bought a 91 camry a few weeks ago, very clean and smooth running car. two days ago, drove to work in heavy rains. hit a portin of local road where water was 6-8 inches deep. noticed my car lacked power and kinda sputtered through the lagoon.
now, the car runs like it did before the rains, but i hear a rattle from the front left of the car. it's more like a light knocking sound that's proportional to the speed of the car. sounds like a 1/rev, maybe 2/rev with wheel speed. odd thing is, the noise goes away while i'm accelerating and comes in only when i let up on the gas.
since the noise is present at 5 mph or 40 mph, i don't think this is a loose panel. i have noticed that the needle on my speedometer shakes back and forth at the same frequency as this sound (this has been here since i bought the car).
sorry for the essay, but i just wanted to be thorough explaining my problem. could this be tied to the speedometer? and is the speedometer sensor even related to the front left wheel?
any help is greatly appreciated.