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Title: water = engine sputter
Post by: tracker8wr on May 11, 2004, 11:39:01 PM

Ok i made a snorkle for my 94 tracker 16v that works great, however win i get in alot of water (above the headlights) it runns like it is taking in water. today it rained alot and when i started it it ran like crap like the filter was wet or it was sucking up water. so i checked the filter it was bone dry. i have check when it happens other times and the filter is dry then to. i was thinking the mass air flow conection was getting wet so i siliconed ti crap out of it. the silicon job my not be completely water tight but this morning i wasn't driving in water it had just rained on my trackerand the problems began after driving for a while th sputtering stopped. any suggestions?

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: 1bigtracker on May 11, 2004, 11:44:37 PM

i have an 8V and i do alot of vary high water crossings and i always put a plastic bags around the disty and coil.  use duck tape or whatever to seal them up.

stu

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: Zukipilot on May 12, 2004, 02:29:10 AM

Sounds like your getting water in the distributor. But I do not know how to seal it up. I Like Stu's idea on the plastic bag and duct tape.
Zig

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: explosivo on May 12, 2004, 08:55:21 AM

A friend of mine siliconed his Toyota distributer... siliconed the cap onto the distributer, and siliconed the wires onto the cap. I guess it worked out pretty good.

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: NY_SIDEKICKER on May 12, 2004, 01:51:19 PM

1 MORE USE FOR DUCT TAPE  ;D

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: tracker8wr on May 12, 2004, 03:45:03 PM

i'm sorry i didn't tell ya'll that i have already siliconed the cap and wires with hugh temp silicon. it hase been garden hose tested and aproved. the problem wasn't the high water it was simple sitting in the parking lot at my work and it rained all night. when i went to cank it up it was sputterring and wanted to die. it acted like it had sucked up water but the filter was dry. there was no water in the engine compartment however it was alittle damp from the rain. ok i think that is everything now.

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: Mike71 on May 13, 2004, 05:06:44 AM

where is ur filter? my friends civic has the cold air induction kit and the pipe gets condensation inside of it..so the engine runs a little ruff for a bit sometimes

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: tracker8wr on May 13, 2004, 11:32:44 AM

my snorkle runs into my stock filter box with a k&n filter in the box.

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: 1bigtracker on May 13, 2004, 11:42:43 AM

where dose it run to??
stu

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: cj on May 13, 2004, 03:34:14 PM

I'm looking at plumbing an airline into the distributor from the compressor for my lockers and running 5psi to keep the water out when doing crossings.

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: mperry on May 18, 2004, 01:56:25 PM

As a thought...

Did you water test the coil when you did the distributor? How about the wiring harness connections?

I had similar symptoms on my previous car... running rough when it was cold and/or wet. On that one the "cap" on 2 plugs had vibrated off & 1 spark plug wire wasn't seated down.

Title: Re: water = engine sputter
Post by: tracker8wr on May 18, 2004, 04:48:41 PM

my snorkel connects to my radio antenna mount on the drivers side. but i do appriciate all the help ya'll have given but i found the problem it was the mass airflow sensor connection the pronges inside where all corroded. i cleaned it and it runns great.




THANKS for the input cool idea with the preasurized distributer.