Well we had some heavy rain about a week ago and a street not too far from my place got flooded. I was driving down (as you do) and then looked ahead and saw about 20 meters of standing water roughly 40-50 cm deep. The water covered everything from the front lawn of the house on one side of the street to that of the house on the other side (ie no ***n way to get around). Screw it I think to myself and drive through it. Meh not too bad, the brakes stopped working for a while but who needs those anyway :D So on the way back, i thought nothing of driving thru this thing again (except it probly got a bit deeper since it kept on raining all that time. At the top of the street I accelerate to pull out on the main to find the acceleration pretty much absent ie like a 1.3 Honda Civic. And the car is shuddering like a biarch. F#@K.

So far replaced all 6 sparkplugs (anyone who ever changed plugs on a 6g73 will know how much fun this is), got the water out the air filter box and replaced the air filter which was wet, ang got water out of about a billion more places where it shouldnt have. Still got a bit of a shudder/missfire issue which will hopefully be sorted by replacing leads :mad:

Moral of the story if u see a big as puddle, dont drive through it the fun is not worth it :cry:

Might not be worth it, but I bet it was fun :bowrofl:

Well we had some heavy rain about a week ago and a street not too far from my place got flooded. I was driving down (as you do) and then looked ahead and saw about 20 meters of standing water roughly 40-50 cm deep. The water covered everything from the front lawn of the house on one side of the street to that of the house on the other side (ie no ***n way to get around). Screw it I think to myself and drive through it. Meh not too bad, the brakes stopped working for a while but who needs those anyway :D So on the way back, i thought nothing of driving thru this thing again (except it probly got a bit deeper since it kept on raining all that time. At the top of the street I accelerate to pull out on the main to find the acceleration pretty much absent ie like a 1.3 Honda Civic. And the car is shuddering like a biarch. F#@K.

So far replaced all 6 sparkplugs (anyone who ever changed plugs on a 6g73 will know how much fun this is), got the water out the air filter box and replaced the air filter which was wet, ang got water out of about a billion more places where it shouldnt have. Still got a bit of a shudder/missfire issue which will hopefully be sorted by replacing leads :mad:

Moral of the story if u see a big as puddle, dont drive through it the fun is not worth it :cry:

Have you actually driven the car at all or have you just pretty much parked it since the incident?

My guess is water has probably entered your air flow meter and caused that to play up.

I am not to sure how you would go about cleaning it but, my suggestion would be to take it off the car and see if there is any trace of water that has been there, if there is, a hair dryer or an air gun with not too much pressure to blow it all out,

If it is not that then im guessing water has probably entered into the inlet manifold through the throttle body, best way to get that out is go for a long drive and let the water just burn itself out of the exhaust and clean all the carbon build up in its path. Also try not to accelarate to heavy just let it run on around 1500rpm constant for a while.

Hope i have been of assistance, Good Luck With it and keep us informed.

Oh and honestly dont think it is the leads,

John

Hey,

I've been driving the car quite extensively since then. It seems to do its shuddering act after sitting at idle for a while, like if you sit at a really long traffic light and then pull away it will vibrate. Pushing the loud pedal a bit harder seems to "clear it's throat". Also if you let it sit there in "P" for a minute or so then drive off in reverse gently it also shudders. Sometimes (rarely) it will do it a little, when cruising at asteady 80-90kph. At other times it seems fine :nuts:
I'll check the Airflow meter and will also test the leads since they may be fine as you say. Also disconnected the battery to reset the ECU this evening - will check tomorrow morning, although its unlikely that will do anything but you never know...

Hi Mate,
Water will not hurt Plugs, Leads etc.
I have had water over my bonnet on 2 occasions, was not in long enough for the water to get into the engine bay and get sucked in.
I also wash my engine every week or two with the car.
If all your plugs, ie electrical connections, have good un deteriorated boots, your dist cap seal is good, your leads are ok you will have no problems at all.
Remove the dist cap and check under it, will probably be moist.
BTW it is a 6g72 not a g673 LOL. and the rear plugs are a treat if you have a plug socket that rotates on a ball. I have never had any problems.

hey mate check your dizzy cap cuz it sounds like a short, youl see a lttle carbon mark or a crack on where the spark arks to a different cylinder.

Hey,
I got a 6g73 (2.5 V6)...jap import diamante :)

it seems to be fine now, i guess the water burnt out or maybe the ECU reset actually did something? Either way seems to go well now (touch wood). Cheers for all the help guys :cool:

Sweet mate, what state are you in?

MMM in some engines if they get a mouthfull of water in the combustion chamber (water being liquid/non compressable) woopsy doo, bent conrod, ouch doesn't sound like your problem but it's something to make u think.

Sweet mate, what state are you in?


I dont think NZ has states mate ;)

CRC Spray-on contact cleaner is good for the airflow sensor.