Major Stalling Problem In Water

[Street Wolf]

(My Disco is a 2000 Model)

So, it's raining like hell around here right now, and some of the roads hold water. Nothing "deep" but plenty enough to shoot water up in the air a ways and slow you down a little.

This morning as I was coming down one of those roads on the way to work I encountered a stalling problem. To the point where the Disco had no power to move untill it cleared up. No flashing SES light, just stalling to below normal idle RPM's. What is getting wet, and what do I need to look for to fix this issue?


Thanks-

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Not enough information. You'll never solve this without some data from the ECU. Could be anything.

 

[Street Wolf]

Not enough information. You'll never solve this without some data from the ECU. Could be anything.

Okay, let me walk outside real quickly and ask it a few questions.

 

[sven]

How old are your ignition wires?

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Okay, let me walk outside real quickly and ask it a few questions.

While you're at it, ask it for next week's winning lottery numbers. That's essentially what you're asking us.

 

[Street Wolf]

How old are your ignition wires?

Too old in my opinion.

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Then go ahead and change them.

 

[Errant]

I had a similar problem on my '98. It was the wiring to the CKPS. The weatherproofing on the wires to it become brittle and will fail on wet days. You can see the wiring along the front driver side wheel well. Easy to find and easy to fix, so I'd start there. Then test and and change your ingnition wires, if needed.

 

[Street Wolf]

I had a similar problem on my '98. It was the wiring to the CKPS. The weatherproofing on the wires to it become brittle and will fail on wet days. You can see the wiring along the front driver side wheel well. Easy to find and easy to fix, so I'd start there. Then test and and change your ingnition wires, if needed.

Thanks! :sombrero:

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Or it could be your coils, coil pack wiring, spark plugs, MAF, MAF wiring, fuel injector wiring, fuel pump wiring, TPS or wiring, IAS or wiring, or camshaft position sensor or wiring, transmission range sensor or wiring, transmission control wiring...

In my case, it was because the transmission was done.

 

[mongosd2]

I'd start with plug wire's...then move past that. Does it shutdown or stumble? a ckps sensors would cause the engine to cut out...

 

[sven]

Too old in my opinion.

Test it by spraying a mist of water on them at night. If you see arching and the engine stumbles, you found the culprit.

 

[Mr. Leary]

Diesel swap. Do it!

 

[UK4X4]

the lowest doodad to the road that effects sparks..........

crankshaft position sensor , almost never throws a code even when toast

 

[lake_bueller]

the lowest doodad to the road that effects sparks..........

crankshaft position sensor , almost never throws a code even when toast

I'd agree with that also. My DI will spit and sputter but not throw a code when encountering deeper water. I really should look at it someday before it completely craps out on me in the middle of a deep puddle. :snorkel: