I took out 1qt and remeasured dipstick and was right in the middle(after I drove for a while) I left car outside, it began to heavy rain after a couple of ours I decided to take for a spin and as soon as I started her up she began choking and stalled. Before it stalls battery light on dash lights up.
WTF did I do, could extremely heavy rain have caused anything?

please help.

leo

 

The rain came down like crazy, could this have caused something, like plugs or distributor?
Before the rain it drove perfect!

 

Is the Oil Cap on Tight?

Battery Light may indicated alternator issue.

Did the engine bay get wet during the Rain Storm?

 

Put it in the garage (if you can) let everything dry out then you can get a better idea of any issues.

 

I just had a flat bed take it to my mechanic(free towing with Hagerty), it was going there tomorrow any way. So there is no way of telling if oil cap is on tight. Could this have caused this?
Engine bay did not get wet, it was running like a champ before it rained! When I dropped her off at mechanic I started her up again, she was a little better(she didnt stall) idle steady at 1000, "druck press" guage was bouncing between 3-3.5.
The rain had to have done something!!

 

Do you live in New England?

 

I live in NYC, did you get that down pour as well?

 

We have been getting it for a week! I have never seen anything like this.

 

Im not very mechanically inclined, I usually leave it up to the pros. What can you imagine went wrong, I am convinced the rain did it!, This car hasn't seen rain in years always garaged! How bout my whole oil overfill dilema, cant be that right?

 

Loose or No Oil Cap would cause rough idle but not cause a stall.

Battery Light before stall means your Alternator may not be charging the Battery as a result no spark to plugs then stall. I had similar issues, charged the battery but the alternator failed to keep the battery charged. Or Bad Battery.

Stating you started her the next day leads me to believe the battery re-charged over night allowing just enough chrage to the plugs. I bet if you leave her on she will stall again.

Rain should not have any effect. It may just be a Placibo Effect

But let your wrench Diagnos please post his thoughts.

Jim

 

This morning she fired right up like nothing ever happened! Mechanic says its definetley dist cap and rotor. Says it happens all the time on 3.2's

 

Cap and rotor..
the battery light comomg in merely meant the idle was so low the alternator could not charge , usually happens below about 600rpm i think . don't sweat it .
Change the cap and rotor and mov eon

 

Thats what I thought, good thing this happened in front of my house. Could've left me stranded some where.

 

Get to work on creating a nice "spares" kit..

Best,

Doyle