# 1998 gmc safari **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** safari\ **Created:** [March 9, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180 "2019-03-09T22:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kelly\_Taylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5e9695/32.png) [@Kelly\_Taylor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kelly_Taylor)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/1 "2019-03-09T22:38:21Z")
I have 1998 GMC Safari new fuel pump new distributor cap and rotor new fuel relay and fuel filter I’m having problems starting it after it’s rained or when it’s raining and when I get it started its severe engine sputtering can someone please help me ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/2 "2019-03-09T22:42:13Z")
How 'bout new spark plug wires? [https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/gmc,1998,safari,4.3l+v6,1305065,ignition,spark+plug+wire+set,7224](https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/gmc,1998,safari,4.3l+v6,1305065,ignition,spark+plug+wire+set,7224) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Kelly\_Taylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5e9695/32.png) [@Kelly\_Taylor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kelly_Taylor)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/3 "2019-03-09T22:44:14Z")
Wires are less than 1 year. And it was running fine till this moisture problem. It starts and runs fine when no rain ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/4 "2019-03-09T22:53:24Z")
Then it might be a bad coil. [https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/gmc,1998,safari,4.3l+v6,1305065,ignition,ignition+coil,7060](https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/gmc,1998,safari,4.3l+v6,1305065,ignition,ignition+coil,7060) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Kelly\_Taylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5e9695/32.png) [@Kelly\_Taylor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kelly_Taylor)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/5 "2019-03-09T23:08:11Z")
Guess I’ll have to change the coil. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/6 "2019-03-10T00:24:59Z")
And misfiring during wet weather is a classic symptom of bad wires. Go outside at night when it’s raining, start the car. If it’s sputtering, open the hood and look for Blue flashes on or near the distributor cap and plug wires, sometimes you won’t see flashes but simply a blue aura. If you see either, that’s a confirmation that you need new wires ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/7 "2019-03-10T00:50:30Z")
You don’t have to wait for it to start sputtering. When it’s dark, start it and take a spray bottle of water and mist the engine, especially around wires and coil. Where you see any illumination is where the problem lies. ---
**Author:** ![Kelly\_Taylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5e9695/32.png) [@Kelly\_Taylor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kelly_Taylor)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/8 "2019-03-10T17:27:35Z")
I sprayed engine with water from open good. When water hit passenger side top of engine it died. Is what my problem and what is there. Could not see cause of dark and not a mechanic ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-gmc-safari/136180/9 "2019-03-10T21:50:59Z")
> [@Kelly\_Taylor](#): > > I sprayed engine with water from open good. I don’t know what that means. But misting is not saturating. Did you use a spray bottle and mist the engine?