anther problem now i just replaced my oil pan gasket drove the car around and there was oil all over my exhaust ,alternater , halfshaft etc so i degressed thats stuff under the car and from near the firewall so then i rinsed the stuff off from above and under the car…and at the same time my hids and fans was on so my battery died. so right after rinsing the back of the motor and under the car. i pop started it… it was gna stall but i gave it gas to idle and my battery light was on and mycar is misfirng like hell! the battery light went off after revving it up a couple times. i took the car around the block and stillnothing stalls when i come to a stop but with the lights off it wont stall ??? any ideas ofwat this could be
Sounds like what happens when you just start throwing water around in the engine bay and not being careful. Your misfiring is prolly caused by water getting into the distributor. Take the cap off and dry it out and see what happens.
You cannot just go dumping water into the engine bay, there are things sensitive to water in there, especially the electrical shit.
Also take off your spark plug wires and blow out any water
thanks guys …ive been degreasing (washing) engine bays for the past year now at work and only once that i had a problem … i do about two a day and of course cuz my car is a little older stuff has to mess up :bang:…
It can be a couple things, especially cars that still have mechanical distributors. First take the plug boots out and stick a paper towel down the plug hole to get any water. Dry the boot and apply some dielectric grease on the contacts to prevent anymore moister. If that still doesn’t fix the problem you may have gotten the internals of the distributor wet. best thing for that is to remove the distributor cap, dry the inside of the cap with a paper towel, as well as the rotor. As for the electronics inside the distributor it is best to just use a hair dryer on it, you don’t want to be touching the electronics in there as it is HIGH voltage. Also remove the negative battery lead when doing this, let me say that again, remove the negative battery lead. This will prevent you accidentally arcing something in the distributor, and costing you a pretty penny to fix.
Those are the most susceptible parts in older cars, so be careful.
But as a general rule, when “cleaning” an engine bay you want to cover:
- Alternator
- Brake fluid reservoir
- Distributor
- Spark plug boots/holes
Sometimes when I pressure wash an OHC engine I will take the plug boots out and put a stopper in the holes to be absolutely certain I am not getting any water in there.
Once I got in a traffic situation in a heavy downpour of rain and I was forced to drive the car thru about a foot and a half of water. I sped up the car thru it rather than slowing it down so I would not stall in the middle of it. But water splashed around the engine bay pretty good and about 100 feet later I started having a severe misfire. Pulled into a gas station and took the distributor cap off. Turned out that the seal around the distributor cap was not on good and I got a little water in the distributor. Took the rotor off and the black shield behind it and dried everything as best as I could with a towel. Put it back together and everything was fine again. The heat of the motor dried it out the rest of the way.
I must say that I got lucky. I would of never drove thru water like that except for the fact I had no way to turn around and people behind me were in an SUV tailgating me and didnt give a shit.:fucksuvs: