jeez man wat a beauty!!! like the silver..

u know what guys just came back from mersing thru jementah road few days ago..

went thru a flooded streach of road near jementah AT PREFFY HIGH SPEED..

water level was about half wheel high - when it happened I TOT my car would go DEAD! but it didn't...few kms then symtons of ingition coil prob appeared, slight jerking at idle and loss of power..classis ignition problem..but still can drive back - just need to transfer full spark to the spark plugs..

managed to reach kluang stopped at a petrol station.open my bonnet, AND WAS VERY SHOCKED to see flood water was all over the engine mounting and the spark plu road connector..took out the roads and was SHOCKED again to see the spark plug holes all four of them filled with water (flood water somemore !! with little dried leaves, twigs, debris etc)..no wonder all spark by the rod grounded on the water and plugs can't recieve ful power..tried to dry and  clean the holes then only r emoved the spark plugs on the spot - it's all wet..! the engine is reaslly bullet proof/wter proof - the placement of the fuse box and ECU is smart, the water splash is blocked by the manual gearbox - the AMT components would be protected as well on the right side of the engine by the manual gearbox..the water came from the timing side of the engine (left)..the bottom splah guards seem to minimise water entry also..
managed to drive back to melaka - all smooth all the way -
something I learn about engine balacing by pistons - if there IS NO firing in 2nd or 3rd cylinder, the engine wouldn't vibrate much - JUST LITTLE vibration, if there's no firing in 1st and 4th - it will vibrate like hell..cos the firing sequence in a 4 cylinder engine is 1 and 4 up, 2,3 down at the same time and vice versa... never so love this car like before...like what sgt randleman said to his squad.

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Added on October 26, 2008, 12:52 amcos it was dark at that time..couldn't see anything ;P