Possible water/mud damage to engine/electrics
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Possible water/mud damage to engine/electrics
So I accidently buried my 99 XJ in mud/water the other day, and when I pulled it out it immediatly started and I drove it about 2 hours back home with no problems. When I got home I realized that the engine was revving itself to up to about 2000rpm. I left it for a day and then when I tried to drive it today, There was a knock in the engine, the battery kept dying, and it was going about 5mph tops, smelled as if it was overheating. My steering locked up and the engine sputtered out about every minute or so, then we jumped it and I had it for another minute. Something is really wrong and I don't know much about engines, but I'm stuck having to fix it myself... Any Ideas?
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Do you have the submarine/mudbogging package on your Jeep?
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Originally Posted by BoomerSooner
I do not. I have an upgraded cold air intake system that was not submerged when I went in.
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Originally Posted by offroadordnance
Battery dying, no steering, and burning smell sounds like you smoked the belt.
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Originally Posted by ragged1
Mud in alternator, and its seizing, smoking the belt.
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