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Any Ideas?
I brought my 1999 Chevy blazer out mudding the other day. It ran great all day but with mud came a lot of water. On the way back home It almost felt like the cat was clogged up but I would drive and if I gave it too much gas the engine would bog down and die. I could put it back in neutral and start it back up and it would run again with minimal gas pedal usage about every 3 tries. I let it sit last night when I got it home from a tow and started it this morning it ran fine for I would say 2 minuets and I put it into drive and it started rough idling and I pushed the gas only to kill it. I took off the cap and rotor and there wasn't any water under there but the cap had white all over the silver leads (whatever you call them). I am replacing the cap and rotor tomorrow to see if that fixes it. Any other ideas? I know water can screw up a number of things but hopefully my symptoms can narrow the results a bit. I also considered the map sensor I pulled it and it smelt like fouled gas and was a little dark but not bad. Also, maybe a mass air flow sensor? Please if you have an ideas share them, It is greatly appreciated.
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Sounds like something was affected by the water, but without any codes to point you in any particular direction, it really is a crap shoot.
Water should not affect things, but it can. When was the last time you did a full tuneup? Maybe mist down your wires with some water from a spray bottle at night and see if you have any spark jumping out of the wires with the engine running. |
plugs, wires, cap, rotor the full tune up wasn't much more than a year ago if that long. I did notice the fact that whatever it was made my fuel pump make some strange noises when it was struggling to stay at an idle. It threw a code but I need to get it atleast in the condition to get it to autozone for a computer scan as apposed to buying a scanner myself
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Is there a chance that you may have gotten water into your fuel tank?
Don't waste your time with places like Auto-Zone... they use a very basic hand held scan tool at best. Find a shop with a tech2 or similar scanner and pay them for an hour labor to scan the vehicle the correct way... it will save you money and time in the big picture. |
I was thinking water in the gas could be a definite possibility. My blazer will run and idle fine in park for the first five mins but once its put into drive it wont take much to kill it.
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