vitara dont like puddles

[wildplumdx]

i'm having issues with my vitara its a 1991 1600 and everytime i go thru puddles it coughs and sputters likes there water getting in somewhere and i mean like puddles in town little ones and just tonight it died had to jumper it and now its revving like 1700rpm to 2000rpm when u pull up and stop , like pulsing from 1700 to 2000rpm ? anyone got a clue what going on ?

[Jerry]

ignition ie plug leads, distributer, coil, CRC will help, a common mod I think is a latex glove over the distributer to seal it.

[mroffroader]

ignition ie plug leads, distributer, coil, CRC will help, a common mod I think is a latex glove over the distributer to seal it.

Check your dizzy (take off cap and check condition of points and if theres any moisture in there, corrosion on the points will be a little tell tale sign) Doubt it will be HT leads crc will not help and DO NOT put a glove on it as it will condensate and escalate the problem Also check all wires and connections around dizzy and coil (coil may possibly be faulty) or there may be a half broken wire. Connections are a killer, take off give a quick sand and put back on. Let us know how you get on with that

[Jerry]

sorry James ... your advanced mechanical nolledge must be betterer than mine

is there a way to seal the dizzy or put a breather on them ? (sorry my Suzuki SJ Tonka toy was a few trucks back now .... I must be old and senile now )

[wildplumdx]

cool thanks i'll do that also when i did get it started it backfired after i had gone thru the puddle and got it to start again, took awhile, but yeah i'll give that stuff a try, thanks

[radar21]

can of silicon 0ver cap and leads works a treat

[Bubba]

ignition ie plug leads, distributer, coil, CRC will help, a common mod I think is a latex glove over the distributer to seal it.

Check your dizzy (take off cap and check condition of points and if theres any moisture in there, corrosion on the points will be a little tell tale sign) Doubt it will be HT leads crc will not help and DO NOT put a glove on it as it will condensate and escalate the problem Also check all wires and connections around dizzy and coil (coil may possibly be faulty) or there may be a half broken wire. Connections are a killer, take off give a quick sand and put back on. Let us know how you get on with that

Mine used to do the exact same thing and I agree with MrO, don't use CRC it doesn't work and corrodes the leads, so I am told. Don't rubber glove it, it only works for a little while abd then just pisses you off. The dizzy is in a stupid place, relocate and put it in a snaplock box with a breather. If you are going to use a spray use lanolin spray, about the same cost as CRC but is sticky and water prove. As for the reving, again mine used to do it as well, never figured out what the cause was before Tara got his hands on it

[H2OLOVA]

When I had the old Series 2 Rover i used "Softseal" Its almost like a spray on grease. Worked really well for me and cause it doesn't set its still easy to take the Dissy cap off.

[Petemcc]

I used silicon grease on my surf just a bead around the cap and then a good amount on all the leads. I also but a breather on the dissy. after i did this i could run the motor under water.

Pete

[mroffroader]

I sellys no more gaps mine and extended the breather, no worries