[DML] Re: Engine misfiring

["TalksToGod" <5n-@xxxxxxx>]

The transmission is a 5 speed, and your response makes perfect sense!
The time it would take for the exhaust to heat up and the amount of
driving to blow water up and finally getting into the cap-is about the
time my car starts so give me problems. Once I get my new cap I will
seal it as you suggest. Thanks! Dan Benedek-VIN5003

> I'm guessing your car is a 5 speed? The reason I suggest that is, in 
> heavy rain, water is blown up into the engine compartment and on the 
> crossover pipe which causes some steam too. It can all come straight 
> up at the distributor from the back. I have had this happen numerous 
> times in heavy rain. The way I stopped it was to smear some silicone 
> sealer across the back edge of the distributor cap where it meets 
> the distributor - just the back side. No problem after that.
> 
> I did not have the same problem with my automatic - I believe it is 
> because the transmission takes up so much more room the effects in 
> rain are different. I still put some silicone on the other day 
> during the tune-up I was doing.
> 
> Harold McElraft - 3354




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