Originally posted by WeirdArchives:
...1995 Ford Contour with a V-8 engine and about 87,000 miles on it.... heavy rain with the roads flooded in a few patches, since I was following some other guy doing the same and he didn't have any problems. I drove through one of these puddles and suddenly I started losing power... The car stalled out a couple times and I had to restart it. .... the restart didn't hold out and I finally conked out .... I tried to restart the car, but all I did was run the battery down low. I had it recharged and the car was dried out enough in case it was flooded...., can't get it to turn over and start. There's plenty of power..... the gas tank's half full, and all I did prior to my conk-out was adding two quarts of oil that was a little unnecessary. (I was planning to get it changed, but I keep putting it off.
Welcome.
1)Duratec V6.
2)The other guy did not have a Contour. For us, going through a big puddle causes the serpentine belt to slip (if you did not have the additional splash guards installed). In addition, I wonder if some electricals shorted out. The PCM might have got some water in too (you mentioned heavy rain, flooded and all of Mother Nature on it).
3) When you say you can't get it to turn over, do you mean it does not crank. Or do you mean, it cranks but does not "fire up". Plenty of power (do you mean battery is strong).
4) What is the oil level now?
5) You probably have a Check Engine Light on. You might want to borrow or buy one ($50 and up) to scan the codes and post it.
Others CEGers will probably chime in with other suggestions.
Edit. As you disconnected the battery, the codes are lost.
Last edited by Tony2005; 08/07/05 12:34 AM.
