Car sputters in rain?
07-20-2011, 01:01 AM
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Car sputters in rain? Description pretty much sums it up. It was raining tonight and my car started to run like ****. The pedal response was hardly working (I could floor it and it for sure wasn't CLOSE to WOT, felt like 5%) and my Service Engine Light was flashing which I know is a misfire. I checked under the hood the instant I pulled in and the coils and plugs were perfectly dry.
Could it be a bad O2? I changed the drivers side one ~3k miles ago. Seems a little weird for rain to cause that though.
Haven't had time to get the codes pulled since I just limped it home and don't own one myself.
Could it be a bad O2? I changed the drivers side one ~3k miles ago. Seems a little weird for rain to cause that though.
Haven't had time to get the codes pulled since I just limped it home and don't own one myself.
Last edited by AwsmGy; 07-20-2011 at 01:08 AM.
07-20-2011, 03:43 AM
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It could still be the wires that are acrhing, even though they appear dry, the humidity that you rarely experience in AZ could be causing it.
And yes, it could also be an O2 problem because the O2 has a vent to measure outside air, and if you drove through a puddle, the hole could be temporarily blocked by a drop of water.
And yes, it could also be an O2 problem because the O2 has a vent to measure outside air, and if you drove through a puddle, the hole could be temporarily blocked by a drop of water.
