Last night there was some really really heavy rain and I had to make it home during it. It rained so hard that there were huge puddles everywhere, I turned around 3 times to avoid puddles and finally I decided to try and make it through one......bad mistake! My car stalled out half way through and I was stuck for about an hour till the rain stopped and a guy came out and helped me push it to dry grounds. I tried starting it maybe 10 times and finally it started.....it ran badly for about 1 minute and then after revving it up pretty good it calmed down and seemed to be back to normal. At first it had I think steam coming from tailpipes, but it could of been smoke I dunno, that has since after a day of driving gone away. So my question is, should I do anything to the car to be safe? oil change? just dont wanna hurt anything.....thanks

 

How high was the water? High enough to block the exhaust for exiting? I am sure it did not make it to the intake right?

 

Carry a can of dryer with you for such occasions. It displaces the moisture. I believe WD-40 even works for that purpose.JMHO

 

opti got wet

 

Ya WD-40 and spray your opti spark to get rid of the moisture.

 

Mine did exactly that back in '96. And everytime afterwards, when I had to go through another puddle it would stall again. Turned out to be a corroded coil wire... I'd keep an I on your opti too.

 

Well the car is running like a champ again....so nothing too bad happened. The water was pretty deep though and I think I may have sucked water in through the intake possibly and not sure but my exhaust may have been submerged at one point. To make it worse when I was waiting there for the rain to stop (was pouring so hard it was just rediculous) cars (suvs, trucks) kept passing me and friggin waves of water would hit my car and make it even deeper for the time the mini wave hit. If I did suck in water, could that have contaminated my oil?....my opti spark seems to be fine right now. Are you guys suggesting spraying wd40 into the intake btw? or just on the opti?

 

The WD is just to displace moisute on electrical things, like plugs, distdributors, etc.

 

mine was doing that, then i put in a MSD igniton coil and it went away.

Think about doing that it's only like $30

 

I had that happen on my '86 Iroc a few years back. Except mine wouldn't crank after the engine died. Turned out the water had made it all the way to the cylinders and hydrolocked it

Be sure to change your oil just in case, because if any water didmake it to your intake and into yourcylinders itcoulddrain out to the oil pan past the rings (ring gaps)