Q: I accidentally drove through 2 feet of water, I have replaced several parts but the car still runs poorly
check engine light came on had 2 replace the coil engine light turnd off replaced plugs and wires changed oil and egr electrical plastic senceor melted replaced all above no engine light still runs horabal
My car has 220000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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