A little too much fun......engine misfiring.

[babysilk]

Went mudding today with a couple friends. Had a great time but got too much water/mud in my engine compartment. It started missing pretty bad but I was able to drive it home under light acceleration. Any chance it will dry out and fix itself? Service engine light came on and started flashing indicating a misfire. I can take it to the arco station by my house tomorrow and pull the codes for free but Im assuming its the spark plugs/COPS, What is the best root to take?

 

[rburch]

If you have an air compressor you can use it to blow out the spark plug wells and plug boots.

 

[babysilk]

I do, good idea! I will give that a try

 

[toms89]

Yep... agreed. Pull off cops and blow out plug wells and cop boots.

 

[rburch]

Yep... agreed. Pull off cops and blow out plug wells and cop boots.

I read that in one of your responses in another post! lol!

 

[toms89]

I read that in one of your responses in another post! lol!

.

 

[Expeditionary]

since when is your truck green? LOL!
Ive been there and done that, COP shorted and on the way back form the mud hole the exact same thing was happening to me. Every once in a while I'll get a miss but i stay easy on the throttle most of the time

 

[babysilk]

Did you replace your cops and spark plugs? and since yesterday ..... http://expeditionforum.com/showthread.php?t=15671

 

[toms89]

Put some dielectric grease where boot seals to plug well after it is dried out otherwise it will seal in the moisture. May help prevent water from getting into there in the future. I have done all mine.

 

[babysilk]

Alright I will give that a shot as well. I cant work on it any more tonight but I will go do damage control in the morning. If the missing doesnt stop should I find which cylinder(s) are missing and replace the spark/ cops?

 

[panda24619]

had this happen to me last time. havent been since. haha i would let it dry over night. mine dryed out in a few hours. then i cleaned the engine compartment with water. set off another code. o well. haha let it dry. then get it pulled. then fix the cop. youll be good to go. haha

 

[Expeditionary]

had this happen to me last time. havent been since. haha i would let it dry over night. mine dryed out in a few hours. then i cleaned the engine compartment with water. set off another code. o well. haha let it dry. then get it pulled. then fix the cop. youll be good to go. haha

your always gonna break Sh** off road, it happens to every rig big or small
Hasnt stopped me from going... then again im not afraid of breakin shit

 

[Expeditionary]

Did you replace your cops and spark plugs? and since yesterday ..... http://expeditionforum.com/showthread.php?t=15671

no i just replaced the one COP that went out after the mudhole. It needs a SP&COP change though... Im just dreading it.
its getting lifted first unless I break something else between now and then.
I also realized I need new Tbars for the lift and if I go with 7700s thats another $200, plus I gotta buy food for my buddy & I and give him a hundo to use his shop and all his tools during the lift
(since I didnt give him anything when we did the BL...)

 

[panda24619]

your always gonna break Sh** off road, it happens to every rig big or small
Hasnt stopped me from going... then again im not afraid of breakin shit

been a few times where im like please dont break please dont break. getting air with 4 guys in the truck with stock ball joints. yeah not so funn. i stressed out a little. handled great though. also when i bounce too much my steering pump whines really loud, then goes away. weird. usually when i go from full droop to full bump multiple times. pogo is the correct term.

 

[babysilk]

Well the good news is it dried itself out and its missing at all, Woooohooo! Bad news is I got to see how much mud I have to get off the underside of my truck .....filthy!