washed my engine bay with engine degreaser and some brake fluid, then turned my car on, and CEL turned on. wtf?

any help? thanks.

 

Did you bother to check the CEL?

We can't help you find the problem if you don't tell us what the problem is.

 

Get any water in your intake if you have one? Breather hose/filter? Did you cover up your distibuter cap? I had a cylinder miss fire because of stupidity like that.

 

brake fluid?!?

 

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i think he ment brake cleaner.... as for the cel check it out and tell us what code it is throwing out

 

yeah i did that once too and the CEL came on thats bc i didnt cover the distributor...

 

Yeah, wetting the distributor is not a good thing.

 

Check the code out!

 

i used to power wash my engine bay every other week never had a problem..

 

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yeah, I've never had a problem. I use the black magic stuff. It shines, cleans, and you dont have to cover electrical stuff.

WHY WERE YOU USING BRAKE CLEANER?!!!!!!!!! you know how bad that stuff is for paint or anything plastic/rubber?

All your gaskets, or anything else plastic/rubber under hood will probably deteriorate really badly from it.

 

I would just Check all your sensers I dont wash mine with a hose but with some safe cleaners on a rag and sometimes i will unplug something to get to a spot and just make sure you pluged everything back in!

 

ok, code is P0135

it said something about heating circuit or something like that. i forgot.

any ideas?

 

Never spray degreaser on your alternator either. Make sure you cover your intake and distributor cap too and cover any electrical connections

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ex_ricer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok, code is P0135

it said something about heating circuit or something like that. i forgot.

any ideas?</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's an oxygen sensor code. Oxygen sensor heater circuit malfunction or voltage too low/high. That's what happens when you spray a sensor with water and short it.

 

THe same thing happened to me a couple months ago. I cleaned my engine with brake cleaner and simple green. Turned on the car and CEL came on. It was for the O2 sensor and said I was running rich. Reseted the ECU and it never came back on.

 

I resetted it, but the CEL came back on. i kno it was my dumb mistake, but how would i fix it?

where is the 02 sensor<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's an oxygen sensor code. Oxygen sensor heater circuit malfunction or voltage too low/high. </TD></TR></TABLE>
where is the specific oxygen sensor located in? is it the 2 o2 sensors that are connected to the header? im a nub, help.

 

yea thats one of em..

 

should i open it up and just let it dry, would that work? or replace it?

how much do they usually go for and where can i get them?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea thats one of em..</TD></TR></TABLE>
there r others besides the 2 i pointed out? where r they located? would i have to change ALL of them? thanks.

 

ther are two on the exhaust side one cnnected to your exhaust mainfold and one to the catylitic converter ther is also one on the intake air box I believe or in the log somewhere. You are most likely going to have to replace the O2 sensor which ever one it may be what year is your car if its ODB2 your going to need a wideband go to a local junkyard and see if a lower end civic has its O2 sensors still in it if so take them all. If you cant get one there your going to be paying an assload at honda or MIGHT get lucky and find them up for grabs on H-T.

 

open what??
^^ cat!!!

 

i have kinda the same problem, i parked my car at my gf house, got up in the morning washed just the out side of the car, not under the hood. went to start it and nothing. im not getting any spark what so ever.