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

Here's why I was cleaning the engine bay:


Here's the azz while waiting for AAA:


A side shot of the little puddle I drove through:


And the 'Hoe being dropped off at the shop:

[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).

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]

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?

[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??