Hi. A couple of years ago i went through a ford which was about a foot deep. About 30mins later the engine management light came on and the accellerator pedel stopped working. The engine ticked over ok. So I turned the engine off and on again and it worked ok for a little while but i had to keep stopping and starting the engine 5 - 10 times to get home!
Anyway i took it in to be looked at and the fault was diagnosed as a faulty potentiometer (accellerator pedal to you and me!) They replaced it and all has been well. I thought it must have been a coincidence that i had just been through water. Until last night!
On the way home i had to go through another ford. Again it was only about a foot deep. This time the engine management light came on about a minute after. Thankfully i was only about a mile from home so i manged to use tick over and 1st and second to get me home. Stopping the engine and starting it again clears the fault for about 5 seconds but then the light comes back on and the pedel stops responding.
Obviously water is getting into something, somewhere. I spent an hour in the engine bay and under the landy last night but i couldn't see anywhere where water could effect the wiring loom for the accellerator and everything seemed dry. In fact most places had powdery dirt on them!
Anybody got any ideas or heard about this before?
Huge thanks in advance.
Regards.
Gareth.
I
Anyway i took it in to be looked at and the fault was diagnosed as a faulty potentiometer (accellerator pedal to you and me!) They replaced it and all has been well. I thought it must have been a coincidence that i had just been through water. Until last night!
On the way home i had to go through another ford. Again it was only about a foot deep. This time the engine management light came on about a minute after. Thankfully i was only about a mile from home so i manged to use tick over and 1st and second to get me home. Stopping the engine and starting it again clears the fault for about 5 seconds but then the light comes back on and the pedel stops responding.
Obviously water is getting into something, somewhere. I spent an hour in the engine bay and under the landy last night but i couldn't see anywhere where water could effect the wiring loom for the accellerator and everything seemed dry. In fact most places had powdery dirt on them!
Anybody got any ideas or heard about this before?
Huge thanks in advance.
Regards.
Gareth.
I