Please Help! Car is running like shit after watching & cleaning my engine...???
06-27-2003, 06:24 PM
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Please Help! Car is running like **** after watching & cleaning my engine...???
sup guys... here's wut happened... "B16A in 96 EK hatch... mods: CAI & WS catback"
Today was my day off so i decided to wash my car and leave the engine bay spotless. i took off my exhuast manifold because my block was filthy with gunk all over block. i scrubed the block with Digreaser and left it spotless but i noticed that when i was rincing the block off some water went into the block since my header was off
then i put the header back on and but degreaser on the rest of the engine bay and rinced it off. so now my engine bay looks great and is spotless! About two hours past and i hoped in my hatch to go get some food and my car is now running like ****! it is not strong at all. when i shift to the next gear my car doesn't pull at all. it just seems like it stays reved up for about 2 seconds then it catches... my car was running great before i washed my engine the day before...
i have no idea wut it could be... could it be that little bit of water that leaked into the block or did i wet something i wasn't supposed to...??? no check engine light either... PLEASE HELP!!!
06-27-2003, 06:29 PM
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Re: Please Help! Car is running like **** after watching & cleaning my engine...??? (silverEH2)
sorry to hear that man. maybe u got some plugs wet too or they came unplugged
06-27-2003, 06:35 PM
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Re: Please Help! Car is running like **** after watching & cleaning my engine...??? (allmtr)
same **** happened to me
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=530692
what i didnt was took off the spark plug cover and dried out all the water, then used a air hose and blew all the water out..... it ran shitty for a while(the next hour or so...) but after a while it went away....
what you can do is (if water went all the way into your motor, since your ex. mani was off) take off your spark plugs and crank the motor... if water is in your motor it was squirt out...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=530692
what i didnt was took off the spark plug cover and dried out all the water, then used a air hose and blew all the water out..... it ran shitty for a while(the next hour or so...) but after a while it went away....
what you can do is (if water went all the way into your motor, since your ex. mani was off) take off your spark plugs and crank the motor... if water is in your motor it was squirt out...
06-27-2003, 06:39 PM
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Re: Please Help! Car is running like **** after watching & cleaning my engine...??? (EK-TUNED)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EK-TUNED »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WTF is "dizzy"?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Im assuming its the ghetto slang for distributor
Im assuming its the ghetto slang for distributor
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06-27-2003, 08:53 PM
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maybe some water just got on top of the piston. If you had the header off and were shotting water, depending on where the crank was water might have got on top of the pistons. I dunno but when there is water where there should be combustion = shitty performance. Just my guess.
06-27-2003, 09:20 PM
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Re: Please Help! Car is running like **** after watching & cleaning my engine...??? (EK-TUNED)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EK-TUNED »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anyone else...?</TD></TR></TABLE>pinchi pendejo i told you what to check for already....
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pretty sure water got into the spark plugs, it happened to me too. ran like **** until it dried up. everytime i hose down the engine i wrap the "dizzy" with a plastic bag and plug up the spark plug area with rags/shop towels creating a tampon effect" 
works good for me.
works good for me.
06-28-2003, 12:55 AM
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Re: Please Help! Car is running like **** after watching & cleaning my engine...??? (DOHCtorTHRUST)
he fixed it guys but thanx for helpin my buddy out! he just had to let the car run for a while so all of the water would evaporate... 
06-28-2003, 01:37 AM
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Re: Please Help! Car is running like **** after watching & cleaning my engine...??? (ciRcuit_ _ _)
ask u can see it's back to normal... thanx for the tips guys!
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Re: Please Help! Car is running like **** after watching & cleaning my engine...??? (EK-TUNED)
quick question about engine cleaning: i'm assuming you guys unhook battery before cleaning, but can you actually use degreaser onto the battery itself.. i guess just the question alone indicates how dirty my engine bay is..
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