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Ok everyone... Houston got about 10" of rain yesterday, and the street outside my office building was flooded. Luckily the supra was saved, because I was able to move it to higher ground before the water rose too high.
I know the engine bay got soaked, but I don't think any water got sucked inside.
I let it sit overnight and went out to start it this morning. It started up first try which is a good sign. I let it idle for a few minutes, then turned it off and checked the oil. Oil was clean... again a relief. I tried revving the motor some and it was cutting out at 1k rpms, and wanted to die when I let off the gas. I checked the codes and found none. Then I borrowed the air compressor here at work and started to blow dry everything. I removed the spark plugs and wires and blew the spark plug valley dry. There was a significant amount of water in there, but I managed to get it all out. I then slapped everything back togther, and started it up. The motor started and idled fine. I gave it gas slowly and got it to rev, but it started cutting out past 4k rpms. I tried giving it WOT and it would immediately start to stutter and die.
I took it for a spin around the block. It's driveable as long as I don't go above 4k. However, if I give it too much gas (greater than 30% throttle) it will start to stutter at any rpm. The car bucks and shakes like it is hitting fuel cut. Any ideas? Do I just need to let it dry out more?
I know the engine bay got soaked, but I don't think any water got sucked inside.
I let it sit overnight and went out to start it this morning. It started up first try which is a good sign. I let it idle for a few minutes, then turned it off and checked the oil. Oil was clean... again a relief. I tried revving the motor some and it was cutting out at 1k rpms, and wanted to die when I let off the gas. I checked the codes and found none. Then I borrowed the air compressor here at work and started to blow dry everything. I removed the spark plugs and wires and blew the spark plug valley dry. There was a significant amount of water in there, but I managed to get it all out. I then slapped everything back togther, and started it up. The motor started and idled fine. I gave it gas slowly and got it to rev, but it started cutting out past 4k rpms. I tried giving it WOT and it would immediately start to stutter and die.
I took it for a spin around the block. It's driveable as long as I don't go above 4k. However, if I give it too much gas (greater than 30% throttle) it will start to stutter at any rpm. The car bucks and shakes like it is hitting fuel cut. Any ideas? Do I just need to let it dry out more?