1998 Subaru Legacy engine not ideling

1998 SUBARU LEGACY
130,000 MILES • 4 CYL • AWD • AUTOMATIC
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ALSIDES21
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I have a 98 subarue legacy gt limited with a 2.5 boxer engine i recently lent my car to a friend and he drove threw a water puddle an drove it about two blocks after started running funny an called me i went and there was a headlight that came out of the casing and the bulb blew an was laying in water i dont know if that screwd the computer or if there was an open circuit an the water shorted it out at first it would crank but not start so i let it sit an came back the next day an it started an ran fine till i got home them it died i took out the air filter an the coil pack wires an dried them off an it starts every time now an as long as i leave it about 1000 rpm it will drive fine to but when i go to stop it dies an it starts right back up fine an when i turn at low speeds there is a jerk type feeling that i dont know what it is but at higher speeds does not jerk.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!
Jun 9, 2010 at 3:46 PM
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Check and test the idle air control solenoid, EGR valve solenoid, throttle position sensor and MAF sensor
Jun 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM
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[quote:3c17fb7252="rasmataz"]Check and test the idle air control solenoid, EGR valve solenoid, throttle position sensor and MAF sensor[/quote:3c17fb7252]

Could it also be that there is watter that got in to the catalytic converter?
Jun 10, 2010 at 8:09 AM
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Could be the water shorted out the oxygen sensors and also creating blockage in the catalytic converter/muffler
Jun 10, 2010 at 4:29 PM