Hi guys,
Think I've been here before previously under another name years ago... Had to sign up again!
I'm not a petrol head, just come here for your fantastic expertise occasionally when things go awry.
I made the mistake of going through a large puddle yesterday in my 04 plate 307 diesel(it wasn't huge, I'd say around 10") and it was only the passengers side wheel as it was only half way across the road.
Initially the car ran fine but a minute later the anti pollutant light came on and it went into limp mode. I flickedthe ignition on/off to restore drive and another minute later the car seemed to lose more power.
I pulled over and the engine idled very coarsely and sounded to be only on two or three cylinders when revved. I popped the bonnet, the engine was wobbling around on the mounts quite a bit.
I decided to limp home as we were around 5 miles away and it got there ok.
I left it to dry overnight and this morning had another look. The oil dip was black and not milky so I'm hoping the internals remained free of water.
Could this be a case of connection s being wet? I will wait for the rain to stop before giving it a dowsing with wd40 around sensitive areas.
I read that with petrol engines you can have water in the spark plug wells but not sure how this corresponds to diesel engines and glue plugs??
Any help /advice most appreciated on where to look out check before taking it to the garage.
Cheers.
Think I've been here before previously under another name years ago... Had to sign up again!
I'm not a petrol head, just come here for your fantastic expertise occasionally when things go awry.
I made the mistake of going through a large puddle yesterday in my 04 plate 307 diesel(it wasn't huge, I'd say around 10") and it was only the passengers side wheel as it was only half way across the road.
Initially the car ran fine but a minute later the anti pollutant light came on and it went into limp mode. I flickedthe ignition on/off to restore drive and another minute later the car seemed to lose more power.
I pulled over and the engine idled very coarsely and sounded to be only on two or three cylinders when revved. I popped the bonnet, the engine was wobbling around on the mounts quite a bit.
I decided to limp home as we were around 5 miles away and it got there ok.
I left it to dry overnight and this morning had another look. The oil dip was black and not milky so I'm hoping the internals remained free of water.
Could this be a case of connection s being wet? I will wait for the rain to stop before giving it a dowsing with wd40 around sensitive areas.
I read that with petrol engines you can have water in the spark plug wells but not sure how this corresponds to diesel engines and glue plugs??
Any help /advice most appreciated on where to look out check before taking it to the garage.
Cheers.