Now Ive done it!
05-22-2008, 11:59 PM
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Now Ive done it! Guys I need your help. I decided to clean my engine bay with
that engine gunk remover crap and I sprayed it down with the
garden hose. Bad idea. I thought it would be ok since it didn't
have much pressure, now my engine won't run right and my ses
light started flashing. Scanner shows 13 codes oddly enough I
had the same codes a few months back during a sparkplug swap
(one wire wasnt in all the way). Anyone have experience with this?
that engine gunk remover crap and I sprayed it down with the
garden hose. Bad idea. I thought it would be ok since it didn't
have much pressure, now my engine won't run right and my ses
light started flashing. Scanner shows 13 codes oddly enough I
had the same codes a few months back during a sparkplug swap
(one wire wasnt in all the way). Anyone have experience with this?
05-23-2008, 12:05 AM
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I've used that gunk with orange stuff a while back just a lot of steam burning off and fresh rotton orange smell. unplug the wires let everything dry then plug back in after a day.
05-23-2008, 12:05 AM
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Check all the fuses, then re-scan it.
A year ago i went through a puddle and popped a fuse. It went into limp mode and threw 5-6 codes. All the sensors ran off the same circuit so they all turned off when the fuse blew. Replaced the fuse and the problem went away.
A year ago i went through a puddle and popped a fuse. It went into limp mode and threw 5-6 codes. All the sensors ran off the same circuit so they all turned off when the fuse blew. Replaced the fuse and the problem went away.
05-23-2008, 01:22 AM
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leave it in the sun and after a few hours all should be dry and everything should be good again.
doing this cleaning isnt smart on a high mile car because the "water resistant" plugs loose their water resistance.
doing this cleaning isnt smart on a high mile car because the "water resistant" plugs loose their water resistance.
05-23-2008, 01:27 AM
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How do you usually clean the engine bay? I've always used the same method (except for the garden hose) and I guess I've been lucky enough not to have any problems.
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05-23-2008, 02:33 AM
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honestly, in my camaro i havnt had to do much, im up to 17k miles. in my old car i used Gunk, but i was careful with where i sprayed and i left it out in the sun before starting it.
luckily now all I have to do is blow it out ... 
05-23-2008, 08:04 PM
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ok I used the shop vac to blow everything dry,nothing
I also disconected the battery and the same thing.
Does anyone wanna come down and help me solve
this? Can give some $ and some beers. I really don't
want to miss the invasion.
I also disconected the battery and the same thing.
Does anyone wanna come down and help me solve
this? Can give some $ and some beers. I really don't
want to miss the invasion.
