Well, I went through an enormous puddle yesterday. It was about as deep as the top of my tire. She made it through just fine. When I was out of the puddle...she started to lose power and then eventually just died(15 feet out of the water). I started her up again..then she died...I let it sit for a minute or two and started her again...no problem except for a rough idle and some stuttering.

I decided to not drive her just yet and just let her idle for a few minutes. The stuttering went away and I drove her home just fine. Any ideas on what happened? Maybe got some water into the engine? Maybe I should get a snorkel eh?

 

My vote goes to getting your dist. wet and killing your spark. Happened to me on my previous Tacomas and Toyotas, My current Tacoma has coil packs so I no longer worry bout it. I used to just carry some rubbing alcohol to pour a few drops in the cap to evap. the water out. Works alot quicker than just waiting for it to dry out from the heat of idling/running, as it runs/idles really rough when it's dampened.

 

Do you think a little bit of silicon on the outside edge of the dist. cap would help or is that a no-no?

What you say makes sense...Is there anything I can do to prevent that in the future?

 

dont drive throug hanything that deep

 

LOL..thanks bud! BTW - congrats on your new baby!

 

thanks... she is soooo cute...

 

I went trolling up a brook with my 94 toy and the ECU got water logger and shut her down. I pulled her out and started her. She would rund fine until I pushed the gas and then with the pedal floored she revved up and down like I was pumping the gas. It doesn't sound like that happened to you or the water got that high for that matter. The ECU is located just behind the passenger side front tire inside the cab. Right there by the passengers feet. If the water came inside the truck then maybe it got wet. Anyone had this happen? What about silicone on the ECU? Sound like your distributor got wet. I would say silcone would help it and a lot of dielectric grease on the connections on top of it may help:bounce2:

 

I have silicon around the bottom outside of the dist. cap or something like that. During the HG work the mechanic put some on. I seen may share of puddles here in Vancouver and some times you can,t avoid them,start slow and finish fast lol

 

Yah, it'll be ok to rub a thin layer of silicone over the seam AFTER it's together. I'd try to make it a consistent thickness so it peels entirely when needed to be removed.

Carry rubbin alcohol as well.

Happy Wheelin'!

 

Why can't you put it on the edge BEFORE you seal it? I wouldn't think it would hurt anything if it was just a small bead to seal it. I would also think it would look better.
just my opinion

 

I don't really see a problem with it but chances are you may get to much on there (you know how silicone tube squeazin' goes) and why run that risk? Just reassemble the dist. and wipe the seam with the rubbing alcohol before applying the silicone. It'll stick good enough to do it's job and you won't risk contaminating the internals of the dist.
Just for giving adivce, I was playin' it safe. I'd hate to tell this guy " oh yah, slap some silicone on it" and cause him further problems.

 

Be carefull about sealing things up too much, sometimes there needs to be an escape for air expansion when things get hot. I once sealed up the side case real good on a motocross bike for watercrossings and the first time it got good and hot it blew the side case off.