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Offline drc12369

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Huge puddle, car dies?
« on: 16 December 2012, 10:21 »
Ok country lane drive. Huge flooded puddle area, went through then car died. Took a few minutes to start. Now drivibg lumpy. Except for leaving it to dry what can i do?
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Offline madmanmart

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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #1 on: 16 December 2012, 10:29 »
Go slower through huge puddle  :smiley:

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Offline drc12369

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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #2 on: 16 December 2012, 10:46 »
I went through slow, i think that was the problem  :smiley:
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Offline DCmk3

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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #3 on: 16 December 2012, 11:22 »
Definitely got water in somewhere bad, possibly distributor has water in it? Or in some other plugs.
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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #4 on: 16 December 2012, 11:56 »
won't dry fast in this temp.

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Offline drc12369

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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #5 on: 16 December 2012, 12:13 »
Well its siting here for 2 hours before i need to drive it home. Then hopefully the 30 min drive will help dry it out. Got new leads n dissy to fit soon anywho  :grin:
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Offline Khare

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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #6 on: 16 December 2012, 12:31 »
Spray wd40 on coil and inside distributor cap.
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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #7 on: 16 December 2012, 12:48 »
Quote from: Khare on 16 December 2012, 12:31
Spray wd40 on coil and inside distributor cap.

Yes, but not while its running and wipe up the excess for obvious reasons :wink:
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Offline drc12369

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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #8 on: 16 December 2012, 14:23 »
No bother. After 2hrs started first time and drove fine all the way home. Well as fine as a car thats had a power sapping misfire since i bought it can drive. 23rd dec now for ht leads and dissy change. Ill clean the rotor arm and d40 inside the cap whilst im at it too. Cheers for the advice fellas
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Re: Huge puddle, car dies?
« Reply #9 on: 16 December 2012, 16:19 »
Quote from: VW BUSH on 16 December 2012, 12:48
Quote from: Khare on 16 December 2012, 12:31
Spray wd40 on coil and inside distributor cap.

Yes, but not while its running and wipe up the excess for obvious reasons :wink:

Well if the car ran without distributor cap the . I'd be amazed  :grin:
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