reduced engine power light came on

[firebird19_99]

i hit some water last friday when it rained bad, i think some water might have gotten into the throttle body. What could be wrong that i might need to replace. it turns on and runs but idles odd and has a delayed and limited acceleration response. It took more than an hour to turn it on. weird thing is it accelerates itself while left in park and idleing when it seems to drop below 500 rpm

[Meatyshells]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

i would pull the park plugs out and see what they look like. also change the oil

if you did suck water in, you probably screwed the maf sensor

[firebird19_99]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

I gues ill get a tuneup done on it and if that doesnt work ill start replacing sensors, do you think its the tps?

[Meatyshells]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

the maf sensor works by heating a thin wire, then as air comes in and passes the wire it cools the wire. and the computer calculates how much air is coming into the engine by the difference in temp of the wire. So if water got on the sensor it would mess it up pretty bad

[jeffyp32]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

this literally just happened to me. first check the ignition relay. i changed out everything everybody on here told me and it turned out to be that.

[firebird19_99]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

Ok how hard is it to change the maf sensor. And when you said it turned out to be that did you mean the relay or the maf sensor

[firebird19_99]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

How do i take the maf screen off and is there anyway of physically inspecting the sensor to see if the sensor is damaged

[Meatyshells]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

the maf should pull out the top with 2 really small screws

[jeffyp32]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

to take the screen off just pop the ring off the front and the screen will come right off. i'm not sure but i dont think there is a way to check it. i might be wrong though

[firebird19_99]

Re: reduced engine power light came on

It was the tps