I'm trying to hit the ground running on this repair while I'm still waiting on AAA to tow my car after over 5 hours...don't get AAA, it has seriously gone down hill in the past few years.
On the highway today I had a noticable pulsing at Wide Open Throttle in third gear. Later on the return trip home I noticed some power loss getting above 3000 RPMs in any gear. Not long after it shut off on me.
Started back up and ran ok for a mile then died again. Started to idle like it did in the video here before gaining some power back which allowed me to move it safely off the road, where it still is right now.
Here's the twist. 2 days ago I accidentally added something that had water in it into the gas tank. 10oz max. It was in a little gas can. My mom wanted to clean some sediment out of it, cleaned it then left water in it (do not try to make sense of this) coincidentally I went to fill all the cans up at her house while no one was home and dumped this little bit in my tank. My gas tank was already full. It was pretty immediate on my ride home that it was affecting the car but it was drivable and worked itself out in about 6 miles. Gave me some flashing CEL but never got close to stalling.
I've put over a hundred miles on the car since then with no issues.
This was a great running and well maintained V6 Honda.
I'm thinking fuel pump is hurt. Maybe the water ran the engine lean and commanded more fuel than it ever usually has to send and it's already on the tail end of its lifespan. I've got a Denso in my RockAuto cart right now.
Or maybe the H2O hurt an O2 sensor?
No CEL but I'm curious what is in pending if anything.
On the highway today I had a noticable pulsing at Wide Open Throttle in third gear. Later on the return trip home I noticed some power loss getting above 3000 RPMs in any gear. Not long after it shut off on me.
Started back up and ran ok for a mile then died again. Started to idle like it did in the video here before gaining some power back which allowed me to move it safely off the road, where it still is right now.
Here's the twist. 2 days ago I accidentally added something that had water in it into the gas tank. 10oz max. It was in a little gas can. My mom wanted to clean some sediment out of it, cleaned it then left water in it (do not try to make sense of this) coincidentally I went to fill all the cans up at her house while no one was home and dumped this little bit in my tank. My gas tank was already full. It was pretty immediate on my ride home that it was affecting the car but it was drivable and worked itself out in about 6 miles. Gave me some flashing CEL but never got close to stalling.
I've put over a hundred miles on the car since then with no issues.
This was a great running and well maintained V6 Honda.
I'm thinking fuel pump is hurt. Maybe the water ran the engine lean and commanded more fuel than it ever usually has to send and it's already on the tail end of its lifespan. I've got a Denso in my RockAuto cart right now.
Or maybe the H2O hurt an O2 sensor?
No CEL but I'm curious what is in pending if anything.