D40 just stopped

[D40NAVY]

Hey needa answer ASAP

Was driving through some water and car bogged down and died.. Steam and exhaust fumes bellowed out filled cabin and wouldn't start.
Got towed out and still wouldn't starrt kept ideling for about 2 seconds then die. Waited for a good 20mins and it started idled ruff for a while then is back to normal. Any suggestions, how can I stop it from happening again..

 

[camo.b]

Is the air filter wet? If so thats probably good..if not you might have water in your fuel..not a great idea to run it if it has...if i was you i would check your air filter right now.

 

[camo.b]

Are you running a snorkle?
How deep was the water also?
Did your truck turn into a steam engine? ....ie was steam coming out of the exhaust of just from the hot exhaust piping

 

[D40NAVY]

Yeah the air filter was really wet.guess that must of been the problem.. It's all dry now and starts, just slight noise on startup tho

 

[camo.b]

Excellent...you might want to clean the maf sensor also.its in the piping just near the airbox.just unscrew both phillips head screws and unclip the multiplug..pull that sucker out and give it a spray with some electrical cleaner...could possibly use straight metho in a spray bottle..give hime a good clean and refit.might clear up the ruffness..
Mine had a dip once..think it was more spashed from a free spinning wheel in a mud pit...gave it all a clean and got home...filter didnt survive tho..got a snork and a sealed pod filter now so that never happens again..sometime you just cannot tell how deep the holes are untill your in them.i know they should be checked first but its not always possible.

 

[Pete22]

If the air box got really wet then you were awfully lucky that you are not now rebuilding your engine. A tablespoon full of water ingested into the intake and you could well hydraulic the engine. Water doesn't compress and once in the cylinders you stand a really good chance of a hydraulic lock and bending your con rod and doing other serious damage. I'd buy a lottery ticket if'n I was you.

 

[D40NAVY]

Oh true ! Yeah you can never tell it was right up near the wheel arch.. When you said sealed pod filter.. Have you got a picture of your Setup how'd you go about the maf sensor.. Do you need that or did you bypass it?

 

[4BYFOR]

Here u go this is my setup

 

[camo.b]

Ive got the same as 4BYFOR.its a K&N apollo filter with a few adapters to go up to the factory snorkle.for me it isnt amazing.the standard airbox does a better job with dust..but you would need 2 tubes of sikaflex to seal that baby up....where the apollo is watertight

 

[ourd40]

If you sucked in water you should check your coolant level daily and you mentioned a noise on start up? what kind of noise?

 

[D40NAVY]

It's like a screeching noise could just be the belts,
How'd you go 4BYFOR with your filter maf sensor and stuff do you need that ugly box on the side of the intake.

 

[Rumpig]

i'd pull the elbow off the front of your turbo and get a macro photo of the compressor wheel and make sure it isn't damaged.

 

[Rumpig]

If the air box got really wet then you were awfully lucky that you are not now rebuilding your engine. A tablespoon full of water ingested into the intake and you could well hydraulic the engine. Water doesn't compress and once in the cylinders you stand a really good chance of a hydraulic lock and bending your con rod and doing other serious damage. I'd buy a lottery ticket if'n I was you.

Not quite true. I've injected water into my intake at 14 gph ( 1 litre/minute ). Bluenavara ran 2 x 14gph nozzles on his setup.

 

[camo.b]

Not quite true. I've injected water into my intake at 14 gph ( 1 litre/minute ). Bluenavara ran 2 x 14gph nozzles on his setup.

Im sure the filters dust seal and micron level restricts most of the flow...it just lets the engine turbo sip the the water more than gulp it.. that is unless the water is over the bonnet.mates prado (same trip) filled the airbox with water.we didnt even realize there was a problem untill the cleared the mud pit and gave it a squirt to turn around and go back in. Prado steam engine! Turbo check is probably a good idea..will only take 10 mins to get a good look at it.

 

[Pete22]

Not quite true. I've injected water into my intake at 14 gph ( 1 litre/minute ). Bluenavara ran 2 x 14gph nozzles on his setup.

Yeah fine with a specialised water/ethanol system......but I dare you to tip a litre of water into your air box and not suffer a problem.

 

[Old.Tony]

Yeah fine with a specialised water/ethanol system......but I dare you to tip a litre of water into your air box and not suffer a problem.

Towtruck lights are yellow, right?

I agree - controlled injection is something completely different to an uncontrolled lungful of creek water.

I think it was one of the D22 models that had the air intake just over the inner guard on the left hand side, where water could shoot straight in, and a member here hit a 300mm deep puddle and drowned their car on bitumen with a single splash.

 

[camo.b]

Slight design flaw...