So it was raining really bad two days back and my CAI filter got really wet and my engine started to sputter....

well i waited about 30mins and turned it on again and it drove normal for a couple of mins then it started to sputter again and then it turned off. I finally get to the side of the road and check the car. The filter is wet to the point where air cant be sucked in so i fear the worse....

I take off the pipe and see a little water so at this point i know there is water in the engine...

I go to pepboys buy a bs filter and spark plugs and replace them and the same thing happens...The car goes on, idles and turns off...i took it to my mech and he took out what little water was in there and it keeps doing the same thing. He says it is the fuel pump that not spitting gas and thats why it turns off...i dont know what do you all thing?????????????????



UPDATE

So I ended up buying a new maf because the org wouldnt work...now the car turns on but then shuts back off like before but this time if you unplug the maf the car stays on.....so at this point i am still having the same problems....any new advice, my family mech is out of ideas i am taking the car home today....

1...spark plugs changed
2...maf is new.....
3...car turns on but shuts back off, however if MAF is disconnected car stays on..weird...help

 

u skipped the very first thing you should try when this happens...
clean or replace your MAF

 

your sir are a life saver i forgot about that....how much do those run lol...

 

and could want have messed it up???

 

pull it off the intake first check it out.. the mechanic should of looked at it... but see if it looks fried or anything if it does call toyota

 

whenever you fear you might have sucked up water, you should always try to shut off the engine as quick as possible and if not available, call up a friend who would have tools to remove all the spark plugs and disconnect the injectors and turn over the motor, to shoot out any water that might be in the intake system or cylinders...just my two cents =)

 

Clean that MAF. Unless the intake was totally submerged, you probably didn't get enough water in the engine to brick it. The car can't breathe through a wet filter. If the MAF got fouled by condensation in the intake pipe, it would cause your car to do what you're describing.

 

^exactly.
and you said your mechanic already cleaned it out as best he could, and the car still has the same symptons.
just get MAF cleaner, should be available at any autoparts store.

 

update refer to 1st post

 

hmmmm.
thats weird.
take you CAI off and put the stock intake back on. see what happens.

 

Did you reset the ECU after installing the MAF? Could be a brain problem, and it cant read the MAF yet.

Also recommend putting the stock intake and seeing what happens.

 

^truetrue
you shoud def. unplug the battery for at least 30 minutes to reset everything.

any CEL's?

 

will do ill try both of those today......
and no i think the mech. did the full 30mins...but i dunno...

 

and i have always had a cel my 2nd o2 has been on the fritz for years

 

I would say get the codes checked, there may be something hiding under the o2 sensor light. Also, have you looked at any of your internals? I had a friend who came really close to hydro-locking his engine, and it bent his rods all to hell. Funny thing is that he did drive for 3 months on piston rods that looked like bananas...