Date:         Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:04:56 -0600
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From:         jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Drop in gas mileage
Comments: To: "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM>
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On 10/22/04 10:12 AM, "Greenamyer, William L"
<william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM> wrote:

> Haven't posted to the list for a while.  Something strange happened to my
> leaker.  Seems that the rain has impacted the 21.5mpg I was getting from it.
> It appears to be getting maybe 10mpg right now but I still have power (didn't
> seem to loose any spark at the plugs).  I did have to go through some rather
> big puddles Wednesday (live in Southern California).  Never had this happen
> before and I have gone through some huge puddles in the past.  This is the
> first time that I actually ended up with water on both sides of the front
> carpeting.  Not sure where that came from either.  With the manual trans, I
> checked the carpeting around the shift lever.  Seemed dry.  Gues it came in
> throuth the vent or something like that.
> 
> Question.
> Could the water affect the injectors or should I be looking at controller or
> O2 sensor?
> Any other ideas?
> 
> William
> 
> 
Yes it can.  On my subie mod the first time I was out in a downpour I
suddenly was getting oil pressure lights and lost power and surging.  But I
knew I had oil pressure because a test lead I was using for something
earlier on my system told me I definatly had oil pressure.  I pulled of and
into a car wash (yes into a car wash to stay dry) and popped the deck.  My
3-4 side of the engine had water over everything. I pulled a few connectors
apart and dried them off and rechecked. Oil light back to normal and most of
my run problems were gone as well.  I am still deciding how to put a splash
plate of some kind in there to stop that in the future.

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