Hello,

Went through a flooded road yesterday, because all other routes were cut off, car went through the flood fine, water was only 6 inches deep, but the car stuttered just after the flood, cleared itself, then died at a junction a mile later. Then failed to start at all, it turns over quickly, but wont fire at all.

It is at 94k miles, but Ive looked after it well, mechanically, its got new filters, oil, battery, starter motor, rotor arm and cap, spark plugs plus a few other bits.

I have looked at the car today, there is no water in the air filter, its not even damp, so I can assume that it hasn't sucked up water somehow. But, there is some froth/foam in the breather pipe that goes into the airbox (next to the throttle body) which isn't normally there, I know this because ive had the pipe off plenty of times in the past few months. But there is no trace of water on the dipstick or around the filler cap, so I dont know if that is unrelated or what. There was water around the coil, which I have been drying gently with a hairdryer, and water had been splashed up on the fuel system wiring/loom.

I have cleaned and checked the earth leads from coil and fuel injection system. I am thinking one of the sensors might have been affected by the damp, but I am not so keen to go pulling it all apart too much.

Is there anyway of checking whether fuel is getting through (I can hear the fuel pump working as normal) or not, just in case the fuel injection electrics are playing up because of the water??

Many thanks in advance,

Dave