ran through giant puddle

[rubennebur]

i just ran through a giant puddle nd my car started puttering nd then just died what happn nd what can i do??

[visualpoet]

Are you running a CAI? If not, try to start it. If it starts, does it run like shit?
You probably got water in the dizzy cap, pop it off, dry everything inside it, including the rotor button and whatever else you can see, put it ba ck together and see if it's better.

[almostJDM]

did you have a cold air intake, with ithe filter behind the bumper?

[rubennebur]

umm i dont hve a cai i have a short ram...nd i have a h22...nd whats the dizzy cap...nd where is it located?

[visualpoet]

The distributor cap. All your spark plug wires run to it.

[djcb7]

dizzy=distributor

[rubennebur]

oh so water went inside the distributor cap?

[visualpoet]

oh so water went inside the distributor cap?

The most likely cause of engine sputtering and dying after driving through a puddle is a wet dizzy.

[renegade28x]

aaghhhhhh flooded distributor :[ dont try n run it til u get that junk all dry or ur gna mess it up :/

[CB7Jay1]

oh so water went inside the distributor cap?

Take the cap off and blow it out with some compressed air, and the alt.

Did she throw a CEL?

[led_fut]

The most likely cause of engine sputtering and dying after driving through a puddle is a wet dizzy.

bad plug wires will do it too. They get wet, and start to arc. But check the dizzy first, its most likley.

[rubennebur]

kk thanks u guys i will dry off everything ..thanks for the help

[xkjnboix]

let it dry for weeks or maybe months. if u finally get her started let it idle for hours

[Ander]

You're lucky you're not running a CAI lol.

[WilliamW]

You can run CAIs and be fine, you just also need to be running a bypass valve in there somewhere. I had one.