Hello all,
Forgive the lack of proper terminology, I have a complete lack of mechanical savvy.
I recently bought a 1973 Superbug. It has a K&N air filter that gets flooded when it rains as water gets in through the ventilation gaps in the lid of the boot.
My car turns over but wont actually start now. I think it may be because water has gotten into that thing connected to the thing thats attached to the air filter. (helpful right? )
Have you had this problem?
How did you fix it?
Im considering somehow sealing off the ventillation gaps but am worried that it will, quite possibly, not help in regards to ventillation.

Is your air cleaner assembly still there? Do you mean a K&N panel filter in the factory airbox or just a pod filter? If you've got a pod filter, then that is your problem. Throw it away and put the factory airbox back on, it won't cost you any horsepower I promise.

If it's got a stock carb on it then best thing you can do is toss that pretty aftermarket one out and put a stock one back on.

Theres a good chance though its not water in the carb causing the problem, it's the points in the distributor getting wet

If the filter is exposed to the elements it can get wet when it rains, this makes the mixture so rich the car will not start, if you want to keep the K&N you could make a cover out of a container like a piece tupperware, you can fasten it through the top of the air filter with a bolt, a couple of mudguard washers and a nyloc nut, this will keep the rain of the filter, or you could get a rain deflector that came on some of the super bugs that fit under the louvers on the engine cover.

There is a panel you can get which fits inside the decklid.It collects and drains the water to the bottom of the lid.
Works a treat. Wouldn't know where to source one though.

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Originally posted by Fungiwungi Hello all, Forgive the lack of proper terminology, I have a complete lack of mechanical savvy. I recently bought a 1973 Superbug. It has a K&N air filter that gets flooded when it rains as water gets in through the ventilation gaps in the lid of the boot. My car turns over but wont actually start now. I think it may be because water has gotten into that thing connected to the thing thats attached to the air filter. (helpful right? ) Have you had this problem? How did you fix it? Im considering somehow sealing off the ventillation gaps but am worried that it will, quite possibly, not help in regards to ventillation.