4Y electronic distributors and water
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:42 pm
Hi guys,
Friday night I completed getting my lux back up and running, then on Saturday, my friend Jaco and I took our sons 4x4ing at Melkbos 4x4. Had loads of fun, the play pit, Helgat, was deserted! Believe it or not we had the place to ourselves the whole 2 hours we were there.
Earlier on in the day I tackled a longish water cross, with a little too much aggression and managed to splash water all over the engine and electronics, of course the engine started misfiring badly. Turned out the distributor had ingested water, the top of the distributor cap was damp with condensation. Turns out there's a breather hole in base of the distributor, which allowed enough water in to play havoc and cause the misfiring...
I'm going to fit a restrictive 2-way filter in there to eliminate this potential issue of water splashing in there, I find it quite ironic that the distributor cap has a proper seal on it, but below there's a completely open hole!
Hope this helps someone!
Friday night I completed getting my lux back up and running, then on Saturday, my friend Jaco and I took our sons 4x4ing at Melkbos 4x4. Had loads of fun, the play pit, Helgat, was deserted! Believe it or not we had the place to ourselves the whole 2 hours we were there.
Earlier on in the day I tackled a longish water cross, with a little too much aggression and managed to splash water all over the engine and electronics, of course the engine started misfiring badly. Turned out the distributor had ingested water, the top of the distributor cap was damp with condensation. Turns out there's a breather hole in base of the distributor, which allowed enough water in to play havoc and cause the misfiring...
I'm going to fit a restrictive 2-way filter in there to eliminate this potential issue of water splashing in there, I find it quite ironic that the distributor cap has a proper seal on it, but below there's a completely open hole!
Hope this helps someone!