Well, the car did die... and started back up after ten minutes like I indicated. It has been running fine... drove it to work last night, home this morning.... not a problem.................? On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:58 AM, welmoedj <joe.dalton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > During heavy rain I once experienced my car not using all 6 > cylinders, bt only five. No. 6 (actual 6=leftside first from the > rear) had been flooded due to not precisely fitting of the spark plug > cover. This gives a very rough ride, but the car kept going on. > Perhaps you had an alike situation? > > Welmoed. > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com>, "Bradley > Jardis" <bjardis@...> wrote: > > > > Morning all. > > > > I just got home from work and had an interesting experience while > cruising > > home on the highway. I will mention now that it is raining out, > but I did > > not drive through any large puddles or anything. I have driven the > car in > > the rain numerous times before with no problems. I have noticed > that when > > the car is wet the belts will squeal a few times right when I get > going. > > > > As I am driving down the highway (doing the precise speed limit of > course ;) > > ) I felt a sudden jolt... sort of like I ran something over. Then > a > > smaller jolt. Then the car started to lose power. By the time I > got into > > the right lane and then the breakdown lane the car had shut off. > > > > I tried starting it back up immediately and then after two > minutes.... no > > dice. > > > > After ten minutes I tried again and she fired right up. Was a wee > bit rough > > at first but then once she got going there were no further problems. > > > > I would be grateful for any insight you experienced folk might have. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Bradley > > NH > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- -/- Bradley Jardis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/