tacoma dies in about 3 ft of water

My taco dies in about three feet of water pull it out and it will start right up no water in air box and nothing getting wet that should make it die any ideas

 

derp thread?

 

I bet its the water....

 

Alternator probably got wet.

 

i have to disagree i would say its excessive moisture

 

SHIT! why didnt I think of that?

 

The alt shouldn't make it die unless the battery is completely dead so I don't think its the alt I've got a buddy who has the same problem and we can not figure it out

 

if you drown the alt it can kill the truck

 

Water + Alt = No bueno

 

this^ it also kills the life of the alt with it getting so dirty.....why didnt you get a boat?

 

Ok maybe its not quit 3 ft maybe like 2 feet or so if it was the alt it would die when spray it with a water hose

 

This happened to me with a jeep I used to have. The plug wires were old and arcing once they got wet. The jeep stopped running when all the spark was arcing over the engine. After a few minutes to dry, it started up inside the massive mud hole I was in and pulled right out. Swapped the wires and tackled the mup puddle again and it didn't even hesitate as it pulled all the way through...could be the same problem.

 

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submerged and sprayed are way different

this happened to both my tacoma and my jeep. would be a very good place to start looking

 

It has fresh tune up plugs wires

 

when a engine dies of wont start there are 3 possible reasons why. Air, Fuel, and Spark.

 

It will start and run great once you get it out of the water I don't have to give it time to dry or anything I am a mechanic at a local dealership and I have talk to a bunch of different people about this and we can not figure it out so I thought I would give this a shot

 

that is pretty odd....mabey some others will chime in that have had some similar issues

 

genius!!