bazzle wrote:Ive run a petrol with stacks of water coming thru engine bay (AS I was washed down the Wongungara in flood- another story)
Engine kept running right up to when an hour later driving up Collingwood spur it stopped. Dizzy full of water but only stopped due to angle allowing water onto rotor.
Standard cap seals real well. Rubber breather on top need to be run to aircleaner, hole at bottom rear of dissy need filling with silicone and a hose run back to firewall with a small petrol filter on it.
Dist filled with water due to filter being under level.
Snorkel fitted to air intake too.
Good quality spark plug leads will seal at coil, plugs and Dissy cap (I used Jacobs)
You dont need silicone everywhere else it just attracts dust etc.
Keep it all clean by wiping with a CRC sprayed rags from time to time. If points fitted replace with Piranha etc.
If your engine revs change when you filled your overflow bottle (which shouldnt need doing??) it sounds like a problem with a head gasket etc.
I bet your engine bay is Spotless NOT!
Bazzle
well when i first got the car is would go through deep water and might chug for a little but then it would fix itself soon enough. as time goes on the problem is worsening.
how much is a new set of leads approx?
while i was silioned up the dizzy last night, i cleaned everything thoroughly so it is all spotless now, except red goop everywhere.
i had to top up my overflow as on the weekend my car was running a little hot on a long hill climb in the sun, and coolant was coming out of the overflow run off, so i just topped it up a little.
i do clean my engine bay after every trip nearly, but its not spotless, and whenever i do, i have trouble starting it afterwards, even though i try not to squirt the dizzy with the hose.
thanks for the info bazzle.
