My truck starts to miss when you hit a water puddle?

ROBERTGUNVILLE

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1995 TOYOTA TACOMA
250,000 MILES

It runs like crap when you hit a water puddle but after a couple of days it runs fine. My brother says he put a new distributor cap but I dont no whats wrong with it. Also the battery doesnt seem to charge, I took the battery in and they said it was fine.

Sunday, February 5th, 2012 AT 12:30 AM

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MHPAUTOS

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This will be an electrical problem with something getting wet after hitting a puddle, so I would be checking all ignition connections for damaged boots check leads are sealed and check under cap for moisture, start here.

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Sunday, February 5th, 2012 AT 12:34 AM

ROBERTGUNVILLE

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Okay im thinking its the boots and leads because I just took off the cap

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Sunday, February 5th, 2012 AT 12:47 AM

ROBERTGUNVILLE

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I ckecked out the boots and leads they seem fine. Im thinking something is exposed and water gets in and causes it to miss and start to die out but I dont know where to look.

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Sunday, February 5th, 2012 AT 2:29 AM

MHPAUTOS

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Can be a hard one to locate, any signs of mud stains around electricals that nay be a help in seeing what is getting wet?

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Sunday, February 5th, 2012 AT 3:59 AM

ROBERTGUNVILLE

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Yeah today I worked on it all day and I could not find anyhting wrong, the distributor cap and wires, plugs are fine. I was wondering what else could cause it to ground out and miss fire when I hit a mudd puddle.

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Sunday, February 5th, 2012 AT 11:39 PM