My scirocco knocked out by a ford!

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Well, back in the day, my 77 Firebird would run pukey if it was even damp. 
"Pontiacitis" we'd call it. I suspect it was electrical, and if you have any 
cracks in insulation anywhere important, electical shorts would be another 
possibility.
And I'm not even revisiting the "Waterfest suckage of water into the engine" 
story. Those who lived through it won't want to either.
Long story short? Don't drive in a downpour with a missing corner marker 
near your K&N cone filter. Luckily it was the kid's diesel, I don't think 
mine would have survived it.
Cathy


>From: Calimus <calimus@techography.net>
>To: Kervin Ridgley <kridgley@brownscar.com>, 	Scirocco ML 
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: My scirocco knocked out by a ford!
>Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:51:58 -0500
>
>It's very possible, but keep in mind that your air intake (so long as
>everything is factory) is way down below the bumper area for the most
>part.  Chances are, you sucked up some water, got the air filter wet and
>the car couldn't get any air.  Check your airbox for signes of mudd,
>water or small fish and see if the filter looks like it got soaked.  If
>it was a clean stream and not like the red mud flows we get here in Ga,
>then chances are you may not be able to tell.  But I'd put my money on
>water in the intake before water under the cap if it was a small stream.
>
>William
>
>Kervin Ridgley wrote:
> >
> > Went for a ride with my wife last night.  Just kind of driving around on 
>some little roads here.  I get to a tiny road that has an open ford (for 
>you city folk, that's a stream crossing with out a bridge).  It was getting 
>dark and I remember the water not being too deep so I go across.  I thought 
>I was in trouble when the water splashed over the hood!  I made it across, 
>but alas, my car died on the other side.  I was totally tool-free, with no 
>flashlight.  I took off the distributor cap and the plug wires and put them 
>back on.  It still took about 20 minutes for the engine heat to dry things 
>out enough to start.  For me, the best part was my wife didn't give me a 
>hard time about it even though she asked me if my car was too low to make 
>it across.
> > I did have a question in all this, was the cause of it not running water 
>in the cap?  I've never had it happen to me before, but than again, I don't 
>do many stream crossings.
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