stalls upon restart - Not Heatsoak... but when accelerating slowly
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stalls upon restart - Not Heatsoak... but when accelerating slowly
So today was cleaning my 2001 TL - I open the hood and see leaves and debris on black plastic cowling above the firewall. I take the hose and spray them off. I take care to try and not get much water in the engine bay, but there might have been some slight over spray. Nothing high pressure or volume, but some slight runoff...
So 20 min later I hop in the car and start driving down the street and the car is stalling/bogging down at slow speeds (10-25mph)... Almost like the engine stalls as I step into the throttle... A second or so later it takes a big gulp of air and RPM's pick up. I'm trying to identify patterns but I can't seem to find any... its not doing it at any particular shift point, RPM, Speed Etc). It seems like the RPM's are dropping when it stalls, but at higher speeds they seem to hold steady as the car bogs down. Car revs fine in park/neutral. Its just when I'm moving I'm having the issue.
Its been doing this all day now. Strange thing is it only seems to do it when the car has been started and shifted out of park for the first time... I can drive the car for an hour and it will run flawlessly in stop and go traffic and hwy speeds... but dammit if I shut it off for 5 min and try to drive anywhere the same thing happens again and again.
I'm trying to figure out if I damaged a sensor or something with the water. The check engine light is off, but I haven't check if its throwing any codes. I'm really hoping its not a transmission going bad on me. Car is high miles 180K+. Its on it's second transmission (factory replacement in July of 2006 with around 65K miles). I've been told I got one of the good replacements (trans that was replaced after they found the defect in the replacements in April of 2006)
BTW: I've had some issues with Heatsoak in the past that I never resolved, the problem comes and goes but it hasn't done it for over a year. This seems to be a bit different situation, as my current problem is upon acceleration and the heatsoak was at idle on restart and went away with a quick blip of the throttle in park.
Any advice is appreciated, Not sure if It needs to go to a mechanic or tranny shop at this point. I'm open to doing some trouble shooting myself and part changes myself within reason.
So 20 min later I hop in the car and start driving down the street and the car is stalling/bogging down at slow speeds (10-25mph)... Almost like the engine stalls as I step into the throttle... A second or so later it takes a big gulp of air and RPM's pick up. I'm trying to identify patterns but I can't seem to find any... its not doing it at any particular shift point, RPM, Speed Etc). It seems like the RPM's are dropping when it stalls, but at higher speeds they seem to hold steady as the car bogs down. Car revs fine in park/neutral. Its just when I'm moving I'm having the issue.
Its been doing this all day now. Strange thing is it only seems to do it when the car has been started and shifted out of park for the first time... I can drive the car for an hour and it will run flawlessly in stop and go traffic and hwy speeds... but dammit if I shut it off for 5 min and try to drive anywhere the same thing happens again and again.
I'm trying to figure out if I damaged a sensor or something with the water. The check engine light is off, but I haven't check if its throwing any codes. I'm really hoping its not a transmission going bad on me. Car is high miles 180K+. Its on it's second transmission (factory replacement in July of 2006 with around 65K miles). I've been told I got one of the good replacements (trans that was replaced after they found the defect in the replacements in April of 2006)
BTW: I've had some issues with Heatsoak in the past that I never resolved, the problem comes and goes but it hasn't done it for over a year. This seems to be a bit different situation, as my current problem is upon acceleration and the heatsoak was at idle on restart and went away with a quick blip of the throttle in park.
Any advice is appreciated, Not sure if It needs to go to a mechanic or tranny shop at this point. I'm open to doing some trouble shooting myself and part changes myself within reason.
