it's a flash flood, and I drove through it ?

so it rained buckets this evening and early morning here in chiacgo. Making my way home became a 4 hour ordeal for what normally is a 45 minute trip. Cars stranded in high water everywhere, but I was confident, I have my trusty lifted taco

So at first i pushed a small jetta out from a viaduct, the cute girl was very gracious and even said to give her a call

then I did the same for a chevy malibu. The owner was a suspicious fellow though. Nevertheless he showed his appreciation by giving me what Ibelieve is an 8 ball of cocaine

so this brings me to my dilema: after traversing such water heights, much up to the sides of the quarter panel, my truck died out

so I took the aftermarket intake cone off and gave it turn.

started up perfectly with some hesitation. but soon was cruising along as before.

but now my "check engine" light is on, what could cause this it's presently drying out in the garage.

tomorrow morning I will hook the obdII sensor up to it and see what it sez

until then anythign else I would need to check out?

 

^That is genius!!

 

mt madman,
I called her and she is still interested

but my big concern is what happens when the truck was in high water like that to make it sputter out and shut off? Should there be anything else I should look at?

 

What did the OBDII reader say?? I would say if it just kinda sputtered out and would not turn over you'd have some real worries...or if it was making funny noises etc etc.

But at this point I'll bet it got choked out without ingesting water and just has some misfires in the computer...Clear them and no big deal...but that is just a guess- not factual info...so gotta keep collecting the info!!

 

ive done that to mine a few times. it may just be a electrical connection that got splashed and killed it. you probably just had a random miss fire.

 

Check your oil for signs of water. (milky looking oil)

 

I am dropping it off at a performance tuning shop on monday to have the URD 7th injector kit installed on monday. I'll have 'em check the oil while they're at it. Couldn't find the sensor, turns out my shitbum buddy whom borrowed it a year ago never returned it . I drove it today though, no problems, but the "check engine light" is still on. But as was said in the opening post there may be a silver lining to this cloud

 

i think maybe you meant "white lining"


hahaha wtf at the 8ball

 

no i was talking about the woman I helped out in the storm

as for the powder that guy gave me it was around 2.5 grams

I gave it a try this afternoon, not bad

I'llnhold on to it until I can find a good use for it

 

so uhhhh what did you do with the cocaine.

 

Well then call up the Jetta girl and have a party.

 

scope out the O2 sensor

 

That is too funny! "A keepsake and a kiss"

 

youll be fine. trust me, been through the same shit with a 92 4runner and still have it. runs smooth

 

exhuast under water? too much back pressure that caused the truck to stall? happend to my subaru once. the puddle didn't look that deep

 

if you unplugged a sensor when you took the intake off and started it then it will set the light.

 

Are you shitting us about the 2.5g of blow? Crazy
Good luck w/your truck man

 

I had an old s-10 with a cracked distributor cap every time I hit a decent size puddle it would stall.

 

pics of jetta girl!