Water Logged Engine
 

Ok I was driving home and a street was mad flooded like 2 feet deep. I hit that sh*t hard, the entire street was flooded so from far away it appeared all flat. Stupid late night driving. So I'm treading thru it and my check engine light comes on. So I finally get it home, open the hood and steam comes out, and the smell of burning circuits. Obviously I'm thinking GREAT! It had a bad response at low rpms, and the exhuast was unconstant.

Since it was late at night I had no choice but to park it and check it in the morning. I was just hoping no water got inside my air filter. Well guess what, there was definently water in my filter. So after drying the box out, and buying a new filter.

So next was drying the distributor out with a blow dryer, the thing was pretty wet. So that is dry, and new filter, I checked the oil to make sure its not screwed. So next problem...

The car runs fine, actually even better then before *I guess the comp is reallllly goofy now*.
The engine light still won't go off. Any ideas? And how much is it gonna cost me? I think it just messed up my computer readings.

what year is your car? the procedure for clearing CEL's is different for different versions of OBD. it could be free, it could cost somewhere around $70

Well problem solved lol. My car runs fine now. You know how when you buy a new car the dealer says "Don't jump start anyone, it'll mess up your computer". Well I jumped started my friend thus resetting it.

Heh.. You're lucking you didn't get Water-Lock....

based on what you said you are probably one of the luckiest people i have ever seen. when it starts raining hard around here people forget how to drive. people think their cars can go thru anything never minding the filter that's sitting 2 inches from the ground. Chalk this one up to pure luck and next time i suggest driving a lil slower for conditions or you might not be so lucky ;)