H23Lude9

hey i have taken my truck off road in a few puddles here and there nothing big But not the truck is not running right...its real weak.When its in gear it shutters when you take off..does anyone knwo what could be causeing this...maybe water somewhere in the engine???

dubwize

check the air filter first off, could be gunked up. how big were these puddles? enough to spray water up to the electronic components in the bay?

1badyota

Pull off your distributor cap and dry it out that always works for me

bigd0915

maybe change your tranny fluid. it could be contaminated.

H23Lude9

Some may have gotten up there if so it was splashed. The puddles were not big enough to submerge the front or anything like that

dubwize

When you say shuttering, do you mean just the engine is hesitating/struggling, or do you mean the entire truck shutters as if there's a driveline problem? If it is the latter, then it might be your tranny like said above or diffs, but I doubt it since you said you didn't really sumberge your vehicle enough. Your brakes could have been gunked up. Are they operating normally? I've had a piston stick open on me once, but its uncommon. Now if its your engine that is giving you problems, check the filter and entire intake for clogs, and distributor for water like said above.

H23Lude9

Yea we changed alll the fluids and replaced spark plus. its running fine now..i think it just need to air out.

bigd0915

this is the reason i dont do mud..... it tends to SUCK.

Crate

true that.. i hate mud. but i can't decide which is worse... mud or salt. =]

Keepin it Klean

haha, mud is alot of fun but also a pain in the ass, I'm gonna have to go with salt as the worst tho.