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Best thing to do is pop the hood and let it dry out. I live in Florida and have had this happen to me alot. You will cause problems with the car if you run it when it's wet in the engine compartment. The main thing I end up replacing when this happens is the belt. Next is the alternator. I've noticed that the belt loves to grab the water thats splashed on it from underneath and bring it right up to the alternator and distributor. When the alternator gets wet it can damage alot, short curcuit elec. engine parts. All the electrical connectors in the engine compartment are supposed to have alittle clear grease in them to help keep the water out but the engine compartment runs so hot most of the time the grease liquifies and in time nothing is sealing the connectors. When you go through water those connectors get wet and cause alot of problems. This is one big reason why you should not run your car if it is doing what you mentioned. It can cost you alot of money. I've had this happen to me so many times I had to grease everyone of my connectors. Those connectors will hold water too, even if the engine is dry. My wife just filled me in on a couple more things that get wet going through a puddle, the distributor, and the VAPS steering unit. I could go on and on. I guess the best thing about this is that any electrical damage will show a check engine light, which you have not mentioned.
When it is dry, I disconnect my negative to reset the computer just in case I have a code that was temp due to the water. If the check engine light comes on after that you need to do a code scan on it. If no light, great, but do check your belt, mine gets nice and shiney and real smooth which is not good. And your distributor cap.
Serious or not! You can never tell on these cars! My wife and I refer to these problems as X-files! Good luck!
PS. I have no clue to the year of your car, and engine size, that information helps when posting! This info we gave you is off a 93 Mercury Sable LS 3.8L. Others years are simular up to 95.
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