I decided to clean my engine bay so i covered the intake, distributor ect with plastic bags and sprayed it down. The car started up fine, but sputtered and died while i was driving, now it wont start at all. any ideas as to whats fucked up??

 

sounds like spark plugs, or distributor.

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Pull your spark plug wires out and look in the spark plug holes. Is there water in there?

 

Take out spark plugs and let air dry.

 

yeah there was a bit of water in there i took wires out and im letting them dry. the distributor was covered. ill try it agian in a bit

 

im a moron. its starting up but still must be wet, im letting it dry out more. should i change my plugs after getting them all soaked and drowned out?

 

you may want to cover it up a little better next time. I just stuck paper towels in my spark plug holes.

 

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didn that just soak the water up??

 

no it worked fine...oh yea i think i put a piece of duck tape on top of each whole too. I think we just used paper towels, but it may have been plastic baggies...i don't really remember.

 

good call. That was just the last place i expected to have problems with water

 

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Actually, of all the problems I've seen people have with cleaning their bay, it's been water in the spark plug holes.

Don't use so much pressure next time

 

unplug the spark plug that you think has water in it, and crack the engine, water should shoot out.. then let it dry.

i use to presure spray motors for fun, and the car ran fine after that. 120psi water jets makes motor bling bling..
its actually the angel you spray your motor, that will make water ending up in your plugs..

 

i have always done it by hand, sure it takes longer and you get nice a dirty, but it's a more "complete" job and you don't have to worry about messing **** up...

 

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me too, im to worried about messing **** up, so i cover everything and use a spray degreaser and a brush then small amount of water and a clean rag to rinse, then i spray with cd-2 engine detailer and then let the car heat up at idle and a brand new shiny engine is under the hood

 

i goto a coin op car wash place. pretty good and pressured. plus they give u the option of hot water.

 

hey man thats a good idea