 11:45:43 PM »
Be are that there is an air intake behind the (US) drivers side headlight. The intake is very well designed to trap water coming in but too deep for too long and you will wreck the engine.
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Re: engine stop in water
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2005, 12:04:49 AM »
it is cutting out do to the fact that either the distributer cap is getting wet or the mass airflow conection is getting wet. as for the intake unhook it from where it turns into the body and turn it to the engine bay that will help a little. i coated all my sparkplug conections with high temp ( red ) silicon, massair flow sensor, and the distributor cap where it conects to the distributor. good luck water + engine = trouble just a thought. u can check out my web site at the bottom of my post for more water proofing. aka custom snorkle.
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Re: engine stop in water
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2005, 02:00:55 AM »
With my snorkel, I have been in water up to the hood, and kept running...

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Re: engine stop in water
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2005, 05:48:25 AM »
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With my snorkel, I have been in water up to the hood, and kept running...


Yes I have one of those too. Go much deeper though and it comes in through the heater vents and side windows  ;)
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Re: engine stop in water
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2005, 07:04:56 AM »
be carefull on what silicon you use near sensors, make sure it is sensor approved silicon sealer. mostly for the gas it puts off going into the intake will kill your o 2 sensor.
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Re: engine stop in water
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2005, 07:49:14 AM »
here r some pics of my snorkle.
You can see in the bottom pic how i cover the sensoers they have been like that for about year and a half.



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