Johnny C: could damp plug wires be the culprit?
George In Grand frozen doorseals Rapids.

--- John Clemens <jbclem@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> I drive through a creek everyday and with my 1983
> watercooled Westphalia it doesn't take very much
> water splashing up to make the engine almost shut
> off and/or miss badly.  Often I will make it across
> on inertia alone and sit half in/half out of the
> water on the far side letting the engine idle and
> dry up the
> wet/missfiring area.  Sometimes it takes five
> minutes and then the engine will slowly pick up
> power as seemingly one cylinder after another starts
> firing.
>
> I'd like to ask for some suggestions: I'm sure there
> is one component, probably fuel injection, that is
> getting wet and then drying off.  I want to locate
> it and then try to waterproof it.  I'm guessing it's
> on the left side of the engine, but I haven't
> figured out what it is.
>
> The engine usually doesn't shut off in the creek,
> but if it does, it will usually start up fairly
> quickly, but then have very little power until the
> wet part dries off.  It's hard to tell if it is
> shutting off a few cylinders or just an overall
> grounding of a component.
>
> Any ideas...any creek dwellers out there?
>
> John
>

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