what can you do when a wet air filter was put in

2003 NISSAN SENTRA
80,000 MILES
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JLNEWTONJR
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A wet air filter was put into my nissan sentra gxe with a 1.8L engine. It will start and idle, but won't rev much past 2000 rpm's. The filter was rmoved and the car sat in the sun all day hoping to dry out, still not acting right. Anything I can do. I do not see any water in the oil.
Jun 28, 2012 at 9:16 PM
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RASMATAZ
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What is it doing- misfiring or what?
Jun 28, 2012 at 9:20 PM
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JLNEWTONJR
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not really, maybe a little. has no power and can't really go over 10 mph. I saw something about pulling the plugs and turning the engine over to get rid of any water, haven't tried that yet.
Jun 28, 2012 at 9:28 PM
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JLNEWTONJR
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I tried pulling the plugs thing, now it won't even idle for very long. HELP !!!
Jun 29, 2012 at 12:56 AM
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KHLOW2008
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Is the MIL indicating?
Is it a wet filter or has the vehicle been through a flood?

If too much water had gained entry to the cylinders, cranking the engine without the spark plugs is not going to help because the hydro-locking would most probably has bent o rod or two.
Get a compression test done.
Jun 29, 2012 at 4:05 PM