[hightechredneck]

I had the truck out this passed weekend and got into a pretty deep mud hole and the engine stalled out. The air box was just above the water line but when I put the car in reverse I think it threw some water up that got sucked in. The air box had about 1/4 of water in the bottom of it and the bulb on the intake hose probably was a 1/4 to 1/2 full. The air filter of course was completely wet.

Once I got out about 15 minutes later I was able to get the motor to start back up with a little help from the gas pedel. it blew some white smoke for a minute than seem to run fine. Once I got out of the trail and hit the highway I found that when I put the gas pedel to the floor I only was getting about half the power as I should have so it took quite a while to get up to 50mph. once there it seemed to run fine with the rpm's under 2200. With the car in park I can slowly increase the rpms and can get it up to about 4,000 rpms. If I floor it it starts to die out and also sputters.

I figured I had some fouled out spark plugs so I changed those out but still have the same issue.

The engine light is also now on.

Anyone have any idea whats wrong?

And also here is a picture of the truck sunk so you can see how deep it was and maybe give you a indication of what would be effected.

THank you

 

[hightechredneck]

Another thing to add. The Mass Air Flow sensor was Really dirty with dirty water. I wiped it off (in retrospect probably not a good idea) but have yet to spray it with MAF cleaner.

In the past for MAF failures on other cars I just unplugged the MAF and if the car ran better it was the MAF...

 

[hightechredneck]

Update..

I unplugged the MAF and started it up. It was cold so it was at about 1300 Rpms. I hit the gas and it died out. Started it back up idleing fine. Hit the gas again and RPM's went all the way to redline no problem than when I let off it dies out.

Only seems to die out when I floor it and let off quickly.... Going to try to clean the current one and hope I don't have to replace it but would you agree there is something wrong with the MAF? Maybe something else also?.

 

[project swamp dragon]

replace your maf ive done it a half dozen times wadding also snorkle that bad boy it will save you a lot in the long run

 

[redtruck12]

I'm going to agree on the m.a.f. Replacement
Thanks for the pictures "*******"
I bet that was a surprise

 

[Daedrix]

Same thing happened to me. New MAF and a snorkel. British Parts of Utah has MAF's on sale.

 

[hightechredneck]

MAF got ordered this morning. $58 on amazon... Bought the MAF cleaner but didn't seem to help anything.

I do want a snorkel but its hard to throw $500 into a car that only cost me $3500 and to tell you the truth I would rather buy a different one to put $$ into because I'm not real happy with how it does without lockers. Didn't realize it didn't have lockers when I bought it.

 

[Dane!]

Well if your car has the central diff lock it definitely helps with traction. If not, its not near as capable. Id get your service light coded also; my truck had the same exact problem after running through some flood waters here in Vegas, but my truck had another bad Camshaft position sensor, luckily I had bought one previously with a warranty. I must have shorted it out, it has an inline fuse. Also, when I first bought my truck, I bought the cheap MAF's off of amazon also for I think 40$, it didn't do much for me, it still coded the MAF was bad. I ended up buying one with a lifetime warranty at AutoZone for 130$. If you going to be wading frequently and don't want to put 500$ down for a snorkel, id say get the warrantied one and just piss off AutoZone every time you go in some water

 

[awdxtc]

Will they honor the warranty more than once? I thought that if you bought one you only got one replacement?

 

[JAKD-UP]

What made you think it had lockers to begin with?

 

[awdxtc]

probably did not realize that they stopped putting them in until 04

 

[Dane!]

Ive gotten 3 crankshaft sensors within my warranty

 

[ArmyRover]

Unfortunately you bought a 2003, with no Center Diff Lock (CDL). They are very capable with good tires and no CDL just using the traction control. The CDL makes a world of difference though.

The mint green Disco is a 03 just like yours with open diffs and no CDL. Mainly it had a lift and tires. It did amazing until it blew a diff lol. You can do what he is doing though and swap in a CDL transfer case and linkage.

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[dakluck]

MAF got ordered this morning. $58 on amazon... Bought the MAF cleaner but didn't seem to help anything.

I do want a snorkel but its hard to throw $500 into a car that only cost me $3500 and to tell you the truth I would rather buy a different one to put $$ into because I'm not real happy with how it does without lockers. Didn't realize it didn't have lockers when I bought it.

Man, someone doesn't trust their Rover yet!

P.S. take off your whole intake, there is water in it and the box, also change your oil, and maybe that front diff.

 

[hightechredneck]

Got the New MAF yesterday and she came back to life.

Diffs defiantly need to be checked and even if there is no water in them should probably be changed as I have no idea when it was ever done. Oil I checked onsite and looks fine but I will likely change it out anyway.

When you say the whole intake do you mean the whole plastic tube assembly or the actual metal intake that is mounted to the heads? I took off the whole tube. There is a bulb on the bottom side of it that was filled partly with water but I hosed everything out and got as much water as I could out.

Gotta hose out the belts and pulleys really good. There is a bit of a wining I hear that I have heard from truck in the past from a good soaking.

 

[dakluck]

Got the New MAF yesterday and she came back to life.

Diffs defiantly need to be checked and even if there is no water in them should probably be changed as I have no idea when it was ever done. Oil I checked onsite and looks fine but I will likely change it out anyway.

When you say the whole intake do you mean the whole plastic tube assembly or the actual metal intake that is mounted to the heads? I took off the whole tube. There is a bulb on the bottom side of it that was filled partly with water but I hosed everything out and got as much water as I could out.

Gotta hose out the belts and pulleys really good. There is a bit of a wining I hear that I have heard from truck in the past from a good soaking.

Just the plastic tube should be good. The side airbox on mine was full as well as the bulb on the MAF.

Good to hear she's back up!

You love on that thing and it will do you right.

 

[hightechredneck]

My side airbox was almost dry until I used the hose to clean it out Got most of the water out of it but can hear a bit still sloshing in it.