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Old 06-04-2012, 12:38 AM   #1
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Well Damn, Suggestions?

Coming home from work tonight, i was heading on a coastal road with a speed limit of 55. Driving along i see the truck in front of me swerve, then a HUGE wall of water come across the top of his truck. Knowing we just had three days of monsoon style rain, i slam the brakes and hit about a foot of water head on, at about 45mph. car instantly chugs, lights dim, SES, ABS and Trac off lights come on, and car nearly dies, i let off the gas to keep from hydro-locking the engine, and car chugs more, so i made it out, car is acting like it's running on three cylinders, get it to the gas station and check it out, COVERED with seaweed, engine bay is drenched, WAI is soaked.... Long story short, i drove it for about 30 miles, trying to dry it out, ABS and Trac off lights are out, SES is still on, car runs..... but is boggy and randomly drops to idle RPM under WOT.

So tell me, what should i check/do after this kind of water hit? I'm going to clean the MAF tomorrow and wash it considering it was salt water, but what else should i check? I just want to make sure i don't leave anything unattended, and have it screw up later.


TL;DR, Hit huge puddle, car nearly dies. Suggestions on what to check/do to make sure i didn't screw anything up/anything could be screwed up.

I know this should be common sense, but i would like opinions considering I've never had this happen to me before, and never really had to deal with a waterlogged engine before. So.... Suggestions?
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