So the story is I recently I had the pleasure of Florida rain in which I also had the pleasure of another car whisking a big puddle of water towards my car (it was only lightly raining at this point so I thought it might be fine but I slowed as I noticed the puddle but they did not lol, I was still very close to home). Car seemed to stall out a little later (lights were still on no warning lights or loud sounds from motor or anything but the shifter had the blinking D and throttle was not doing anything) so I shut the car off and gave it a couple minutes then started it back up no problem. Since I was close to home I returned to take my SUV out of storage but let the car idle in the meantime at (20-30min) operating temp and there wasn’t any odd sounds or anything. Since then I’ve been let the car sit hoping to dry anything wet out. Gonna inspect the filter and intake tubes for wetness, anything else I should do?? Thanks everyone

 

Lift the bonnet to help it air. I turned my brand new s60R into a submarine in a flash flood, had to essentially idele into work but I lifted the bonnet and it was fine, the mechanics said that was a good move.

 

I've been on the receiving end of MEGA splashes all my working years, just as you described it. Never, ever have there been any stalling or damage whatsoever to the engine. Those kinds of issues typically surface when you enter a body of water and the depth becomes close to the engine height and hood arrangement....you're flooded out. Just a big, huge splash really shouldn't do much of anything, just scare the crap out of you...IMO.

 

Doubtful any damage or issues. If you look at these OEM Airboxes, they are pretty well sealed, and water would have to "jump" up from the bottom of the enclosure (if it could get in) about 6 inches to even reach the air filter.

Just let it air out a bit, and enjoy.

DC

 

I see thanks everyone for the replys, well fingers crossed, honestly just because I was forced to restart the car to have the throttle working again.