Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Last night I went 4wdring for the first time and hit a bog hole a little to hard and sent water flowing through the engine bay. Now I have major misfiring above 2000rpms. I havent taken the distributer cap off yet or checked the spark plugs but I am assuming that is the problem. Has anyone else had an experience like this and is it just the distributer or spark plugs full of water or is it something else. The vehicle is a 4ltr petrol efi 80 series.

i had problem like that once before in my old car. it starts to misfire under load. for it was because water got into the plug recess so all i had to do is use the compressed air and blow out all the water or just use a rag and soak up the water.

Is there anyway of permanently fixing this problem. For example a mate of mine ties a piece of rubber around his distributer to keep the water out. Is there anything I can buy to do the same job for the spark plugs?

I once ownwed a 75 series 4.5 litre petty and it didn't like getting a drowned engine bay either. Found that when engine bay got drowned it would steam up and then the dizzy cap would condensate, get wet, break down the spark and hence the misfire. Whenever I drowned it, I would stop, remove dizzy cap, wipe dry, spray with CRC/WD40 refit cap and all running smooth again. Had thought about trying to seal dizzy cap or piping air into it and pressurising cap but never got around to it.

Hi
Start by getting some crc under dizzy cap, and then each plug. This will stop the shorting.
Dont know if the 3fe has holes in the dizi frame, but the 1fzfe has 3 holes anout 1/4 inch each, which is fun and games if water can run in and air come out the other holes....i threaded them and put grub screws in them after nearly loosing my cruiser when water came over the bonnet
Andrew

brian haines wrote:Is there anyway of permanently fixing this problem..?

yes. don't drive in water.


seriously I'm sure some of the petrol diehards will have some tips on waterproofing your ignition... but switching to diesel and/or staying out of water is the sureset way.