Flank
American by Birth, Texan by the grace of God.
Although I am a long time cruiser enthusiast, I am on my first - 95 fzj80, late model in year. (until now, i have had to covet my dad's 60 and 80s).
In Dallas, we had some pretty good flooding this week... streets very filled with water. As I was charging through the water, up to 6-8" deep at maybe 20mph (who watches the speedo in this situation?), my engine began to bog down, hesitate and shutter.
Check engine light blinked during the shuttering, then when the engine steadied out, the check engine light remained remained on.
I checked the air filter - dry. Cleared out the check engine light by disconnecting the battery cable for 30 sec. Stays off and engine runs fine now.
Is this normal behavior for an 80 cruiser? I was under the impression I should be able to ford a bit of water. Was I sucking up water somewhere, or depriving the engine of air? My experience with my 02 Tahoe was that it could easily do this. Very surprised the cruiser had trouble. Is this a symptom of a larger problem i should be looking for?
Thanks in advance for any advise or pointers. I love my new truck! My wife is happy to get the Tahoe. Funny thing, my 13 year old toyota with 180K on it feels a hell of a lot more solid than my 6 year old Chevy with 85k on it...
Flank.
In Dallas, we had some pretty good flooding this week... streets very filled with water. As I was charging through the water, up to 6-8" deep at maybe 20mph (who watches the speedo in this situation?), my engine began to bog down, hesitate and shutter.
Check engine light blinked during the shuttering, then when the engine steadied out, the check engine light remained remained on.
I checked the air filter - dry. Cleared out the check engine light by disconnecting the battery cable for 30 sec. Stays off and engine runs fine now.
Is this normal behavior for an 80 cruiser? I was under the impression I should be able to ford a bit of water. Was I sucking up water somewhere, or depriving the engine of air? My experience with my 02 Tahoe was that it could easily do this. Very surprised the cruiser had trouble. Is this a symptom of a larger problem i should be looking for?
Thanks in advance for any advise or pointers. I love my new truck! My wife is happy to get the Tahoe. Funny thing, my 13 year old toyota with 180K on it feels a hell of a lot more solid than my 6 year old Chevy with 85k on it...
Flank.