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aiight i degreased and hosed down the engine bay and like a day later my car was like goin hell slow off turns and stuff and was making the BOP BOP BOP sounds from the exaust i danno what has happened...my mates dad said water has gone into the rocker cover and etc etc....but yea how to fix aye?

cheers

Chi

hahaha

if water has gotten under the rocker cover then it prob has been mixed with the oil. which is not a good thing. check the oil cap underneath to see if the oil has white blotches.

u havent put the hose in the exhaust to clean it out have u?

yeah i think its cause the spark plugs can't fire up completely...so therefor im loosing power....hehehe yea goin to get compressed air to blow the water outa it :) yea mate nah not that stupid to put my hose into the exaust haha im not that guy that put sand in his engine hahahahaha....yea hopefully everything is goin to be fine :D...but yea scared me like hell hahah i danno howd it got under the rocker cover aye, it doesn't look like it mixed with the oil tho but im still goin to do a oil/coolant change ye hahah

Cheers

Chi

Water = steam, obviously it won't be as bad because it's not coming out at a few litres a minute, but it could have the same effect. Personally I wouldn't take the risk with all the sensors & wires you can come across.

mmm i fixed my car and serviced it put mobil 1 fully synthetc oil in and new coolant and now it runs SO SMOOTH can't even hear the engine when idleing :whistling: hahah thanks dudes for the help yea the bop bop was gorn the spark plugs where having a bath in there heheh

normally the water doesn't get in due to my sealing ontop of the rocker cover was cracked/old it got it....its ok to high pressure blast it but just try to stay away from all the electricals but a rag and degreaser is best way i think

Cheers

Chi

I've had this happen to me before when I got the car detailed. They sprayed in the engine bay and got water in the plugs. It was a fun drive home :) ... after a few days of driving it was back to normal though. If I get the car detailed now, I specifically say to leave the engine bay alone. :(

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