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Offline bandit86

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damn water
« on: June 11, 2004, 12:52:24 PM »
I got the snorkle, all breathers runing inside the cabin and the ignition covered with ignition protecter.  Still acts funny if I drive into a puddle fast.  I dont seem to ever find water in the distributor, and it still ran like crap  an hour after the puddle.   Anybody?
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Re: damn water
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2004, 01:16:04 PM »
Do this at night:

Fill a spray bottle with water and lightly spray your plug wires. Fire it up and look for arching or glow. I'd also check the engine grounds, in the daylight of course. ;D
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Re: damn water
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2004, 02:50:37 PM »
For some reason, whenever I hose down my engine compartment I manage to get a plug or two wet. I usually have to take a plug wire off and swab out the hole, maybe use WD40 and then put it back in.

I am not quite sure what steps I can take to get a better seal around the wires where they go into the engine. Maybe a better more expensive set of wires....?

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Re: damn water
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2004, 02:58:51 PM »
I emptied a can of ignition wire protector on wires and all around the cap.   I'll get a new set of wires and cap.   It does almost sound like it's running very lean, because it runs on all 4 at part throttle but bogs on more or idle.
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Re: damn water
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2004, 03:02:06 PM »
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Re: damn water
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2004, 03:04:41 PM »
high temp sylicone. it is the red tub. also a set of 8mm wires or bigger double insulated if possible. i drive in alot of water and don't have any problems. the one thing i found that was really tempramental was the o2 sensor plug on the air intake tube on my 94 16 val.
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Re: damn water
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2004, 03:14:14 PM »
I like the sound of double insulated.  
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Re: damn water
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2004, 04:01:25 PM »
I think they have you fixed up... but just in case...

It sounds like hi-test (spark) problems. As they said, check your cap, rotor & wires are in good condition. Make sure all the leads are seated. (I've seen cars run fine w/ the spark plug wires not clipped on the spark plugs... until damp.) Then slide that cup *way* down on the spark plug. As mentioned, for extra seal, you can "glue" the wires onto the plugs with silicone. If you do this, glue them onto the coil and distributor cap, too.

Check the distributor. Lots of guys use a bead of silicone at the base of the distributor cap when seating it. Also buy some hose from an aquarium shop & put about 6" to a foot in place of the vent cap.

For really radical water crossings, like it sounds you are doing, you might consider an under-hood water deflector. The skid plates that go under the front bumper help deflect water down, but an occasional person goes more radical. These aren't water tight... they are just there to deflect most of the under-hood splashing.

Oh... and check all your other connectors, too. You already found one that was corroded, right?
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Re: damn water
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2004, 06:40:45 PM »
AND:
If you go into deep enough water, the fan will hit the water and be deflected into the radiator and tear it up. Thats one reason some Off-Roaders use electric fans, When they run into deep water they shut the fan off.
If you go that deep ;D
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Re: damn water
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2004, 01:23:22 AM »
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If you go into deep enough water, the fan will hit the water and be deflected into the radiator and tear it up. Thats one reason some Off-Roaders use electric fans, When they run into deep water they shut the fan off.
If you go that deep ;D


Thanks for clearing that up! I always wondered about that and what could happen.  Yeah electric fans are wicked.
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Re: damn water
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2004, 02:16:19 AM »
I did not have problems with the fan even when the water was over the hood.
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Re: damn water
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2004, 04:44:58 AM »
And here all I ever do is a little grease around
the cap and wires on the distributor, never any
on the plugs because it melts, and I bonzai through
any water and NEVER have had a problem, only
if I hose it off with the high pressure at the carwash,
then I pull the plug side WD40 and off I go.

High temp grease might survive the plug temps,
silicone would but how hard is that to get apart ?

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Re: damn water
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2004, 07:58:11 AM »
If you have that little plastic cover or boot that you put over the dist. cap that would be my first guess, all they do is hold the water in and short out between all of the wires  :o
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Re: damn water
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2004, 10:38:44 AM »
a few pics of playing in the water not to deep here about 3'.

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Re: damn water
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2004, 11:06:17 AM »
i get a tube of bathroom silicon sealer and wearing rubber gloves i rub the sealer all over the leads and let it set,i refit the leads with silicon GREASE onto the plugs.i spray the cap with sprayon silicon grease then wrap plastic food bags round the dizzi and coil and secure them with zip ties.spray the whole lot with silicon grease again and i can drive underwater!!all i need now is a periscope

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