I just got off work, 12 hour shift, it was raining and some ice drizzle. anyway, i left the parking lot everything was fine, and all of a sudden car just starts shaking and when i let off the throttle it turned off. barely stays on by giving it throttle.

Its a 2006 SS SC only mod is a k&n typhoon..

Any quick answers or suggestions?

(once before, a similar problem happened by driving over deeper water and had to wait till it dried out so i dont know if thats whats happening somehow.)

 

Let me guess, no hydro shield?

I'm assuming you sucked up water, and ruined the MAF. Dry it first, and see if that fixes it. Then buy the 20$ shield.

 

I dont recall driving over any puddles. but thats probably a good idea anyway

 

You don't have to run over water. You can still suck it water from kick up from the wheels, well, if your wheel liner is as shitty as mine But it's still the best place to start. Then clean the TB

 

i see.. i hope thats all it is, and i hope its fine in about 6-7 hours

 

Take it from me. I completely ruined one MAF. Then got another one wet, but it was salvagable. The 20$ Shield is well worth it. A MAF is like 70$ from Autozone. 20$>70$ Plus the piece of mind. It was worth it to me.

 

obviously i dont know too much.. but whats the MAF?

 

Mass Airflow Sensor.

It's connected into the intake tube. Held on by 2 screws.

 

the MAF is the Mass Air Flow sensor. It is located in the air intake and detects the amount of incoming air.

 

that makes sense. i guess thats what the shield would be good for

 

3 days later, i changed the spark plugs since i believe the car was misfiring..
2 spark plugs were pretty badly burned, maybe the coils or the fuel pump is bad since it wont keep on?
the problem is still there.. its reving itself on idle for a few minutes then dies. got white smoke. any ideas?

 

did you tune for the intake? i dont know if you have to but it could throw off your mixtures

 

Well white smoke usually means there's coolant getting into the combustion chambers. Running rough like you said would definitely be a symptom. Once the car's cooled off, open your oil cap on the top and see if there's a white film on the inside of the cap and see if the coolant has gone down at all in both the radiator overflow and the heat exchanger overflow.

Not ruling the MAF sensor theory out, but usually something like that would produce black smoke from the excess fuel and would throw engine codes.

 

well it had black smoke at first, but after the sparks changed, its white now. ill check the oil cap
and the intake has been on for over 3 years, no problems before

 

What codes are being stored?

 

i didnt get the chance to look up any codes, i got a friend coming over soon with equipment.
only the check engine light comes up sometime, and sometime its off