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so i took the vitara ('96 LWB) through some mud holes (no snorkel or anything) worst was over the bonnet for around 2 seconds anyway most were around 15-20" deep.
basically the engine is shaking alot now at low rpm (500-1500) but dissappears suddenly once a bit higher. while idling it seems to lose speed down to 500rpm or so then come back up to the usual 800 and shakes alot when accelerating up to 1500rpm n above.
basically any ideas as to what would be causing this would be good
secondly when adding a snorkel what else should be waterproofed?
yeah i did it before i posted here, was dry but obviously had got a little bit fo water in didnt look like much had though, where exactly does it suck air in from anyway, i had a quick look and looks like it goes behind the FL tyre
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pyrohamish wrote:yeah i did it before i posted here, was dry but obviously had got a little bit fo water in didnt look like much had though, where exactly does it suck air in from anyway, i had a quick look and looks like it goes behind the FL tyre
Although it looks bodgey, an old Morris Mini trick was to put a rubber glove over the distributor and have the leads coming out of the fingers. Just make sure you seal all the holes in the glove up properly and hey presto, a water resistant dizzy
RockHopper wrote:Although it looks bodgey, an old Morris Mini trick was to put a rubber glove over the distributor and have the leads coming out of the fingers. Just make sure you seal all the holes in the glove up properly and hey presto, a water resistant dizzy
Haha genious! i love it. Will post pics when i do mine.
I was thinking about sealing everything with silastic (diz cap on, and all leads on) it would be a prik to take off, but it shouldn't have to come off very often.
If i do deep enough crossings, at speed, once i exit the water the car mis-fires for about 10-15 seconds. I actually killed a distributor in the bush about 4-5km from road. (Sierra)
RockHopper wrote:Although it looks bodgey, an old Morris Mini trick was to put a rubber glove over the distributor and have the leads coming out of the fingers. Just make sure you seal all the holes in the glove up properly and hey presto, a water resistant dizzy
Proof right there why you should never buy a 4wd with more than 4 cylinders
well i fixed the problem, think the problem was dodgy spark plugs and there was water in one of the places the spark plugs go so i reckon it was shorting out before it could fire.
ive had a similar problem with a '96 LWB. changed the plugs once and the problem came up again. i figured the coil needs replacing.
by the way. the water crossing wasnt even deep but i dove in fast enough to get muddy water splashed all over the valve cover and the firewall where the dizzy and coils sit.
well i did do some slow catious ones and then some quite fast ones as well haha.......the whole engine bay was basically covered in mud....in fact the whole car
