93 voyager stalls
rickroyer
05-22-2005, 02:36 AM
My wife drove thru a water puddle then parked it in the garage. When she left a couple hours later it would hardly run and died a few blocks from home.
I dried it all out with a large fan and it started. Howerever had to keep pumping the peddle just to keep it puttering. The next time I started it it ran great for about 30 seconds then died. Left fan on all night in the engine compartment. Started right up the next moring and ran great again. Shut it off. started it again and Pulled it out into the driveway to sun the engine compartment incase any moisture was left. It started to crap out again and died after 30 seconds. I let it sit for a few hours and came back to it. It started fine ran great for 1/2 hour. Shut it off again and restarted it. It started fine bit after 30 seconds died. I can keep it running poorly just barely by pumping the peddle feverishly, but will die again. Another time runs great for a minute and just dies like out of gas.
Am I chasing a dry hole and maybe the water had nothing to do with it.
Has good gas. Couldit be that the fuel filter decided to plug at this puddle time by chance or maybe the fuel pump is going out. Will have to raise it up in AM and try to locate both of those. Had some problems about a month ago and shop change the MAP sensor as well as the O2 sensor or co2 sensor as it was hard starting after a few hours of setting. Now it starts right off after this last episode, but won't keep running. I changed the coil pack today and it did not help.
Anyone have and Idea??
I dried it all out with a large fan and it started. Howerever had to keep pumping the peddle just to keep it puttering. The next time I started it it ran great for about 30 seconds then died. Left fan on all night in the engine compartment. Started right up the next moring and ran great again. Shut it off. started it again and Pulled it out into the driveway to sun the engine compartment incase any moisture was left. It started to crap out again and died after 30 seconds. I let it sit for a few hours and came back to it. It started fine ran great for 1/2 hour. Shut it off again and restarted it. It started fine bit after 30 seconds died. I can keep it running poorly just barely by pumping the peddle feverishly, but will die again. Another time runs great for a minute and just dies like out of gas.
Am I chasing a dry hole and maybe the water had nothing to do with it.
Has good gas. Couldit be that the fuel filter decided to plug at this puddle time by chance or maybe the fuel pump is going out. Will have to raise it up in AM and try to locate both of those. Had some problems about a month ago and shop change the MAP sensor as well as the O2 sensor or co2 sensor as it was hard starting after a few hours of setting. Now it starts right off after this last episode, but won't keep running. I changed the coil pack today and it did not help.
Anyone have and Idea??
caravandrvr
05-22-2005, 01:39 PM
Had some problems about a month ago and shop change the MAP sensor as well as the O2 sensor or co2 sensor as it was hard starting after a few hours of setting.....
Anyone have and Idea??
If it is indeed realated to moisture and you haven't had new plug wires in a long time I'd start there. It could be any electrical issue though....
I do find it interesting that your garage changed your O2 sensor to 'correct' a starting problem. It was always my understanding that the O2 sensor really doesn't do anything until the engine is up to temperature.....
Anyone have and Idea??
If it is indeed realated to moisture and you haven't had new plug wires in a long time I'd start there. It could be any electrical issue though....
I do find it interesting that your garage changed your O2 sensor to 'correct' a starting problem. It was always my understanding that the O2 sensor really doesn't do anything until the engine is up to temperature.....
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