The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

accidently drove into HUGE puddle, now no start 700 1988

posted by  someone claiming to be di_rosa on  Fri May 7 19:30 CST 2010 [RELATED]

well, i saw it, tried to change lanes (on the highway) but was surrounded by cars, slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. what's worse, is that it turns out i have a small hole in the floorpan by the passenger side kick panel. well guess what's behind the passenger side kickpanel, but the damn ecu. so, what's interesting is that it as i hit the puddle, i shut the car off. i was able to restart it (and i was sooooo happy) and made it off the highway, and then it died.

now i pulled the kickpanel off, and found the ecu/connectors to be soaked. i tried to dry them off and start it again, but nothing. when it died just off the highway, it restarted for a few seconds, then died when i touched the gas, which makes me think it's a fuel issue (kind of the same feeling when you're out of gas).

i was going to check for fuel pressure tomorrow, but does anyone have any other ideas of things to check around the passenger side kick panel that might have been affected?

i also checked the fuses, but nothing was blown.

1988 740

thanks





USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.