check engine light

I think it's fine...Jeeps are made for stuff like than and as long as water didn't get into your air intake you should be all set. The light should go off on its own...

I'd be willing to bet that the light came on due to a misfire, caused by the water. It will probably go out on it's own after a few days. If not, disconnect the battery for a couple minutes, then hook it back up. Should be gone then... if it comes back on again, might want to pursue it further.

And for future reference, do not blast through flooded roads or other bodies of water at high speeds like they do >hey everyone,

i crawled my way through the first time because i wasnt sure how deep it was or if it suddenly got really soft... but the 2nd time through it may have looked like a commercial because i was feeling much more confident :) from now on ill go slower though, promise

Old punchline: But the water only comes up to here on the ducks.

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:26:41 GMT, twaldron shared the following:

-- Travis

Something got wet....

I took every plug and socket I could get my hands on apart and used dielectric grease on the sealing parts of the plugs on both of my Jeeps. They sell the grease cheap, sometimes it is called 'spark plug boot protector'.

If you look at your engine, you will likely see the splash marks. Those are the first places to hit with the grease.

If you have a distributor cap like mine, when cold water hits it condensation happens inside big time. This will make it stall and mis like crazy once you get it going.

Any parts like that can be opened and sprayed out with WD40. It is a Water Displacement fluid and doesn't conduct electricity. You just spray and give it a shake or fast wipe and put it back on.

If you have a distributor cap, Ford make a rubber cover for distributors that works well at stopping the cold shock of water on the cap. They can be got free usually at a wreckers.

If yours is one coil per plug, then dielectric grease is the way to go. That should leave no room for condensation.

I can run in 42" of standing water (bottom of headlights) in my CJ7 without issues. Well, a wet butt is kinda an issue, but...

You also need to check your air intake. Some of them are hooked to a scoop just below the headlight. That is a broken engine usually if water gets up that high. If you do have a tube there to the front, you should remove it.

Mike

Nicole Mas>

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:46:12 GMT, twaldron shared the following:

My intake is up front now... ;-) Thanks. My wife took that picture. :-) See that Jeep in the background? That's the CJ-8 that my friend has...the one who helped me keep from rolling my Jeep. Tomorrow I'm going over to his house and he's gonna help me put a body lift on my Jeep, then we're gonna go offroading... Or at least that's the plan. I hope we have enough time. I'm gonna bring my camera so I'll take plenty o' pictures. He says there's a mudhole near his house that will swallow my Jeep. We (my Jeep and I) are laughing at it right now. ;-) "Let's rock."

-- Travis

thanks to everyone who responded :) the light went off on its own after a few days, but now i'll know what to do if it ever happens again... which hopefully it wont

thanks again, Nicole