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Re: Wet Car woes.
David Powell wrote:
>
> My 89 100 doesn't like the rain. Last night it let me sit. I checked in to a
> hotel and waited for it to dry out. This morning I drove it about an hour and a
> half and it died again. I'd seen this type of trouble before when I eventually
> had to replace my car's computer. Several of the computer's pins were
> completely corroded off. I thought it might be related so I took the dash board
> apart and checked out the connection. I now know how the previous computer came
> to be corroded. I found about 1/4 inch of water laying in the male side of the
> plug. I took the computer completely out and poured out the water. That seemed
> to help. The car ran for about another mile. Then it stopped again. I let it
> sit for about half a day and then it brought me home without a problem.
>
> Questions:
> 1. The water in the connector seems to have come down the inside of the wiring
> harness. It's not supposed to do that. How can I stop it?
> 2. Since drying out the computer didn't solve my problems completely I have some
> other wet places. What are some of the likely places to look?
> 3. In general, how do I keep my car from drowning during rain storms?
>
> More information: While I was waiting for things to start working again I did a
> computer diagnostic. I had error codes for, Throttle body idle switch, Knock
> Sensor, Temp sensor, and a few others that I can't remember now.
The water in the computer can give fault codes that are not there just
like it can make your car not run.Let it dry out and drive it for a
couple of days and then recheck for faults.Please remember to clear all
faults after it drys out because the computer has a memory for
approxamately 50 key cycles.
turbo