SECURITY Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 ok, i know it was stupid, and its happened before on another car. but i did it anyway and i still dont know why. when i did it, it was idling and running kinda rough afterwards, then a day later it got REALLY rough.. like REALLY REALLY rough. i dont know what to do, i dont know if its my crank angle sensor as people have told me, or my spark plugs, or to clean my coils... what do i do!?!? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munna Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 ok, i know it was stupid, and its happened before on another car. but i did it anyway and i still dont know why.when i did it, it was idling and running kinda rough afterwards, then a day later it got REALLY rough.. like REALLY REALLY rough. i dont know what to do, i dont know if its my crank angle sensor as people have told me, or my spark plugs, or to clean my coils... what do i do!?!? Id start by cleaning the coils and checking your plugs. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1375692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 A degree of care is required when doing something like steam cleaning your engine bay. Hopefully you actually had the spark plug/coil pack cover on for starters, if not you have a problem Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1375721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SECURITY Posted May 27, 2005 Author Share Posted May 27, 2005 the cover was on, the air filter was covered with a plastic bag.. ill go and check out the coils and my plugs now anyway Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1376022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 :slap: Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1376063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLY25T Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 This happens all tha time.. Just use compressed air to blow all the water and moisture away from plugs,coils,igniter box etc and should come good if not then will have to test coils etc.. cheers an good luck. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1376312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
caminperth Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Make sure you really really dry everything out. Otherwise even a bit of moisture can form condensation on the coil packs and make them malfunction. Did this once on my old RB30. Had to stop every 2km to dry out the distributor for ages! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1376322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SECURITY Posted May 27, 2005 Author Share Posted May 27, 2005 ALL FIXED there was a puddle of water ontop of my spark plugs, and another one was really wet so i must've been running on 4cyl. i took everything out and cleaned and dried it, when i put it all back together it still kinda misfired for around 10secs then it was all good. thanks guys Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1376566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaz200 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Is that all you have to cover up? Anything else? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1376829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dan Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Best way to learn is from your mistakes. Think of this in a possitive way. You did well to fix it yourself as most people would just start stressing and give up. Good work. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1376954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzerrr Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 I had the very same problem... they couldn't have built better wells if they tried! I think they made an attempt to water proof the valley where the plug sit, but it wasn't a very good one... Lesson Learnt! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1428732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krzysiu Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Is that all you have to cover up? Anything else? Thing is you should never high pressure water cleaner. Use a cloth and some oil based cleaner. I take up to 2 hours cleaning just my engine bay... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1428804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzerrr Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Yeah i agree man... not on one of these babies anyway... I just used a hose, but next time i'll be being very particular to where water goes! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/74947-washed-engine-bay-with-high-pressure-now-running-like-a-pig/#findComment-1428948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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