washed my engine and oh no help!!
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Re: washed my engine and oh no help!! (Slow_CvC99)
Either:
1. You have aftermarket wires which do not properly seal up the spark plug tubes
or
2. Your stock wires were not pushed all the way in when you washed the engine bay
Whatever you do, DO NOT pull the spark plugs out while water is in the spark plug tubes!!! If you do that water will go right into the cylinders and you could hydrolock the engine when you try to restart it!
Do you have any compressed air and a blower handy? You really need to try and get most (or better all) of the water out, then I'd replace the plug wires.
If you are 100% sure you've gotten all the water out of the tubes then I'd swap the plugs out too just to be on the safe side, thogh they're probably okay. If they're copper replace them, but if they're the $16.00 a plug platinums i'd keep them.
1. You have aftermarket wires which do not properly seal up the spark plug tubes
or
2. Your stock wires were not pushed all the way in when you washed the engine bay
Whatever you do, DO NOT pull the spark plugs out while water is in the spark plug tubes!!! If you do that water will go right into the cylinders and you could hydrolock the engine when you try to restart it!
Do you have any compressed air and a blower handy? You really need to try and get most (or better all) of the water out, then I'd replace the plug wires.
If you are 100% sure you've gotten all the water out of the tubes then I'd swap the plugs out too just to be on the safe side, thogh they're probably okay. If they're copper replace them, but if they're the $16.00 a plug platinums i'd keep them.
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