What causes a car to sputter after a drive through a puddle?
It can cause the catalytic converter to overheat/plug up/or, just plain kill it. The unburned fuel can wind up in the crankcase, dilluting the oil and causing engine damage from lack of lubrication. Note, fuel is still going into the cylinder that is not firing..It can wipe the cylinder wall of lubrication, also.
Why does my car shake after driving through a puddle?
Last Thursday we had massive amounts of rain in our area. Was driving home at night and saw a large puddle of water by a backed up drain. I slowed down to about 10mph–thinking that would be slow enough and drove through the puddle of water. Immediately after, my truck started sputtering and shaking.
What happens when you drive through a puddle of water?
Was driving home at night and saw a large puddle of water by a backed up drain. I slowed down to about 10mph–thinking that would be slow enough and drove through the puddle of water. Immediately after, my truck started sputtering and shaking. I only had a couple of blocks more to drive so I made it home and turned off the engine.
It can cause the catalytic converter to overheat/plug up/or, just plain kill it. The unburned fuel can wind up in the crankcase, dilluting the oil and causing engine damage from lack of lubrication. Note, fuel is still going into the cylinder that is not firing..It can wipe the cylinder wall of lubrication, also.
Last Thursday we had massive amounts of rain in our area. Was driving home at night and saw a large puddle of water by a backed up drain. I slowed down to about 10mph–thinking that would be slow enough and drove through the puddle of water. Immediately after, my truck started sputtering and shaking.
What happens if you drive through a deep puddle?
Notes: Water deeper than the bottom of a center line of wheel is too deep! If a true 10 mph – that’s just fast enough to water ski and would make quite a spash unseen perhaps. Sometimes air intake will suck in water and that can blow the engine! Thanks guys! Yeah the water wasn’t super deep…maybe about a foot or so.