2001 jeep wrangler tj problem

[Robert Burchfield]

I have a 2001 jeep wrangler tj. I went four wheeling and only went through some mud puddles on the way back home it started bogging down kind of. I'd give it has and it would slow down, and then the rpm and speedometer start going crazy. The rpm would jump and the speedometer would jump past 100 mph. Any help would be great.

 

[CodaMan]

Something got wet, it's just going to need to dry out.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

How deep was the mud you drove through and do you have an automatic or manual transmission?

 

[Robert Burchfield]

That's what I was originally thinking something got wet. I Just got it out of the shop for blown head gasket and was paranoid something else was wrong. It wasn't very deep. I hit them hard enough to cover it with the water though. Its a manual transmission.

 

[Mudbass7]

Let it dry, go through all the connectors and hit them with some compressed air to get all the junk out. That's likely your problem.
Let us know how it goes!

 

[Robert Burchfield]

Thanks! It has been running good since I let it dry out. Until today its had problems starting. Tried jumping it and it still wouldn't start up.

 

[Chris]

So the problems are still occurring? It is likely throwing some check engine codes. Can you scan it and tell us what codes it's throwing?

There's no doubt that something got wet though. It could have shorted a sensor. The check engine codes would be very telling.

 

[Robert Burchfield]

I drove it on a 3 hour trip after that and for a couple days. So I assume its dried out by now. I don't think its been throwing any codes but I will have to check. I just got home one night it wouldn't start. Jumped it off, next day started right up no jump drove it to store came back out it wouldn't start again but I sat for 3p minutes and it started right up and after I got it back home it wouldn't start again tried jumping it off and it started up for a minute and died, and wouldnt even start with jumper cables after. Ill check for codes once I get a chance.