phychotron
07-23-2020, 12:07 AM
A few months ago I was driving my 85 LE to my forest property and the water was a bit deeper across the flooded road that normal and when I was going for it my engine shut off and I was in about a foot and a half of water. Got towed out, checked the oil, no water in it, the air filter was soaked but there didn't look like there was more than a few drops of water in the air hose to the throttle body. I dried it out and tried to crank on it, it eventually started but the idle is way low and I needed to hold the gas up a bit. So i checked the oil again and there was coffee for oil. I quickly drained it and put new oil in it with seafoam, ran it for a bit, drained it and it looked completely fine. I put fresh oil in it.
Now I have a very low idle. I have to hold the gas slightly in order to come to a full stop and keep the engine going type stuff. If its warm it will stay idle about 500 before it slowly dies after about 20 seconds. Engine was giving Oxygen sensor code from time to time so I eventually replaced it with a Denso sensor and the van ran a bit different at first, a little harder to start the first time, but slightly better performance on the engine once was up for about a minute. The problem is still there.The error code still comes on from time to time despite clearing the computer by disconnecting the battery for awhile.
If I want to go anywhere I need to warm the van up a bit, maybe a minute or two at 2000rpm's to get it from stalling when shifting. Then I have to baby the throttle to about 1100rpm's or less when I shift. Which is going to take its toll on my transmission eventually cause sometimes its not exactly perfect and I've had a jolt or two.
Other than that the van seems to perform almost the same when at normal speeds. Maybe a bit under powered at times but its hard to tell cause I have an 89 that I just picked up and have been driving around and it's got a lot more pep to it.
What could be causing this issue? Someone told me later I should have pulled the plugs to crank on it cause it might bend something... but what? I cannot remember. I'd like to avoid ripping apart the engine until the last resort though.
Thanks.
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Now I have a very low idle. I have to hold the gas slightly in order to come to a full stop and keep the engine going type stuff. If its warm it will stay idle about 500 before it slowly dies after about 20 seconds. Engine was giving Oxygen sensor code from time to time so I eventually replaced it with a Denso sensor and the van ran a bit different at first, a little harder to start the first time, but slightly better performance on the engine once was up for about a minute. The problem is still there.The error code still comes on from time to time despite clearing the computer by disconnecting the battery for awhile.
If I want to go anywhere I need to warm the van up a bit, maybe a minute or two at 2000rpm's to get it from stalling when shifting. Then I have to baby the throttle to about 1100rpm's or less when I shift. Which is going to take its toll on my transmission eventually cause sometimes its not exactly perfect and I've had a jolt or two.
Other than that the van seems to perform almost the same when at normal speeds. Maybe a bit under powered at times but its hard to tell cause I have an 89 that I just picked up and have been driving around and it's got a lot more pep to it.
What could be causing this issue? Someone told me later I should have pulled the plugs to crank on it cause it might bend something... but what? I cannot remember. I'd like to avoid ripping apart the engine until the last resort though.
Thanks.
10438