So I washed my engine bay.......little problem

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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 02:31 PM
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Default So I washed my engine bay.......little problem

My air/fuel gauge(autometer) is now reading really lean all the time instead of rich like it used to. I checked all the vac sources and everything seems to be tight. There was a little water where the different wires for that gauge are connected though. Do you think that is why it is telling me the car is running lean? I am afraid to boost now.
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 02:56 PM
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Default Re: So I washed my engine bay.......little problem (SlowB16)

daym... exactly why i dont wanna steam clean my engine. water gets into things and messes with it.
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 04:02 PM
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Default Re: So I washed my engine bay.......little problem (dlplayboy)

I dont know what the deal is. SOmetimes the gauge isnt even turning on. But I think it must have knowcked one of the wires loose or something. Other than htat, all is well and the bay looks alot better than it did at the beginning of the day!!
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 05:11 PM
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The gauge is working fine now. Must have been some water in there messing with the voltage or something. WHo knows!!
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 05:53 PM
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DONT USE water int he enigne bay .
just use spray cleaner and take your time!
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 06:42 PM
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Last night and today we had a fairly long thread about this. I used water it worked fine, all the detailers on here all said use water. It works. No problems except for the af gauge.
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 07:19 PM
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i think it's going to be fine after used water
coz when the car heats up, all the water is going to evaporate, then the car will run like before.. same
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