It was probably the bow wave you were generating creating drag on the mud flaps. 55 is terminal velocity under those conditions. : >
On 6-Nov-06, at 8:52 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:52:26 -0800 > From: Curt Newsome <tele2222@YAHOO.COM> > Subject: Wet Weather Woes > > It's raining like hell here in Seattle and I > unfortunately had to drive the Problematic ('85 Westy) > to work this morning. While it rains frequently here > it doesn't generally rain this hard and the standing > water on the freeway was impressive. > > About halfway to work on I-5 I started to notice a > lack of power, could only make about 55 floored and 45 > uphill. When I exited the idle still seemed ok - > maybe a little rough - but I had no acceleration. > > The van ran great yesterday and I'm assuming (hoping) > that it's the excessive water. I have new ignition > wires, cap and rotor - beyong those items what is the > most likely culprit? Any way to make it less > susceptible to this problem? > > Thanks as always, > Curt News |
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