mud holes arent worth it

wrangler00

wrangler00

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ok i have 2000 jeep wrangler. me and a bunch of my jeep club members went to callentaee and i saw a little mud hole. I didnt think it was deep, and it really wasnt but, i hit the mud hole a little fast and sucked water in the intake. I have had to replace:

2 o2 sensors one at $107 and one at $70
1 throttle postioning sensor at $85
1 mass air pressure sensor at $57
6 spark plugs at $5
12 quarts of oil at $3
1 oil filter at $12
2 cans of seafoam $9
1 can of ocatane booster at $5
1 can of throttle body cleaner at $6
1 car wash at $8
1 tank of premium gas $45
Is 10 seconds of mud worth $496
not for this fella right here you be the judge
 
Take it somewhere that can diagnose what's wrong rather than just throwing parts and money at it.

Checked your diff/tcase/trans fluid and wheel bearings yet? You might not have even made it to the expensive shit yet. :flipoff2:
 
I'm with Braxton, I would almost promise you all of that is not bad, you are just throwing money at it....Now check your axles and t-case and see if they are milky.:flipoff2:
 
Was this the "little" mud hole on BLUE as you're coming down from Welder? If so that sucks, It fools ya.

Stop throwing money at it and have the codes run. Then have fun checking the diffs and drivetrain. Thats the expensive part.
 
IIRC you shouldn't run high octane fuel in the Jeeps/Dodges. Refer to your owners manual. It can make the engine run abnormally.

Your computer may not be reading your sensors properly because they could be wet. Pull them, clean the contacts with compressed air and or rubbing alcohol. Let them dry.

Park it and let everything dry out (a day or so), drain oil and leave drip pan under oil plug or a while. Remove oil filter.

Pull the plugs,clean if necessary.

Replace or clean air filter depending on what you have.

Check inside the air intake tube to make sure no water is sitting, if so remove tube and clean it out. If there is any gunk on the throttle body, clean it off.

Replace everything except the plugs. Look inside spark plug hole for water, shouldn't be any.

Replace plugs.

Let it run a bit and change oil/filter again (cheap oil and filter is just fine).

At this point it should run OK, you still may have the check engine light on, but as long as it's running OK, I wouldn't worry about it. With many Check engine codes the system has to cycle from cold to normal operating temperature a few times before the Check engine light will go away.

If runs OK but the codes don't go away within a month or so then replace sensors starting first in the flow of the system. This should be your mass air sensor.

I have never gotten a distributorless system wet, so I have no idea how it would react. Most things are OK after you let them dry out though.

Good Luck
 
tjs are notorious for screwing up the evap system and throwing generic codes. check and make sure you dont have a hole in your evap lines or your tank does not have mud in it.
 
me too when I was younger it was fun until it started messing things up and then you have to pay out the big $ to fix the muddy mess
 
Welcome to the other side...
 
rbo1577186 said:
IIRC you shouldn't run high octane fuel in the Jeeps/Dodges. Refer to your owners manual. It can make the engine run abnormally.
Your computer may not be reading your sensors properly because they could be wet. Pull them, clean the contacts with compressed air and or rubbing alcohol. Let them dry.
Park it and let everything dry out (a day or so), drain oil and leave drip pan under oil plug or a while. Remove oil filter.
Pull the plugs,clean if necessary.
Replace or clean air filter depending on what you have.
Check inside the air intake tube to make sure no water is sitting, if so remove tube and clean it out. If there is any gunk on the throttle body, clean it off.
Replace everything except the plugs. Look inside spark plug hole for water, shouldn't be any.
Replace plugs.
Let it run a bit and change oil/filter again (cheap oil and filter is just fine).
At this point it should run OK, you still may have the check engine light on, but as long as it's running OK, I wouldn't worry about it. With many Check engine codes the system has to cycle from cold to normal operating temperature a few times before the Check engine light will go away.
If runs OK but the codes don't go away within a month or so then replace sensors starting first in the flow of the system. This should be your mass air sensor.
I have never gotten a distributorless system wet, so I have no idea how it would react. Most things are OK after you let them dry out though.
Good Luck
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I was there when this happened it was a drove through mud hole and the splash (Due to excessive spend) soaked the intake and vapor locked the engine. The jeep never sat in water.

We pull the plugs on the trail to drain unlock the motor. Towed it back to camp, Change the oil (Was not milky at all). Let it sit and dry out. Then ran it a little to try and dry out the system.

Once home from the trip, the plugs were pulled and replaced along with the oil and filter again (put cheap oil before). Ran a can of seafoam through the intake via a vac hose to clean it out. Check engine light was reading o2 sensor, and TPS Sensor, Pulled and replaced (Read o2 sensor prior to the water), Replace TPS Sensor due to code and water. Still have a Check engine light for o2. Ran seafoam through the tank, o2 light went out.

A few hours later the check engine light came back on, Now its reading a MAP sensor code. Replaced the Map, Still has a light on as of now. Yet to get that one checked.

All this because it will not pass inspection with the light on. He would just drive it, which he has, if it wasn't for the inspection that expired a few days ago.
 
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