like the topic says...i started up my car today so i can go to the car wash to clean it. When i start to back out of my garage it sputters when i press on the gas. I finish backing it out and go to the rear of the car and listen to the exaust note and it sounds like a go cart or lawn mower...whichever you prefer. and when i try to move it around in my drive way anything more than 1/8 throttle and it sputters some more.

The check engine light started flashing and came on but when i hooked up my scanner to it. it said "no codes to display". i have no idea what the problem could be.

This is also the first time it's been out of the garage since december but i've started it up and let it run for a little bit about every other week and before i put it into storage i changed all the fluids, plugs and wires. this is the first time it's ever done this.

do you guys have any idea what this might be?

 

If you cleaned your engine bay, Its surely water in your spark plug wells causing misfire. Thats my guess. Remove wires and get all water out of plug well as well as out of connector area on wires. Compressed air in a can helps with this

 

i thought about that too but wouldn't the water have evaporated when it warmed up?

 

Got any gas left? hehe

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Xtream_V &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i thought about that too but wouldn't the water have evaporated when it warmed up?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not necessarily. That's why it's always a good idea to use an air line with a nozzle to remove any more residual water when cleaning an engine bay.

As mentioned, check the plug wells and possibly the dizzy. Most likely it will be one of the 2.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by zygspeed &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Got any gas left? hehe</TD></TR></TABLE>

just a little bit under a full tank...filled it up before it went into storage

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave_B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

As mentioned, check the plug wells and possibly the dizzy. Most likely it will be one of the 2.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hmm...i'll have to take a look at that when i get home. thanks


does anyone else have any ideas? if it will help any it sounds like a Subbie after they put an exaust on it like it's running on 3 cylinders

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Larkin W. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you cleaned your engine bay, Its surely water in your spark plug wells causing misfire. Thats my guess. Remove wires and get all water out of plug well as well as out of connector area on wires. Compressed air in a can helps with this</TD></TR></TABLE>


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Xtream_V &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">.i started up my car today so i can go to the car wash </TD></TR></TABLE>

He hasn't washed it yet.

I have heard that these cars like to throw codes when they have been sitting awhile.

 

i was thinking it was a possibility because i washed it before it put it away for winter.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ed 341 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I have heard that these cars like to throw codes when they have been sitting awhile.</TD></TR></TABLE>

is that true?

 

my car does the same thing, usually happens when the car hasn't been started in a while, but it stops after about 20 seconds. is it still doing it or was it just that one time you started it?

 

yea it's still happening..i let it warm up and it's still doing it.

 

def sounds like a misfire

 

i would try to clean the distributer cap, you probably got water inside it when you where cleaning the engine bay.