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Originally Posted by CFM
The connectors are water resistant, not waterproof. One time I washed the engine bay of my AV back when it was mostly stock and got the hood insulation wet. On the way home I turned a corner and I guess some water dripped onto the throttle connector which triggered REP (reduced engine power/limp) mode. Just dried the connector with compressed air to clear that up.
The hood vent does drain in that area. Guessing that it could blow back onto the ECT connector under the right conditions. That connector uses the same type of terminals and seals as the throttle connector of my Av.
There should be trouble codes set and stored though when the ECM loses a sensor signal or the signal is out of range. The codes are only stored for a given number of key on/drive cycles though if they are intermittent. The number of cycles varies with the particular code.
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O.K. I understand. Let me monitor again after leaving the car wash... If this is the issue, then I am partially going to be relieved because the culprit can be isolated. Concern then remains, how to keep the water from coming back. I almost never encountered anyone here on the forum complain about this happening and there are days in various regions with heavy rain every day.