My muddy truck broke down (pics!)

[s2kstephen]

Well, I found a small mud whole over the weekend and had lots of fun playing in it. Needless to say, I went today to wash the underside and engine bay out. Somehow another, I ended up throwing a CEL and got the "Reduce Engine Power" message on my display. Sooo, after a AAA tow, its at the shop waiting to be looked at on Monday. So we'll see what they say....my guess is I wasn't careful enough and something got wet that shouldn't have :doh:

So today's lesson, DON'T wash your truck's engine bay:whyme:

Here's why I was cleaning the engine bay:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/S2Kstephen/2010-10-29_11-36-39_194.jpg

Here's the azz while waiting for AAA:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/S2Kstephen/2010-10-29_13-06-29_825.jpg

A side shot of the little puddle I drove through:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/S2Kstephen/2010-10-29_13-06-50_972.jpg

And the 'Hoe being dropped off at the shop:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/S2Kstephen/2010-10-29_13-38-29_296.jpg

[dat1truk]

sorry to hear that but awsome tahoe what wheels are those?

[s2kstephen]

The are factory '05 Denali 20'ers.

[scotty97]

love the way your tahoe looks.

[FountainGuy214]

Sorry that you are broke....but that looks like that might have been a little bigger than a puddle!!

[dirtyhick42]

Nope looks like a puddle and I bet that if you had let it sit and dry out there wouldn't be any problems.

[bonedust]

Nope looks like a puddle and I bet that if you had let it sit and dry out there wouldn't be any problems.

in texas, thats fine. in Virginia whatever got wet will corrode into oblivion if its not found and greased (if its electrical, which im betting it is).

[ryan_thompson87]

in texas, thats fine. in Virginia whatever got wet will corrode into oblivion if its not found and greased (if its electrical, which im betting it is).

:dunno:
Works fine here, I wash under the hood whenever I wash my truck/car, I would think it would be just as corrosive here.

[BMac4x4]

damn i'm glad we dont have that orange clay mud down here. its so dang hard to get off your rig!!!

[bonedust]

:dunno:
Works fine here, I wash under the hood whenever I wash my truck/car, I would think it would be just as corrosive here.

I thought you guys used cinders on the road?

[s2kstephen]

Thanks guys for the compliments! Its been sitting at the shop over the weekend, so I'm hoping they can just reset the ECU on Mon and I'm good as gold!

[ryan_thompson87]

Cinders? We use salt and sand mixture.

[87BlazerBeast]

Nice tahoe man.
Let us know what happends with it!

[lbajo1]

s you just washed the engine bay and drove it and broke down on ya? dam im scared to clean my engine bay ..again lol

[01blackout]

the mechanics are going to love you when they have to start working on that lol i know i curse myself everytime for mudding then when i have to go work on it i get a eye full of mud!

[DarkCharisma]

I can almost guarantee it's a fouled out knock sensor.


s you just washed the engine bay and drove it and broke down on ya? dam im scared to clean my engine bay ..again lol


Don't be. The aforementioned sensors are not protected, they just sit under the intake in the valley there; They collect all sorts of ****. I had the same thing happen on my truck. If you're going to wash out your engine bay, just disconnect the battery, cover the alternator and blast away, then let it dry out for a while.

[s2kstephen]

*Update*

Throttle body needs replacing, throttle body sensor has corrosion, and there was some water inside the intake box :O

[DarkCharisma]

*Update*

Throttle body needs replacing, throttle body sensor has corrosion, and there was some water inside the intake box :O

Throttle body needs replacing? I can understand the sensor dying, but the TB itself? That's interesting. Did you try to clean the inside of your engine with a hose too? :think:

[s2kstephen]

No, just used a pressure washer to wash the bay out. Didn't have the stream facing the intake box at all. The tech said the sensor is permanently mounted on the TB, so if it goes, a new TB is needed...

[lbajo1]

whats it gana cost you??

[DMANbluesfreak]

I can almost guarantee it's a fouled out knock sensor.




Don't be. The aforementioned sensors are not protected, they just sit under the intake in the valley there; They collect all sorts of ****. I had the same thing happen on my truck. If you're going to wash out your engine bay, just disconnect the battery, cover the alternator and blast away, then let it dry out for a while.

Yeah they love to go bad. They also throw codes even if they're not bad but get a little wet. Just make sure to let them dry out before driving (and disconnecting the battery is a damn good idea - why did I never do that?)...

[nick613]

I always cover the air filter and the alternator. I avoid shooting directly at the oil cap too...

[s2kstephen]

Well, lesson learned: Leave it dirty! haha

Gonna cost me ~ $900 :O

[DMANbluesfreak]

Leaving it dirty would probably cause more problems down the road... but $900 seems kinda steep.

What year is your 'Hoe (is it drive by wire)?

[s2kstephen]

Its an '04, and yup, drive by wire.

I'll have to double check the exact details of what they said they found. If I remember correctly, there were 3 codes it threw. 2 of them were related to the intake/TB/TB sensor (corrosion) area. The other, a sensor that seemed to be "jerry rigged" got wet which seemed to have shorted out as well...

The tech thought there were issues already, it just so happened that a little water caused it to all crash down :fail:

[fullsizechevy69]

Those things are easy to replace, Id just replace it my self. 3 10mm bolts hold it on.

[bubbakutz]

that sucks man. tahoe looks good tho.

[s2kstephen]

Thanks!

Was hoping to do a BL, gears, and a tune...but that'll have to wait :whyme:

[Slow05CC]

man, that is a tight looking Hoe. Im digging the rims/tires.

I once went mudding in my dads 89 sierra and to try and hide the obvious so I took it to a pressure wash place and went to town, finished up and went to fire it up and NOOOOOOOOO, wouldnt even turn over. So from that point on I have been very funny about pressure washing under the hood.

[lbajo1]

man, that is a tight looking Hoe. Im digging the rims/tires.

I once went mudding in my dads 89 sierra and to try and hide the obvious so I took it to a pressure wash place and went to town, finished up and went to fire it up and NOOOOOOOOO, wouldnt even turn over. So from that point on I have been very funny about pressure washing under the hood.


shhiiitt!! some asked me to pop my hood open yesterday and i was confident it looked nice and clean.. well the **** was so dam dirty!(i went hunting and it was very windy and well it was nothing but dirtt roads going up a mountain) so how can i clean it i think its from the armorall they putt on it when i took it to get detailed? :dunno:

how do i clean it safley ?

[DrkZide]

Just make sure to cover up important devices. Air cleaner, alternator, coil, etc. And make sure your oil cap is on tight. I was mine all the time but I don't have hardly an electronics, if you even want to count the distributor as an electronic device.

[ChevyPanther72]

Yeah they love to go bad. They also throw codes even if they're not bad but get a little wet. Just make sure to let them dry out before driving (and disconnecting the battery is a damn good idea - why did I never do that?)...

i washed my bay out about 4 months ago. the next day it threw a knock sensor code (said knock sensor was bad) does that mean its really bad or just throwing a code? my check engine light is still on. ik i need to get it fixed but freakin dealership quoted me $650 :thud:

[woody2dtahoe]

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc513/mwbaldwiniii/72099_1198587342497_1762942345_352008_6768619_n1.j pg
I feel ur pain bro ... mines a little diffent tho .. drifting thru a mud hole at about 12am snapped and axle shaft and had to use a high lift about 45 times to get back to the street fro AAA to tow my broke ass home!!! So I deff feel ur pain!!!
How much did the tow and repair costs run ya??
BTW my new motto is :: if it aint clean dont freggin wash it!! LMAO

[s2kstephen]

I threw the following 3 codes:
P0220, P1516, P2135

They had to replace the air filter, throttle body connector wiring harness, and the throttle body.

That + alignment = 1k :whyme::mad:

[s2kstephen]

man, that is a tight looking Hoe. Im digging the rims/tires.

I once went mudding in my dads 89 sierra and to try and hide the obvious so I took it to a pressure wash place and went to town, finished up and went to fire it up and NOOOOOOOOO, wouldnt even turn over. So from that point on I have been very funny about pressure washing under the hood.

Thanks. They are for sale, but I can't post them because I don't have the 50 posts.

[87BlazerBeast]

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc513/mwbaldwiniii/72099_1198587342497_1762942345_352008_6768619_n1.j pg
I feel ur pain bro ... mines a little diffent tho .. drifting thru a mud hole at about 12am snapped and axle shaft and had to use a high lift about 45 times to get back to the street fro AAA to tow my broke ass home!!! So I deff feel ur pain!!!
How much did the tow and repair costs run ya??
BTW my new motto is :: if it aint clean dont freggin wash it!! LMAO

Ah did the axle scrape the side of the truck?

[woody2dtahoe]

Ah did the axle scrape the side of the truck?
Missed the rear window by 2" and put a small hole in lower quarter below the two tone line and took out the lens of the tail light. It also made my tranny throw a P1870 code after we drove/pulled it out of the 1/4 mile long trail. So never the less I replaced the axle shaft both side bearings and seals and rebuild the whole drum assemebly for the drivers side and replaced a tranny!!! And now its on the road again and maybe the trails by this weekend ... who knos!!
And that picture is exacly how the truck landed after the axle broke and we poured outta the cab ....

[tds z71]

with my old jeep I had the opposite experience. My truck kept dieing I could not figure it out, so i pulled the battery unhooked the computer, and washed away. hooked it all back up to bring to the mechanic and it started working great. Later found out My ground on the engine block was so wet with mud it was shorting out.

[s2kstephen]

I'm gonna go tomorrow and attempt to clean the engine bay and the whole damn truck.

Hopefully nothing happens :cool:

[6.0vortecchevy]

Holy cow 900 bucks, you could have easily got that done fore under 200.

[s2kstephen]

I don't know about under $200, but I'm sure it could have been done for cheaper. I just took it to my normal shop because time was of the essence.

Anyone know what I could get for my truck? Considering selling it due to a change in jobs :cool:

[6.0vortecchevy]

You can get a nice throttle body for about 130 bucks, then by what ever sensors that were bad. Easy 200 give or take.

[s2kstephen]

Wow, TB's are alot cheaper than I thought. Well, the money is already spent :rolleyes:

Next time I have issues, i'll post up here and save myself some money!

[s2kstephen]

All cleaned up!
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/S2Kstephen/2010-11-08_15-37-44_936.jpg

[bad99hoe]

nice stumpy and tahoe

[scotty97]

love the tahoe, thats what im looking for to trade in the wifes car towards. i like it cause its mostly discrete looking mods and still functional.

[s2kstephen]

Buy my truck :)

Thanks for all the compliments!

[Slow05CC]

All cleaned up!
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/S2Kstephen/2010-11-08_15-37-44_936.jpg

That is the sexiest tahoe ever!!

[bigblazerboy]

not normaly a fan of bigger wheels but those look sick. bike does too. i mtb and have a tahoe lol but mines a 95

[s2kstephen]

What kinda bike?

[s2kstephen]

Well, if the truck doesn't sell...I have this one the way :)

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gnrXWhlx58JTn_mPBnyo3mFkH01Iu0p7_AzjUtyQ8sA?feat=d irectlink

[s2kstephen]

Well, if the truck doesn't sell...I have this one the way :)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/S2Kstephen/2.jpg

[Slow05CC]

^^^ For The win!!

[bigblazerboy]

05 fuji i built.. and dad has rocky mountain

[s2kstephen]

Nice. I sold 3 of my bikes and combined them all into that Specialized. I'm not a fan of "mainline" companies, but got a good deal on it.

[bigblazerboy]

nice where do you bike?

[s2kstephen]

I usually ride Fountainhead Regional park or the powerlines near my house in Gainesville.

[DucksUnlimited]

Nice tahoe man dif put 3"bl on it get up a bit more but looks sick like that

[s2kstephen]

3" BL is in the mail...coming before Christmas :D

[DucksUnlimited]

O yeah dude itl look sick

[s2kstephen]

I hope so!

It'll be up for sale as soon as I get my 50 posts :thumbup:

[Bigredtruck521]

Nice Tahoe!and Nice bike I have a specialized Trial 2.0 with 8inch of travel.

[s2kstephen]

Nice! I miss my DH bikes...planning on getting back into DH racing in 2011 :)

[s2kstephen]

*Update*

3" BL and gap guards being installed on Monday :clap:

[87BlazerBeast]

Ah no more stuffin.
Post pics when it's done!

[s2kstephen]

Will do so on Monday!

[Slow05CC]

Will do so on Monday!

Are you doing the work?

[dcZ71]

no he already said in another thread he is taking it to a shop.

i say quit being a little girl and do it yourself, its just a body lift.

[s2kstephen]

I would do it myself if I had the tools and place to do it. Plus, for $150 its hard to argue with having a shop do it.

[s2kstephen]

TRUCK IS FOR SALE!

BL is up for sale :(

Got a new job and is selling the truck to purchase a hooptie for a gas sipping commuter!

[87BlazerBeast]

oh come on man

[s2kstephen]

I know, but I gotta do it :/

[ktmtahoe712]

sweet pics, like the thoe alot

[s2kstephen]

Thanks!

BUY IT! :)