car dies when very wet.
06-21-2010, 10:22 PM
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car dies when very wet.
searched forums and found some like mine, but not exactly.
My car was just sitting in some heavy rain and when i started it up and drove about 10 feet it died. checked under the hood and it was all dry or alteast it seemed to be. The bottem of the cai was wet though. just wondering what could get wet to cause the car to stop running when i didn't really drive it enough to splash water up. I prolly didnt even go over 5 mph. after like 20 seconds i started it back up and drove couple miles to my house, at first it was bogging under throttle, but after like 5 mins it stopped doing that. could water have just been getting in through the hood and dripping down into my cai and it was sucking water into the maf?
car acted the same when i put it threw an automatic car wash, but i would think that would be a little different sense it had a harder more direct spray, and also has the undercarriage. never did that again though lol.
My car was just sitting in some heavy rain and when i started it up and drove about 10 feet it died. checked under the hood and it was all dry or alteast it seemed to be. The bottem of the cai was wet though. just wondering what could get wet to cause the car to stop running when i didn't really drive it enough to splash water up. I prolly didnt even go over 5 mph. after like 20 seconds i started it back up and drove couple miles to my house, at first it was bogging under throttle, but after like 5 mins it stopped doing that. could water have just been getting in through the hood and dripping down into my cai and it was sucking water into the maf?
car acted the same when i put it threw an automatic car wash, but i would think that would be a little different sense it had a harder more direct spray, and also has the undercarriage. never did that again though lol.
06-22-2010, 07:25 PM
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Sounds like you soaked the filter to the point where it couldnt suck any air in. Is your CAI kit hang all the way to the bottom of the splash shield in the front corner? If so I think thats your problem. Be careful because if that had happened at at sort of higher rpm range you would have hydro-locked the engine and been replacing/rebuilding it.
07-19-2010, 09:05 AM
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07-19-2010, 06:18 PM
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When it's good and dark out, start the car, open the hood, and see if the coil or plugs and wires are arcing. You should be able to see the sparks. You might also take a spray bottle of water and mist the coil and wires and see if any start arcing.
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